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.
It's Windows reimagined
and reinvented from a
solid core of Windows 7
speed and reliability.
It's an all-new touch
interface. It's a new
Windows for new devices.
Please contact the IS
department for
information about
installation of Windows
8.
MSDN Academic Alliance
members can download
a free copy of Windows
8.
Windows Essentials. Windows
Essentialse is a
set of downloadable
software tools that
enhance the Windows
operating system. The
tools include:
Windows Movie Maker,
Windows Photo Gallery,
Windows Mail, Windows
Family Safety, Windows
Writer, the Outlook
Connector Pack, and
Microsoft SkyDrive.
Office Live supports
online version of
Microsoft Office Web
Apps: Word,
PowerPoint, Excel and
OneNote, which work
transparently with the
desktop versions of
these programs in their
Office 2010 versions.
Office Live is an online
service (not to be
confused with
Office Online) where
a workspace can be
created for group
activities, such as
online calendaring and
file storage through
SkyDrive.
Windows Live and Office
Live require a
Windows Live ID.
Microsoft
Security Essentials.
"Microsoft Security
Essentials provides
real-time protection for
your home PC that guards
against viruses,
spyware, and other
malicious software. It
is a free* download from
Microsoft that is simple
to install, easy to use,
and always kept up to
date so you can be
assured your PC is
protected by the latest
technology. It’s easy to
tell if your PC is
secure...Microsoft
Security Essentials runs
quietly and efficiently
in the background so
that you are free to use
your Windows-based PC
the way you want—without
interruptions or long
computer wait times." e free to use
your Windows-based PC
the way you want—without
interruptions or long
computer wait times."
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. |