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Information Technology Services

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Databases

Information Technology: How To

This is an accumulation of step by step guides for accomplishing computing tasks. Most were developed for undergraduate assignments that had accompanying paper work-sheets, so they may not seem sufficiently explicit as stand-alone documents. They are being improved as time permits. The software list is confined to items available on the Departmental network so does not cover one-off packages owned by individuals. See also the What Is... information.

Vector Graphics Corel Draw
GMT: Generic Mapping Tools
GMT: Create a Terrain View from Digimap data
GSView: Postscript viewer
StereoNett examples
Raster Graphics Corel PhotoPaint
HP 5200C, colour scanner
Save a Web image
Text EMACS, Text editor (Unix version)
EMACS, Text editor (Windows version)
ue (MicroEMACS), Text editor
Microsoft Word, Word-processor
Spreadsheet Microsoft Excel
Database Microsoft Access
Unix Unix
PuTTY, Secure terminal login
eXceed XTerm, X-Terminal emulator
Telnet, Terminal emulator
WS_FTP, File Transfer application
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