DOWNLOADING CLASS TOOLS

Some of these files may take a long time to download via a dial-up connection, so please allow them to download when you are not sitting at the PC. If you have a dial-up connection, you should skip this task and come back to it at the end.

• Irfanview - download here (http://www.download.com/3000-2192_4-10021962.html)
• Mozilla Suite - download here (http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/)
  
• Note that you want Mozilla Suite, not just Mozilla Firefox. You want the option "composer" on the "Window" menu.
• SeaMonkey is an upgraded version: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/
  
• SmartFTP - download here (http://www.smartftp.com/)

• Help with how to download and install software programs, here are some tutorials:

A nice step-by-step that shows you how to download winzip. It uses Netscape Navigator, but your screens will be similar.

A thorough download guide with few pictures

• Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint- (Not really needed for this class) You can use either Microsoft Word or Open Office. If you do not have word, excel or powerpoint, and you would like to use the free program Open Office instead, you can. The options are slightly different than in Microsoft. To download OpenOffice, go to http://www.openoffice.org/