In order to fully access the materials on your course you may have to download additional software or plug-ins. All software is available for free from these websites.
The Adobe Acrobat Reader - free software for viewing and printing Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Zamzar supports conversion between a wide variety of different file formats. This is particularly useful for converting Microsoft Word 2007 documents (.docx) to earlier versions of Microsoft Word (.doc).
Multimedia players
The Microsoft Word Viewer is for users who don't have Word - it allows them to open and view Word 97 and Word 2000 documents.
The Microsoft Excel Viewer is a small, freely distributable program that lets users view and print Excel files.
The Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer - with this download, you can view Microsoft PowerPoint 97, 2000, and 2002 presentations even if you don't have PowerPoint.
More Microsoft product downloads at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads
Get the unique VLC toolbar at http://vlc.ourtoolbar.com
It's free, with no spyware or viruses, does not open pop-ups or hijack your searches, and no personal information is required.
- Stay connected with the VLC website constantly
- Chat with others who have the VLC toolbar installed
- Get notified when you receive new e-mails to your YOUniversity.org.uk, SocialWorker.org.uk, Yahoo!, Gmail, or Hotmail accounts, or from any POP3 email account
- Instant access to our site from any site on the web
- Search from anywhere on the web
- Get fresh content from the NewsBites Forum automatically via the RSS Reader
- Get up-to-date local and global weather forecasts
- Includes a cookie cleaner, a history cleaner, and a cache cleaner
FreeMind - When you absolutely must THINK
FreeMind is a free mind mapping tool. It can be downloaded here.
JustZIPit - to access the files in a Zip file, you need a uncompression utility such as JustZIPit. Zip files are single files, sometimes called "archives", that contain one or more compressed files. Zip files make it easy to keep related files together and make transporting, e-mailing, downloading and storing data and software faster and more efficient. The Zip format is the most popular compression format used in the Windows environment.
There are three steps you can take to improve your computer's security: http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect
You might also want to look at Anti-Virus software...
- TrendLabs⢠offer a free online virus scanning facility - http://housecall.trendmicro.com
- Alternatively, AVG Free Edition is now available for all single home users worldwide - http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
And... this is not a download, but you might want to know that you can pick up your email from any computer, anywhere in the world at http://www.mail2web.com. No need to register.
Dundee University students can access their email at https://webmail.dundee.ac.uk/.