OpenOffice - http://www.openoffice.org/

Advantages to OpenOffice:
It's free
It has a Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation and Database packages
It has community forum for help
Website is easy to use
Can open documents from Microsoft Office into OpenOffice

Disadvantages to OpenOffice:
If you save an OpenOffice project - will not be able to open in Microsoft Office
Technical support isn't a phone call away.

 

Microsoft Office - http://www.microsoft.com  

 

Advantages to Microsoft Office:
It has a Word Processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation packages
Multiple Support websites
Students can sign up to use Live Workspace to store and share documents for free http://get.live.com

Disadvantages to Microsoft Office:
Cost - will cost about $150.00 for the Home/Student version (some outlets stores have discounts or specials around the start of the school year)

 

Itunes - www.apple.com/itunes/  

Itunes program free to download
Music store and much more
Itunes can change your own CD's into digital files
Soon - College lectures will be available on Itunes website at no cost
Can download and listen to college class lectures http://bartonccc.edu/videos/
Create MP3 Playlist

 

MP3 - http://itunes.bartonccc.edu/  

Can download and listen to college class lectures

 

Flash Player - http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/  

This link is for the free product and is used for delivering displaying, designs and animation.

 

Quicktime - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/  

This link is for the free product and is used for delivering video and media to your desktop.

 

Shockwave - http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/

This link is for the free product and is used for online learning applications.

 

If you can not afford software -

Open office is free http://www.openoffice.org/  
Google Pack http://pack.google.com  
Skype (communications texting software) http://skype.com  
Adobe Reader http://adobe.com

 

Where to buy - http://www3.bartonccc.edu/administration/is/purchase.html

You can also check out the local bookstore for any discount or specials

 

 

 

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