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Computing & Information Services

Software Help

This page provides general usage guides on a wide variety of programs that students use in their coursework. Since it would be a formidable task to cover the entire plethora of academic software, we have compiled guides to programs most commonly used by students.

Keyed Software 

Some (but not all) of the applications listed below are provided by Reed College in the form of "keyed" applications. To find out more, visit our Keyed Software page.

Writing Papers (Text and Layout Design)

• EndNote:
  • Installation
  • Using
• BookEnds
• Word X: Microsoft's word processing application
  • Getting Started with Word X
  • Writing Your Thesis with Word
  • Using Styles in Word
  • Inserting Objects
  • Word Tables
  • Using Footnotes
  • Troubleshooting Word
  • Dealing with Foreign Characters
• LaTeX
• Foreign Language Shortcuts in OS X
• Dealing with Cyrillic Characters in OS X
• Creating a PDF File

Data Analysis (Graphing and Statistics)

• Microsoft Excel
• Mathematica

Graphics Software

• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Adobe Photoshop
• Scanning Images

Web and Communication Software

• Accessing E-mail
• sFTP
  • Fugu
  • Fetch
  • WinSCP
• Creating a Homepage With Dreamweaver
• MeetingMaker

Utilities

• Virus Protection Software (Norton Antivirus)
• OS X Disk Utility