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Software Requirements In order to view some of the material on this page, you will need additional software. For the PowerPoint slides, you will need Microsoft's PowerPoint Viewer. You may download either the Windows version (Windows 3.x; and 95), or the Macintosh version. For material marked "PDF files", you will need the Adobe Acrobat Viewer. If you have not already obtained this viewer, then you may download it now from Adobe Systems, Inc.

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Data disk (ddisk.zip, 36k) A Student and Data Disk accompanies the text. If you did not receive a disk or misplaced it, this download contains sample data for every Programming Assignment in the text. It also contains each Practice Program and several other illustrated programs as well. For more details, check the README file that is supplied. Syntax Guide (syntax.pdf, 585k) A Syntax Guide which includes all the COBOL rules is supplied with the text. If you did not receive a copy or misplaced yours, you may download this file which contains all of the material in the Syntax Guide. (Acrobat Viewer needed) Powerpoint Slides (ppt.zip, 567k) This file consists of Powerpoint slides that summarize material in the text in a Chapter-by-Chapter format. They are useful in reviewing each chapter's contents. (PowerPoint Viewer needed) Advanced Topics: Based on responses to an extensive survey we conducted, most users preferred a streamlined version of COBOL with some of the very advanced topics omitted. The three topics that were condensed are: 1)multiple level arrays and tables, 2) advanced indexed file processing, 3) advanced relative file processing. For those of you who would like additional information on these topics, the following downloads are available. (Acrobat Viewer needed for all files below) Multiple Level Arrays and Tables (multile.pdf, 410k) Advanced Indexed File Processing (indexed.pdf, 257k) Advanced Relative File Processing (relativ.pdf, 293k) If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact us at acsnns@hofstra.edu