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RealPlayer
RealPlayer allows users to view video and hear audio files on the Internet.
Users can choose between the free player or an enhanced paid version.
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RealPlayer
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player allows users to view video and hear audio files on the
Internet.
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Windows Media Player
Macromedia Flash Player
Macromedia Flash Player allows users to view Flash content and media on the Internet.
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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processing application. Viewers for Word documents
are available from Microsoft. Viewers allow users who don't have Microsoft Word
to view Word files.
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Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application. Viewers for Excel are available
from Microsoft. Viewers allow users who don't have Microsoft Excel to view Excel
files.
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Excel Viewer
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program. Viewers for PowerPoint are
available from Microsoft. Viewers allow users who don't have Microsoft PowerPoint
to view PowerPoint files.
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PowerPoint Viewer
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PDF (Portable Document Format)
Adobe Acrobat PDF files are used to retain the formatting of original documents. To view these files, the user will need to download the free Adobe reader. Get Adobe Acrobat Reader | Text Only Adobe Acrobat Reader download page
NOTE: If you are using a screen reader that is not compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe will convert PDFs into either HTML or ASCII text. This tool is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html. To find out more about Adobe and accessibility, visit access.adobe.com.
WordPerfect
WordPerfect is a popular word processing application from Corel. Most other office suites (e.g., StarOffice, Lotus, Word) can read WordPerfect files.
Get WordPerfect Plug-in (Note: This link does not take you to a web page. This link will download the executable file to install the WordPerfect plug-in.)
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ZIP / Self-Extracting ZIP
ZIP files are used to simplify the download process by wrapping a number of separate files into a single "wrapper" and compressing the original files by a significant amount. ZIP and UNZIP software is available from a variety of vendors.
Aladdin Expander from Aladdin Systems Incorporated is a freeware package. Winzip has a free evalation copy that is good for 21 days. After that, you will be required to pay for the full version.
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