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Availability: Free Download Comparable: Acrobat Pro, Foxit Reader The Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free PDF reader that allows for reading, copying, printing, and basic annotation of PDF files. It also allows the user to open encrypted for write-protected PDF files. One popular use is to fill out pre-made forms that are generated using Acrobat … Read more
Availability: Labs | Faculty/Staff | Download Part of: Microsoft Office Suite Comparable: Google Apps, OpenOffice, Prezi, Sway, Keynote Microsoft Powerpoint is slide show presentation software. The user develops slides with text, graphics, charts, animations, videos, sounds, and other multimedia content to display during a presentation. The slides proceed in a linear fashion either at a timed pace or according … Read more
Availability: Windows Labs | Faculty/Staff | Download Part of: Microsoft Office Suite Comparable: OpenOffice, Google Sheets Microsoft Excel is the spreadsheet application in the Microsoft Office Suite. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It has been a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms. Excel also facilitates … Read more