Computer Information and Help Pages

Basics of computers, email, etc.

Web-related stuff

• How to make your own web page
• How to make your papers available for downloading
• Viewing and printing PostScript and PDF files
  
• Information on HTML

TeX/LaTeX Information

• Documentation (introductory and specialized)
• Links to sources of software, styles and other resources
• Information for linguists, including a small collection of essential packages

Virus Information

• Penn's virus information page (including the Virus FAQ).

• Basics of Word macro viruses Please read this if you use Word on the Macs in 404!
• Alan's message with information on how to use the disinfecting macro.
• Apage on Miscoroft's support database with information on the Word virus.
• Email viruses. There are no viruses that can be spread simply by reading one's email. Any message warning of such a virus is a hoax. The most common such hoax is a message warning of a virus in a mail message called "Good Times", but there are others. Don't be taken in. For more information, see the CIAC page on virus hoaxes, or this page on the Good Times hoax.
  There are "viruses" that spread when someone executes a program sent as an email attachment. Some Windows mail programs can be set to do this automatically, so do make sure your mailer isn't. Anyway this is not an issue when you read your email on unix.

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