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Software and Programming Tutorials

Learn how to use the different software programs used at FAU.

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is one of the most well-known word processing programs. Create polished documents, use the bibliography and citation helps, and put together quick projects using graphic elements.

Microsoft Word Training

Coursera Microsoft 365 Fundamentals

Microsoft Word Tutorial

Google Docs

Google Docs is a very popular online document creator. The Google Docs system makes collaboration on documents, sharing them and allowing group members to work on a document at the same time very easy.

Google Docs

Google Docs Tutorial

LaTeX

LaTeX (pronounced LaTech) is an online document preparation and typesetting system that was created to allow mathematical, scientific and technical papers to be easily written and formatted. The system has become the standard for the preparation and publication of scientific documents. 

LaTeX Project

LaTex Tutorial   The LaTeX community is very robust and supportive. This is only one of many free tutorials and helps available to learn the LaTeX software.

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Adobe Acrobat is the standard document system for creating and editing PDF documents. The Adobe Acrobat software integrates easily with Microsoft Office products, Microsoft Teams, Google Office products and many other document and online storage systems,

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat Tutorials