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See below for some software options to support your learning and tutorials to help you make the most of them.</p> <p> </p> <h3>Presentation Software</h3> <div class="three-column-1"> <p><img height="160" width="160" style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em; width: 140px; height: 140px;" class="file-default " src="//web.archive.org/web/20180315131058im_/http://mcgill.ca/tls/files/tls/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/mac_office_metro_tile_powerpoint_by_cobacious-d5iwnv8.png?itok=ChqUxHJD" alt=""/></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180315131058/https://support.office.com/en-us/article/PowerPoint-2013-videos-and-tutorials-bd93efc0-3582-49d1-b952-3871cde07d8a?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US">PowerPoint</a> allows you to create simple and effective presentation slides.</p> </div> <div class="three-column-2"> <p><img height="43" width="160" class="file-default" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180315131058im_/http://mcgill.ca/tls/files/tls/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/screen_shot_2015-04-16_at_2.50.12_pm.png?itok=0FoLP5ZE" alt=""/></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180315131058/http://www.emaze.com/">Emaze</a> is another alternative presentation tool with many free templates available to use</p> </div> <div class="three-column-3"> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3> </h3> <h3>Graphics Software</h3> <div class="three-column-1"> <p><img height="158" width="160" class="file-default" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180315131058im_/http://mcgill.ca/tls/files/tls/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/adobe_photoshop_cs5_icon.png?itok=qYhwYc8j" alt=""/></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180315131058/http://www.photoshop.com/tutorials">Photoshop</a> is a well-known graphics software that lets you edit photos with ease.</p> </div> <div class="three-column-2"> <p><img height="158" width="160" class="file-default" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180315131058im_/http://mcgill.ca/tls/files/tls/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/adobe_illustrator_cs5_icon.png?itok=wtGN53Mh" alt=""/></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180315131058/https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/tutorials.html">Illustrator</a> is a vector graphics editor: great for creating and editing images that need to be undistorted when you change the size of the image.</p> </div> <div class="three-column-3"> <p><img height="65" width="148" class="file-default" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180315131058im_/http://mcgill.ca/tls/files/tls/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/screen_shot_2015-04-16_at_2.48.22_pm.png?itok=Kirtcc8N" alt=""/></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180315131058/http://www.pixlr.com/">Pixlr </a>is an online photo editing software that is easy and intuitive to use. It's very similar to Photoshop, and there is a simpler function that is similar to Instagram, offering filters that you can add to your images.</p> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3>Excel</h3> <p><img height="160" width="160" style="float: left;" class="file-default lt" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180315131058im_/http://mcgill.ca/tls/files/tls/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/mac_office_metro_tile_excel_by_cobacious-d5iwnzg.png?itok=05oUtZT5" alt=""/></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180315131058/https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Excel-training-9bc05390-e94c-46af-a5b3-d7c22f6990bb">Excel</a>, the famous spreadsheet software - it may be scary at first, but when you know how to use it and for what, it can make your task a lot easier and simpler. Check out the tutorials <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180315131058/https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Excel-2013-training-courses-videos-and-tutorials-aaae974d-3f47-41d9-895e-97a71c2e8a4a">here</a> and you might surprise yourself with how many things you can do with Excel and how easily you can do them. </p> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3>InDesign</h3> <p><img height="158" width="160" style="float: left;" class="file-default lt" src="//web.archive.org/web/20180315131058im_/http://mcgill.ca/tls/files/tls/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/485px-adobe_indesign_cs5_icon.png?itok=S5ns3CfW" alt=""/></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180315131058/https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/tutorials.html">InDesign </a>is a publishing software that comes in handy for layout designs for books, newspapers, journals, magazines, and more. </p> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <p> </p> <h3>Access to Software</h3> <div class="two-column-1"> <p><img height="427" width="768" style="height: 111px; width: 200px;" class="file-original " src="//web.archive.org/web/20180315131058im_/http://mcgill.ca/tls/files/tls/office_365.jpg" alt=""/><br/><br/> As a student, you're eligible for the free download of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180315131058/http://kb.mcgill.ca/it/easylink/article.html?id=5172" target="_blank">Office 365</a>, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Office apps for your computer as well as smartphones. </p> </div> <div class="two-column-2"> <p><img height="94" width="160" style="font-size: 13.0080003738403px; line-height: 1.538em;" class="file-default " src="//web.archive.org/web/20180315131058im_/http://mcgill.ca/tls/files/tls/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/screen_shot_2015-04-16_at_2.22.29_pm.png?itok=Ww0EKc2P" alt=""/></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180315131058/https://mcgill.onthehub.com/WebStore/Welcome.aspx?vsro=8">The McGill Software Site</a> is the central software distribution site. 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