Applications OS X v.10.4 Macintosh

Working with Desktop Applications in OS X v.10.4

Desktop applications on your computer include software for creating papers, spreadsheets, presentations, and graphics.

Word 2004 is Microsoft's word processing application. You can use Word with only a basic knowledge of the application, such as opening and saving documents, adding and editing text, changing formatting, etc. However, Word is also a multi-featured application which can be used for many complex tasks, including publishing, graphics work, mail merging, etc.

For more information on using Word, refer to the Wellesley College Computing Word 2004 documentation.

Excel 2004 is an application for creating and modifying spreadsheets, organizing numerical information, and generating graphical representations of data.

For more information on using Excel, refer to the Wellesley College Computing Excel 2004 documentation

Microsoft PowerPoint 2004

PowerPoint 2004 lets you create colorful and dynamic presentations for lessons or lectures. These presentations can be kept in electronic form and displayed on a computer screen, printed out on overhead transparencies, or converted to slides and displayed with a slide projector.

For more information on using PowerPoint, refer to the Wellesley College Computing PowerPoint 2004 documentation.

Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is a visual editor for creating and managing Web sites and pages. With Dreamweaver, it is easy to create and edit cross-platform, cross-browser pages. Dreamweaver provides advanced design and layout tools and allows users to add Dynamic HTML features, such as animated layers and behaviors to their webpages without writing code.

For more information on using Dreamweaver, refer to the Wellesley College Computing Dreamweaver documentation.

Fireworks

Fireworks is used to design, edit, and optimize graphics for the World Wide Web. It allows you to create graphics as well as animated or sliced graphics for the World Wide Web.

For more information on using Fireworks, refer to the Wellesley College computing Fireworks documentation.

GraphicConverter

GraphicConverter allows you to convert images among various file formats for use on both Macintosh and PC computers. You can also manipulate pictures for desktop and web publishing. Anyone who wishes to create and edit flyers, or graphical documents can benefit greatly from gaining familiarity with this application.

For more information on using GraphicConverter, refer to the Wellesley College computing Graphic Converter documentation.

Virex 7

McAfee will be releasing a version of Virex that runs in Tiger in the fall of 2005.

Virex is a virus protection software for Macs. Viruses are small computer applications that alter your hard drive or floppy disks in various ways. Some can cause extensive damage while others are mere nuisances. Like biological viruses they are difficult to detect and may be transmitted to other computers or disks. For instance, if you insert a zip disk which contains an infected file into your computer, your computer may also become infected and you may lose valuable information. Protection from computer viruses, therefore, is very important.

Viruses are transmitted through infected zip disks, infected files downloaded from the Internet, and infected documents attached to E-mail messages.

Virex is the standard virus protection software at Wellesley College for Macs. The College has bought the license for staff and students to put it on their office and home computers to guard against viruses.

For more information about installing and using Virex, please refer to the Wellesley College Computing Virex documentation.

• Erin Foti
• Information Services
• Date Created: August 9, 2005
• Last Modified: September 21, 2005
• Page Expires: July 1, 2006