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New Adobe fonts for use in official Case Western Reserve University marketing and communications material are now available on the Software Center to Case Faculty and Staff. Each font costs $7.00 and must be paid for with a valid Case SpeedType number. Fonts available are Futura Standard 1, Garamond Pro, Glypha Standard 1, Helvetica Standard and Shelley Standard.

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The Labview Professional Development System has been updated to version 8.2.1 on the Software Center. Labview is available at no charge to Case Faculty and Staff only, and downloads are available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are using Labview with Windows, and you do not want to download and install the product over the network, you can borrow a Labview Media Kit. Please send Email to softwarecenter@case.edu to check out a media kit.

For more than 20 years, NI LabVIEW graphical development has revolutionized the development of scalable test, measurement, and control applications. Regardless of experience, engineers and scientists can rapidly and cost-effectively interface with measurement and control hardware, analyze data, share results, and distribute systems

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Endnote for Macintosh has been updated to version X1 on the Software Center. Endnote X1 is available for $50 and is a shared license program. The update is free to previous purchasers of Endnote.

With EndNote. X1 you get everything you asked for and more. By listening to writers and researchers like you, and delivering ways to simplify your work, EndNote remains the favored, time-saving solution for organizing references and creating instant bibliographies.

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Endnote for Windows on the Software Center has been updated to Endnote X1. The Macintosh version of Endnote X1 should be available soon. Endnote X1 is a free upgrade to previous purchasers of Endnote. If you have not purchased Endnote in the past, the cost is $50.

With EndNote. X1 you get everything you asked for and more. By listening to writers and researchers like you, and delivering ways to simplify your work, EndNote remains the favored, time-saving solution for organizing references and creating instant bibliographies.

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Docshare, a document sharing application, allows users to share documents between multiple users and/or multiple computers. Files can be manipulated using a simple web interface, or by mounting your docshare folders as remote folders on your computer.

Each user will be allocated 1GB of storage with their docshare account. Please note that Docshare is not intended as bulk file storage or a computer backup facility, and should not be used as such.

Currently, docshare is in an open beta test. Anyone with a valid Case user ID and password can sign up for space on docshare.

To sign up, please go to https://docshare.case.edu and follow the instructions.

More information is available online at http://wiki.case.edu/Docshare.

SAS 9.1.3 SP4 is now available on the Software Center for 2007-2008 for Students, Faculty and Staff.

This distribution includes SAS Base, Genetics and Enterprise Miner.

SAS provides a scalable, integrated software environment specially designed for data access, transformation and reporting. It includes a fourth-generation programming language; ready-to-use programs for data manipulation, information storage and retrieval, descriptive statistics and report writing; and a powerful macro facility that reduces programming time and maintenance headaches.

WinaXe 7.4 is now available on the Software Center. This new version is Vista compatible and is available to Case Students, Faculty and Staff.

WinaXe is the pre-eminent X Windows environment for the MS Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2K/2K3/XP/Vista platforms. It enables easy access to different operating systems. WinaXe Windows X Server transparently connects different operating systems and their applications together. You need not worry where these applications are physically located on your network. WinaXe brings remote UNIX applications to your PC with each in a separate window. There are no discernible differences when compared to local PC applications which run simultaneously with those from the host / remote system.

WinaXe links to most UNIX hosts including Sun, Digital, Linux, HP-UX, SCO Unix, IBM (AIX) and many others. The strongest feature of this environment is that it is all happening concurrently and is totally interactive. You can copy & paste text and images from one application to another simply by using your mouse and transfer data among heterogenous computer environments with ease. WinaXe takes nothing from your PC, instead it brings another operating world alongside.

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The following Adobe products have been updated and are now available on the Software Center: Contribute CS3, Creative Suite 3 - Web Standard, Illustrator CS3, InDesign CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended. All products are available for Windows and Macintosh, they require the Keyserver Client and an active network connection. Except where noted, all products are available to Case Students, Faculty and Staff.

We recommend that all users of older versions of these products upgrade to the new versions. The old versions will remain active for only a limited time.

Adobe Contribute CS3: Adobe Contribute CS3 enables content authors to quickly and easily update existing websites and blogs while maintaining site integrity with no technical expertise required.

Adobe Creative Suite 3 - Web Standard: Adobe Creative Suite 3 - Web Standard replaces Macromedia Studio 8. Get all the fundamental tools to prototype, design, develop, and maintain websites, applications, interactive experiences, and mobile content. Enjoy new features and integration across Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Fireworks CS3, and Contribute CS3.

Adobe Illustrator CS3: Adobe Illustrator CS3 software allows you to create sophisticated artwork for virtually any medium. Industry-standard drawing tools, flexible color controls, and professional type controls help you capture your ideas and experiment freely, while timesaving features such as easier-to-access options let you work quickly and intuitively. Improved performance and tight integration with other Adobe applications also help you produce extraordinary graphics for print, web and interactive, and mobile and motion designs.

Adobe InDesign CS3: Adobe InDesign CS3 is available to Case Faculty and Staff only. Explore more creative possibilities and experience new levels of productivity using Adobe InDesign CS3 page layout software. Built for demanding workflows, InDesign integrates smoothly with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InCopy, and Dreamweaver software; offers powerful features for creating richer, more complex documents; and reliably outputs pages to multiple media. With its sophisticated design features and enhanced productivity tools for streamlining repetitive tasks, InDesign CS3 lets you work faster and better than ever.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended: Ideal for film, video, and multimedia professionals and graphic and web designers using 3D and motion, as well as professionals in engineering and science, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended software delivers everything in Photoshop CS3 and more. Render and incorporate 3D images into your 2D composites. Stop time with easy editing of motion graphics on video layers. And probe your images with measurement, analysis, and visualization tools.

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SPSS 15 for Students for 2007-2008 is now available from the Software Center and can be purchased for $65. SPSS 15 is available Windows.

The license for SPSS 15 Faculty / Staff is currently being finalized and we expect to have that available soon.

Receive answers spreadsheets and databases can’t give you. SPSS(tm) 15.0 for Windows provides you with a broad range of capabilities for the entire analytical process. With SPSS, you can generate decision-making information quickly using powerful statistics, understand and effectively present your results with high-quality tabular and graphical output, and share your results with others using a variety of reporting methods, including secure Web publishing. All this empowers you to make smarter decisions more quickly by uncovering key facts, patterns and trends.

Amos 7.0 lets you easily perform structural equation modeling (SEM) to support your research and theories by extending standard multivariate analysis methods. Build attitudinal and behavioral models that more realistically reflect complex relationships, because any numeric variable, whether observed or latent, can be used to predict any other numeric variable.

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S-Plus on the Software Center has been updated to version 8.0.4. S-Plus is available to both students and faculty/staff.

Historically, advanced data analysis has required complex skills and esoteric knowledge, consigning the power of business analytics to a limited number of experts. S-PLUS 8 builds on the proven power of the S-PLUS platform to deliver the benefits of predictive analysis to users across the enterprise.

Designed with an open architecture and flexible interfaces, S-PLUS 8 provides the scalability to handle gigabyte-size data sets and the flexibility needed to integrate advanced analytics into the business processes that decisions makers and researchers interact with every day. With S-PLUS 8, statisticians and developers can quickly develop prototypes and deliver targeted applications that automate analytical processes and enable non-statisticians to conduct their own analyses

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