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Programs and Plug-ins
The World Wide Web has many
sites where you will find audio and video materials, as well as special
material exclusive to some sites. Here are the programs and plug-ins you
need to enjoy everything the Web has to offer. Though these companies offer
more advanced programs at a charge, the programs you need for this site are
all available at no cost to you.
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Animation - Flash |
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pages make use of an interactive animation technology
known as Flash. Installing the
Flash plug-in for your browser will allow you to see these
elements on sites that use this file format. With the Macromedia Shockwave plug-in, you can view fully interactive
multimedia --- 3D games, clickable and dynamic animations, graphics, text,
and audio from within your web browser. |
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Audio/Video - RealMedia,
and Quicktime |
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RealAudio and RealVideo files require
RealPlayer,
which installs as a plug-in for your browser. Some pages make use of
QuickTime video, which again is available as a plug-in for both
Navigator and Explorer. |
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Browsers - Netscape,
MS Explorer |
| For browsers, we recommend that you
use
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
(or higher). This will enable you to view tables, Java and
JavaScript, among
other features widely used on our site. To download
Netscape
Navigator click here. |
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Documents - Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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Adobe Acrobat reader will allow you to read and print
fully-formatted Acrobat document files (.pdf files) whether your computer is
a PC, Mac, OS/2, Linux or Unix-based machine. |
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