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Before installing any software from UConnect you should:


  • Read the disclaimer and limitation of liability document
  • Read through the instructions provided by the software vendor
  • Ensure you have the minimum system requirements as recommended by the software vendor

 

Microsoft Document Viewers top of page

Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007

The PowerPoint Viewer lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.

PowerPoint Viewer 2007 System Requirements & Installation Instructions
 
Download and Install (Microsoft Windows) windows
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

Office Compatibility Pack System Requirements & Installation Instructions
Download (Microsoft Windows)
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Microsoft Word Viewer 2003

Word Viewer 2003 lets you open Word 2003 documents and documents created with all previous versions of Microsoft Word for Windows® and Microsoft Word for Macintosh. In addition to Word document files (.doc), you can also open files saved in the following formats: rtf; txt; htm; html; mht; mhtml; wpd; doc; wps; xml.

Word Viewer 2003 System Requirements & Installation Instructions  
Download and Install (Microsoft Windows) windows
Microsoft Snapshot Viewer for Access 2003, 2002, 2000, and 97

The Snapshot Viewer enables you to view a report snapshot without having the standard or run-time versions of Microsoft Access 97 through Access 2003.

Snapshot Viewer System Requirements & Installation Instructions
Download (Microsoft Windows)
windows

Web Browsers top of page

Firefox Web Browser

System Requirements & Installation Instructions

Download Firefox 1.5.0.8 (Microsoft Windows) windows
Download Firefox 1.5.0.8 (MAC) mac
Mozilla Web Browser

System Requirements & Installation Instructions

Download Mozilla 1.7.13 (MAC) mac
Download Mozilla 1.7.13 (Microsoft Windows) windows
Netscape Web Browser

System Requirements & Installation Instructions

Download Netscape 7.2 (MAC) mac
Download Netscape 7.2 (Microsoft Windows) windows
Safari Web Browser

System Requirements & Installation Instructions

Download Safari 1.2 (MAC) mac
**Note** only MyLO supported browsers are listed here    

Image Utilities top of page

FastStone Photo Viewer

FastStone Photo Viewer is a FREE image viewer/converter/resizer intended to enable users to convert, rename, resize, crop, rotate, change colour depth, add text and watermarks to images in a quick and easy batch mode. Drag and Drop mouse operation is well supported.

Download FastStone Photo Viewer (Microsoft Windows) windows
IrfanView 3.99

IrfanView is a fast, simple freeware image viewer and editor that supports all major graphic formats, including BMP, DIB, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, multipage TIFF, TGA, and more.

In addition, it features drag-and-drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN support, slide shows, batch conversion, and modifications such as colour depth, crop, blur, and sharpen. The previous version featured new improvements and enhancements.

Download and Install (Microsoft Windows) windows

Adobe Acrobat Reader top of page

Adobe Reader is free software that allows users to easily and reliably view, print, and search PDF files using a variety of platforms and devices.

Adobe Acrobat Reader system requirements
 
Adobe Reader user guide Adobe PDF Document

Version 7.0.8

Windows® XP windows
Windows® 2000 SP2 - SP4 windows
Macintosh OSX 10.4 - 10.2.8 mac
Version 6.0.1 Windows 2000 SP1, Windows ME windows
Macintosh OSX 10.2.7 - 10.2.2 mac
Version 5.1 Macintosh OSX 10.2.1 - 9.1 mac

Media Players top of page

Microsoft Windows Media Player Windows Media Player 10 System Requirements
Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP windows
Windows Media Player 9 System Requirements
Windows Media Player 9 for Windows 98 Second Edition, Me, and 2000 from (Microsoft Windows) windows
Quicktime Media Player Installation Instructions & System Requirements (MAC)
Download QuickTime 7.1.1 for Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later (MAC) mac
Installation Instructions & System Requirements (Microsoft Windows)
Download QuickTime 7.1.0 for Win 2000/XP (Microsoft Windows)
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Download QuickTime 6.5 for Win 98/ME (Microsoft Windows) windows
RealPlayer

System Requirements & Installation Instructions

Other RealPlayer versions for your Operating System

System Requirements & Installation Instructions
Download RealPlayer 10 GOLD for OS X (MAC) mac
Download RealPlayer 10 GOLD (Microsoft Windows) windows


Security Antivirus top of page

Kerio Personal Firewall

System Requirements & Installation Instructions

Kerio User Guide pdf document
Download and Install (Microsoft Windows) windows
McAfee Antivirus

Standard UTAS Antivirus software

Download and Install (Microsoft Windows) windows

General Software/Plugins top of page

Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment

Java is required for some WebCT components. Some WebCT courses use Java technology in course content.


System Requirements & Installation Instructions windows
Download Version 6 Update 5 (Microsoft Windows) windows
For Mac OS X, download and install the latest version of Java for Mac OS X from the Apple website mac
For Mac OS 9 and earlier, download and install the MRJ 2.2.5 from the Apple website mac
Open Office

OpenOffice.org is both a multi-platform and multi-lingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.

System Requirements
Installation Instructions

Download Open Office 2.4.0 (MAC-Intel Chipset) mac
Download Open Office 2.4.0 (MAC-PPC Chipset) mac
Download Open Office 2.4.0 (Microsoft Windows) windows
Open Office user guide pdf document

EndNote

Information about Endnote (from Library website)

Download Endnote 9 (Microsoft Windows)

Download EndnoteX1 (Microsoft Windows)

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Download Endnote 9 (Mac)

Download Endnote X1 (Mac)

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