Adobe® Acrobat® software lets you convert any document into a portable document format (PDF) file.

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended version 9 for Windows software includes Adobe Presenter 7, Adobe LiveCycle® Designer ES, and Adobe 3D Reviewer software. This is the version you will want if you do any work with UMConnect.

The Adobe Acrobat Extended Contract for faculty and staff work computers is currently under final review - for details please look in the 'Ordering & Details' tab after you have chosen 'Your Campus' and 'User Type' (Staff/Faculty Work Computer or Departmental). 

For Adobe products other than Acrobat Pro for Mac and Extended for Windows* we recommend purchasing your Adobe licenses through Computer Intelligence Association.  Staff & faculty for U of M use can purchase the following products at the best educational pricing; AfterEffects, Audition, Authorware, Captivate, Contribute, Director, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver Developer Toolbox, Fireworks, Flash Pro, Font Folio, FrameMaker, Freehand, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Ovation, PageMaker, Photoshop Extended, Photoshop Elements, Photshop Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Premiere Elements, Soudbooth, Visual Communicator, CS4 Design Bundle, CS4 Master Collection, CS4 Production Bundle, CS4 Web Bundle, Adobe Technical Communication Suite. 

* Please see separate UTools listing for Adobe Acrobat.

ArcInfo is a full-featured desktop geographic information system produced by ESRI, and is the highest level of licensing (and therefore functionality) in the ArcGIS Desktop product line.

ArcView is the entry level licensing level of ArcGIS Desktop, a geographic information system software product produced by ESRI. It is intended by ESRI to be the logical migration path from ArcView 3.x.

The Autodesk Design Institute is a program for institutions that provides a wide range of Autodesk design tools, including AutoCAD, for teaching in the fields of manufacturing, industrial design, architecture, construction, and civil engineering. 

DeWolfe Music offers premium quality production music available for download in WAV and MP3 formats. Their extensive music library includes every genre from classical music recordings by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to progressive electronic, hip hop and alternative rock, from epic fantasy to commercial jingles and sound effects. Tracks from the DeWolfe collection can be heard in critically acclaimed television series, feature films, radio programming, advertising campaigns and in top shelf video games.

Adobe Director is an ideal product to use when creating accessible kiosks, CD/DVD-ROMs, and Web-based applications.

The University is participating in the Microsoft DreamSpark program, which offers students the option to download Microsoft developer software and designer tools free of charge.

Design, develop, and maintain Web sites and Web applications with Adobe Dreamweaver.

Adobe Flash software is used to design and deliver low-bandwidth animations, presentations, and Web sites.

Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop image editing product, sold at a fraction (roughly one sixth) of the cost of the professional product. It contains most of the features of the professional version but with fewer and simpler options.

Adobe Photoshop Extended is useful for image editing with powerful features that offer something for every user.

Microsoft Office Visio 2007 makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information. Go from complicated text and tables that are hard to understand to Visio diagrams that communicate information at a glance.