Technology Requirements: Plug-ins and ViewersThese plug-ins and viewers allow users to view various types of files on our website as well as sites that are linked from here. These links are provided for your convenience. The Department of Defense Education Activity does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness,or completeness of these outside links. Further, the inclusion of these links is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites. RealPlayerRealPlayer allows users to view video and hear audio
files on the Internet. Users can choose between the free player or
an enhanced paid version. Microsoft Windows Media PlayerWindows Media Player allows users to view video
and hear audio files on the Internet. Adobe Flash PlayerAdobe Flash Player allows users to view Flash
content and media on the Internet. Necessary to view our streaming video. 97% of desktop computers in the USA have this plugin installed already, and if it is not installed, Flash Player will certainly ask you if you want it to be installed via the internet. Microsoft WordMicrosoft 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. Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft 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. Microsoft PowerPointMicrosoft 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. 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. 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 here. To find out more about Adobe and accessibility, visit their site. WordPerfectWordPerfect is a popular word processing application
from Corel. Most other office suites (e.g., StarOffice, Lotus, Word)
can read WordPerfect files. ZIP / Self-Extracting ZIPZIP 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
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