NIU Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Index of the Help Area

Note: This index is generated by hand and may not be complete. You may want to try keyword search instead.

A
account, Academic Computer Services (ACS)
account, for Math computers
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files, creating

B
browsers, using

C
campus computing, overview
commands, Unix
compilers
contacts, department and campus
core files, under Unix

D
debugging programs
dialup access
dictionary, Web-related terms
disk usage, reducing under Unix
downloading files, to Macs
downloading files, to PCs

E
elm, short guide
elm, summary of commands
Ethernet address of a Macintosh
exchanging files by e-mail
extensions, in file names

F
file permissions, under Unix
filename extensions
files, downloading to Macs
files, downloading to PCs
files, exchanging by e-mail
frequently asked questions
FTP

H
homepage, personal
hosts, names
HTML, short introduction

L
LaTeX, introduction
line breaks in text files
logging in to the Unix workstations

M
Macintosh, help and documentation
mailing files
math packages

N
new Unix users, information for
Netscape, various issues
NIU computing, overview
news, Usenet

O
office, frequently used procedures

P
password, choosing and changing
PCs, help and documentation
PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files, creating
personal Web page, creating
PPP dialup access for Macs
PPP dialup access under Windows 95
programming

S
searching the Web

T
telnet
TeX, introduction to

U
Unix commands
Unix survival guide
Usenet news

V
vi editor, short guide (PDF)

W
Web browsers, using
Web, searching
Web, short dictionary
Word processing documents, e-mailing

X
X-Windows (X11 graphical interface)

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