Hardware/Software

1. What computer hardware and software are required to produce my thesis or dissertation?
2. Where can I find the Adobe Exchange software?
3. How will someone access my thesis or dissertation?
4. What software is needed to view eTD documents? How may I acquire this software?

1. What computer hardware and software are required to produce my thesis or dissertation?

   Theses and dissertations can be produced in a PC or MAC environment using word processing software, such as Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, and LaTeX and desktop publishing software, such as PageMaker. For non-Adobe products, any file that can be printed from Windows/Macintosh can be printed to PostScript and then distilled into PDF. For more "eTD How-to Information" visit the Virginia Tech Web site http://etd.vt.edu/howto/

2. Where can I find the Adobe Exchange software?

   Adobe Exchange can be found on IBM and MAC computers in selected computer labs. For the location of the selected labs, please see the site at http://clc.its.psu.edu/labs/

3. How will someone access my thesis or dissertation?

   If you allow your eTD to be freely available worldwide, we will work to make it as easily available as possible. The University Libraries established a link on their Web site to Penn State's collection of electronic dissertations and each dissertation has its own URL. Search engines will be provided so that the Penn State's eTD collection can be searched by author, subject, title, and keyword. Penn State's eTD collection is also searchable through UMI and NDLTD.

4. What software is needed to view eTD documents? How may I acquire this software?

   To view most eTDs you will need a World Wide Web browser (e.g., Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer) as well as Adobe Acrobat Reader.