Microsoft Software

Microsoft Office 2013 Customer Preview - get a free, fully functional version of Office 365, the new subscription, cloud-based version of the classic Office programs.  The package includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote and Outlook.

Office 2010 is available for installation on-campus by contacting the IS department at ext. 2140, or helpdesk@palomar.edu.  For home use, Office 2010 Professional Plus is available at very low cost to Palomar College faculty and staff. 

The best prices for students, staff and faculty on Office 365 (the next iteration of Office) can be had at Office 365 University.

  Expression Web 4, Microsoft's web authoring tool is now available as a free download.  Expression Web is a full-featured professional tool for designing, developing, and publishing compelling, feature-rich websites that conform to web standards.

PowerPoint 2010 and Other Office 2010 Viewers  If you are teaching in a classroom that has an older version of PowerPoint installed (older than PowerPoint 2010) and wish to give your presentation that has been developed using some of the new transitions, animations or other controls from PowerPoint 2010, you must install the PowerPoint 2010 Viewer on that classroom computer.  Similarly, if you are a student and wish to view your professor's native PowerPoint presentation, but you do not own PowerPoint, you must install the PowerPoint Viewer. 

Word Viewer.  View, print and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed. This download is a replacement for Word Viewer 2003 and all previous Word Viewer versions.

  Excel Viewer.  Open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if you don't have Excel installed. This download is a replacement for Excel Viewer 97 and all previous Excel Viewer versions.

  Viso Viewer.  The Visio 2007 Viewer allows anyone to view Visio drawings and diagrams (created with Visio 5.0, 2000, 2002, 2003, or 2007) inside their Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later Web browser.

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 & 2010 File Formats.  Users of the Microsoft Office XP and 2003 programs Word, Excel, or PowerPoint—please install all High-Priority updates from Microsoft Update before downloading the Compatibility Pack.  Free.

By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 & 2010.

   Microsoft Mathematics Add-In for Word and OneNote.    Microsoft Mathematics Add-in for Word and OneNote makes it easy to plot graphs in 2D and 3D, calculate numerical results, solve equations or inequalities, and simplify algebraic expressions in your Word documents and OneNote notebooks. Free.

   PowerPivot for Excel Add-In.  With PowerPivot for Excel, you can import millions of rows of data from multiple data sources into a single Excel workbook, create relationships between heterogeneous data, create calculated columns and measures using formulas, build PivotTables and PivotCharts, and then further analyze the data.  Free.

Chemistry Add in for Word.  The Chemistry Add-in for Word makes it easier to insert and modify chemical information, such as labels, formulas, and 2-D depictions, within Microsoft Office Word. Additionally, it enables the creation of inline “chemical zones,” the rendering of print-ready visual depictions of chemical structures, and the ability to store and expose chemical information in a semantically rich manner.

Microsoft Mathematics.  Microsoft Mathematics provides a set of mathematical tools that help students get school work done quickly and easily. With Microsoft Mathematics, students can learn to solve equations step-by-step while gaining a better understanding of fundamental concepts in pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, physics, chemistry, and calculus.  Microsoft Mathematics includes a full-featured graphing calculator that’s designed to work just like a handheld calculator. Additional math tools help you evaluate triangles, convert from one system of units to another, and solve systems of equations.

Microsoft Mathematics Add-In for Word and OneNote.  With the Microsoft Mathematics Add-in for Word and OneNote, you can perform mathematical calculations and plot graphs in your Word documents and OneNote notebooks. The add-in also provides an extensive collection of mathematical symbols and structures to display clearly formatted mathematical expressions. You can also quickly insert commonly used expressions and math structures by using the Equation gallery.

Internet Explorer.  Start exploring a rich, immersive web experience. Available for Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

Get Windows Media Player 12 with Windows 7 or, if you are using a previous version of Windows get Windows Media Player 11.  The media player of choice at Palomar College is the Windows media player.  The player is free, ubiquitous, and generally trouble free.  It will coexist with the QuickTime player on the same Windows system, but they will compete for MIME types, naturally.

Windows Media Components for QuickTime   With Windows Media® Components for QuickTime, by Flip4Mac™, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser.  This softwre can also be downloaded from the Apple web site.

  Photosynth.  First there was the snapshot, and then came video. Now there is Photosynth, a new service available at photosynth.com that will change the way you experience and share photos.  Photosynth stitches together multiple digital picutres to form a 3-dimensional view of the subject that can be navigated by the viewer from any angle.  Free from Microsoft.

 zoom-it.  A free, online service from Microsoft LiveLabs that allows the creation of zoomable, navigable pictures from a web URL.  "Seadragon is designed to inspire and enable new scenarios for viewing information online. It combines several new technologies to progressively retrieve large amounts of data using a fast, seamless, zoom based interface. Seadragon works with all types of content, from wall-sized displays to cell phones, regardless of the amount of data or the bandwidth of the network."

Silverlight.  Silverlight is a powerful development platform for creating engaging, interactive applications for many screens across the Web, desktop, and mobile devices.  Silverlight must be installed for many modern web applications to run.

  Silverlight PivotViewer.  The Silverlight PivotViewer makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data on the web in ways that are powerful, informative, and valuable. PivotViewer lets us present thousands of things at once and visualize them in a way that exposes value from the group.  Free.

Microsoft World Wide Telescope. 

A fantastic, free download from Microsoft designed to teach astronomy and enable exploration of the universe.  "WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky." Free.

  Microsoft Safety Scanner.  Do you think your PC has a virus?  The Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free downloadable security tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It works with your existing antivirus software.

 

  The Microsoft Download Center  To find one of the hundreds of possible downloads to enhance your PC, visit the Microsoft download center.