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Supported softwares and their descriptions

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1) Operating System

a) MS Windows XP Professional

2) MS Office 2003 Professional (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Access, & Outlook)

a) Word: Software that allows the creation of office documents, letters, labels, etc.
b) Powerpoint: Slide presentation software
c) Excel: Spreadsheet software
d) Access: Database software
e) Outlook: Email, task scheduler, calendar, meeting scheduler, reminders

3) Web Browser

a) MS Internet Explorer 7.0

4) Multimedia tools for movie creation, animation applications, playing and editing movies

a) Director Shockwave Studio 8.5: Tool for building interactive content and applications for CDs, DVDs, kiosks, and the Internet. Works hand in hand with Flash MX
b) Flash MX: Integrates video, text, graphics, and audio into one interactive interface
c) Adobe Premiere 1.5: Real time editing for professional video production
d) Media Player 11
e) Quicktime Player 7

5) Graphics creation and manipulation applications that allow production and enhancement of images

a) Photoshop
b) InDesign
c) Illustrator
d) ImageReady

6) Drawing creation applications

a) ACAD 2008: allows managing entire sets of drawings, from sharing design information over the web, to creating graphics-rich presentations.
b) Architectural Desktop 2006: Offers the familiar AutoCAD workflow, automated documentation, intelligent architectural objects, and file-based collaboration.

7) 3D modeling and animation applications

    a) 3D Studio Max 9
    b) Viz 2008
    c) Sketchup 6.0: This software exchanges data with all standard CAD, 3D modeling, image editing, and illustration applications.

8) ArcGIS Desktop software products: allows you to author, analyze, map, manage, share, and publish geographic information.

a) ArcReader: A mapping application that allows users to view, explore, and print maps.
b) ArcView: A full-featured Geographic Information System software for visualizing, managing, creating, and analyzing geographic data.
c) ArcInfo: This software is used for all aspects of data building, modeling, analysis, and map display for screen and output. It includes all the functionality of ArcView and ArcEditor and adds advanced geoprocessing and data conversion capabilities.
d) ArcEditor: The complete GIS desktop system for editing and managing geographic data. This software includes all the functionality of ArcView in addition to comprehensive GIS editing tools.

9) Building design and documentation system

a) Revit

10) Software for building professional web sites

a) Dreamweaver 8

11) CD Recording application

a) Roxio: Easy CD-Creator 5.x Basic: you can create, organize, share, and store digital content on your own CD discs.

12) HVAC load measurement application

a) TraceLoad 700

13) Acoustics measurement and design applications

a) Ease
b) SIA Smart
c) Trane acoustics program (TAP)
d) VA Select

14) Other Engineering softwares

a) VM Select
b) Easra
c) Flowvent

15) UBPL softwares

a) TransCAD
b) SPSS
c) CensusCD

16) Presentation softwares

a) Synchroneyes: Computer lab instruction software
b) Smartboard: Interactive whiteboard for presentation