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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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Macromedia Flash Player
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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Word Viewer
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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.
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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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