Our Software
The following applications are available on Commons computers in the QEII Library. Currently-registered students have access to a variety of free programs for at-home use, including Microsoft Office. More information is found on the OCIO website.
Note: If you require a piece of software not listed below, please consider submitting a Software Request Form. Software must be for academic use, only. Software updates happen approximately one month before the start of a semester and one month after the start of a semester.
These following software applications are available on all The Commons computers (not including the DMC computers).
| Audio & Video | |
|---|---|
| Software Version | |
| Audacity | 3.7.5 |
| MuseScore Studio | 4 |
| Garritan ARIA Player | 1.111 |
| Leawo Blu-ray Player | 3.0.0.6 |
| VLC Media Player | 3.0.21 |
| Windows Media Player | |
| Text Viewer & Editors | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | 2025.001 |
| Adobe Digital Editions | 4.5 |
| Calibre - E-Book Management | 8.10 |
| LibreOffice | 25.8 |
| MikTex TeXworks | 25.4 |
| Notepad | |
| Notepad++ | 8.8.5 |
| Sigil | 2.6 |
| Texmaker | 6.0.1 |
| TeXstudio | 4.8.8 |
| Image Viewers | |
| FastStone Image Viewer | 8.1 |
| paint.net | 5.0 |
| Windows Paint | |
| Web Browsers | |
| Google Chrome | 140 |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | 128.14 |
| Microsoft Edge | 140 |
| Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2024 | |
| Access | |
| Excel | |
| PowerPoint | |
| Project | |
| Word | |
| Reference Manager | |
| Mendeley Reference Manager | 2.138 |
| Zotero | 7.0 |
| Statistical Software | |
| Beyond 2020 Professional Browser | 7.0 |
| IBM SPSS Statistics | 29.0.2 |
| Jamovi | 2.6.44 |
| R GUI | 4.5.1 |
| Geographic Information Software | |
| ArcGIS Pro | 3.5 |
| QGIS Desktop | 3.40 LTS |
| Software for Engineering | |
| MATLAB | 2024b |
| Integrated Development Environment (IDE) | |
| BlueJ | 5.5.0 |
| IDLE | Python 3.13 |
| RStudio | 2025.05.1 |
| VS Code | 1.103.2 |
| Other Software | |
| 7 - ZIP | 25.01 |
| Google Earth Pro | 7.3.6 |
| Logic 2010 | 2025.09 |
| Putty | 0.83 |
| WinSCP | 6.5.3 |
The following software applications are specific to computers available in the Digital Media Centre.
| Adobe Creative Cloud Suite | |
|---|---|
| Software Version | |
| Acrobat Pro | 24.2 |
| Acrobat Distiller | 24.1 |
| After Effects | 24.3 |
| Audition | 25.0 |
| Illustrator | 28.7 |
| InDesign | 19.4 |
| Lightroom Classic | 12.5 |
| Media Encoder | 25.1 |
| Photoshop | 26.2 |
| Premiere Pro | 25.1 |
| Scanning | |
| NAPS2 | 7.5.3 |
| EPSON Scan (Negative Film) | 5.1 |
| CAD (Computer Aided Design) | |
| Autodesk Fusion 360 | 12904.2.1 |
| Blender | 4.2 |
| Meshmixer | 11.5 |
| Graphic Design | |
| GIMP | 2.10.38 |
| Inkscape | 1.4 |
| Krita | 5.2.6 |
| Optical Disk (ISO) | |
| CDBurnerXP | 4.5.8 |
| ImgBurn | 2.5.8 |
| Audio & Video Editing | |
| DaVinci Resolve | 19 |
The following software applications are available on all The Commons computers.
| Assistive Tech | |
|---|---|
| Software Version | |
| LiveScribe Echo Desktop | 3.0.4 |
| Kurzweil 3000 | 15.27 |
| NVDA Screen Reader | 2024.4.2 |
| Windows Ease of Access | 10.0 |
The following software applications are specific to The Commons Assistive Technology stations. For more information on how to access these stations, please visit our Assistive Technology page.
| Assistive Tech | |
|---|---|
| Software Version | |
| Dragon NaturallySpeaking | 11.00 |
| Inspiration | 9.0 |
| Read&Write Gold | 11.5.8 |