More Information on Using Math Department Computers
To access software, use
the "Applications" menu (upper left). Menu items likely to
be of most use:
Internet
From the submenu, select Firefox for a
good browser.
Office
Look for "Open Office" items toward the
bottom of the submenu. These are like the Microsoft Office software.
Math
and Science
Use this menu to access Geometer's Sketchpad or Minitab. Clicking
on either of these will automatically open Winserver, which has a
Windows interface.
You will need to log on to Winserver to use Winserver
applications. Once you have logged on to Winserver, you can access a
Winserver application by clicking on its icon (if it shows in the
Winserver window), or by using the Start menu (lower left of Winserver
window).
In particular, if you wish to copy and paste from Geometer's
Sketchpad or Minitab to a word processor, it may work best to use
Microsoft Word within Winserver rather than the Open Office word
processor outside of Winserver.
Also use the Start menu to log
off of Winserver. (You will
also need to log off of the system -- see below.)
Be sure to log off of the
system when you are done: From the
"System" menu, select "Quit" or "Log Out", then click "Log Out" in the
window that appears.