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Getting Started and Managing Your Login

• Getting Started
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Email system
• Editors on the linux computers

Computer System Features

• Guide to printing on Math Department printers (including duplex printing)
• Scanning documents with the copier machine (k2)

Connecting from outside Lunt

• Protocols
  • Use of ssh (the secure shell) - preferred method
  • Virtual Private Networking (for using third-party vendors for home Internet access)
• Dial-up, DSL, and cable modem service provider information (high speed access from home)
• Recommendations for travelers

Changing Passwords

• Changing the password on the Math computers
• Northwestern NetID and Maintenance

Northwestern's Computer Support

• NU Purchasing Resource
• Get software at Northwestern
• Northwestern Security and Virus Protection site
• Information Technology Services for Faculty
• NU Webmail
• Wireless Networking
• Status of University Services (click to check if everything is up and running.)

WCAS' Computer Support

• WeinbergIT
• Using Your Network Storage

Creating Web Homepages and Graphics for Web

• Creating a WWW Homepage
• NCSA (at UIUC) Beginner's Guide to HTML
• Writing an HTML form
• W3C Consortium
  • W3C Consortium (main page)
  • W3C Web Pages Validation Service
  • W3C CSS Validation Service

• Converting TeX to PDF format

TeX/LaTeX

• Using XDVI and PXDVI
• TeX/LaTeX on Windows systems
  • MiKTeX Project: free distribution of TeX/LaTeX for Windows on x86 systems.
  • WinEdt Shell (shareware): editor and shell for MS Windows ideal for the creation of TeX/LaTeX documents.
  • TeXnicCenter: Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for writing TeX/LaTeX-documents on Microsoft Windows platforms - Nice editor comparable to WinEdt but free.
  • Texmaker: A free LaTeX editor integrating many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX in just one application. Texmaker runs on unix, macosx and windows plataforms, and is released under the GPL license.
• TeX Documentation Guides
  • TeTeX Documentation Guides
  • An Introduction to Using TeX in the Harvard Mathematics Department
• Templates and Graphics in TeX
  • Templates in LaTeX2e for various things
  • Including graphics in LaTeX/PDF documents

Symbolic and Graphics Programs

• Maple
• Mathematica
• Magma
• MuPAD

Operating Systems

• Linux
• Windows

Miscellany

• Look up NU Directory Information
• Edit your NU Directory Information
• Human Resources Information System Self Service
• IT Online Help Desk
• Service Request for Faculty and Staff
• Backup Recommendations from WeinbergIT

• Northwestern University Information Technology Policies and Guidelines
• Rights and Responsibilities for the Use of Central Network and Computing Resources at Northwestern University
• Security
  • Phishing Examples
  • Be Aware You're Uploading
• Junk Email and Spam