This list classifies the major software in use on campus by operating system and support level. The support level indicates to what degree support will be offered by the Office of Information Technology and the Distributed IT Support Staff. The Distributed IT Support Staff maintains this list and changes are made as conditions warrant.

The list is categorized by operating system, support level, and software classification.

Additional statements of support

Mac OS X

LEVEL 1 (Best Effort)
Office suites Microsoft Office 2008
(Includes Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint)

Microsoft Office 2004
(Includes Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint)
Web browsers Firefox 2.0 (Patched current)
Safari (Patched current using Software Update)
E-mail clients All users are encouraged to use the UWP NetMail web client available at: http://www.uwplatt.edu/go/email. If you would prefer to use a desktop e-mail client, the following are supported on Mac OS X:

Mail for Mac OS X (Patched current using Software Update)
Thunderbird 2.0 (Patched current)
Utility software Symantec AntiVirus 10.2

LEVEL 2 (Limited Support)
Graphic software Adobe Creative Suite 3
Desktop publishing QuarkXPress 6.5

LEVEL 3 (Unsupported)
All software not in Level 1, Level 2, or prohibited by Level 4

LEVEL 4 (Not Allowed)
All software prohibited by the Acceptable Use policy or any other applicable rules, regulations, or laws.

Windows

LEVEL 1 (Best Effort)
Office suites Microsoft Office 2007
(Includes Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access)

Microsoft Office 2003
(Includes Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access)
Web browsers Firefox 2.0 (Patched current)
Internet Explorer 7 (Patched current using Windows Update)
E-mail clients All users are encouraged to use the UWP NetMail web client available at: http://www.uwplatt.edu/go/email. If you would prefer to use a desktop e-mail client, the following are supported on Windows:

Thunderbird 2.0 (Patched current)
Calendar software Calendar Manager 2003
Utility software NetWare Client for Windows 4.91 SP3
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.1

LEVEL 2 (Limited Support)
Office suites Microsoft Office Project 2007
Microsoft Office Visio 2007
E-mail clients All users are encouraged to use the UWP NetMail web client available at: http://www.uwplatt.edu/go/email. If you would prefer to use a desktop e-mail client, the following are supported at Level 2 on Windows:

Outlook Express 6 (Patched current using Windows Update)
Graphic software Adobe Creative Suite 3
Desktop publishing QuarkXPress 6.5
Autodesk applications AutoCAD 2007

LEVEL 3 (Unsupported)
All software not in Level 1, Level 2, or prohibited by Level 4

LEVEL 4 (Not Allowed)
All software prohibited by the Acceptable Use policy or any other applicable rules, regulations, or laws.