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Handout or
resource is in the Adobe Portable
Document Format (.pdf). You will need Adobe's
Acrobat Reader
software to view and print the .pdf files.
Acrobat Reader can be
downloaded for free from the Adobe web site by clicking on the "Get
Acrobat Reader" icon.
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Handout or
resource is in the form of a rich text format (.rtf) file created
from Microsoft Word. This file can be opened and edited in Microsoft
Word and most other major word processing programs. |
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Handout or
resource is in the form of a Microsoft
Word (.doc) file created
from Microsoft Word. This file can be opened and edited in Microsoft
Word. Other word processing
programs may also be able to
import this format. The file
size is often smaller in this
format than the rich text format
when graphics are part of the
file. |
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Handout or
resource is in the form of a Microsoft
PowerPoint (.ppt or .pptx) file created
from Microsoft PowerPoint. This file can be opened and edited in Microsoft
PowerPoint. It can also be viewed and printed, but not edited, using the
freely downloadable Microsoft program PowerPoint
Viewer |
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Handout or resource is in the form of a
OpenOffice Impress presentation file (.odp)
created from OpenOffice. OpenOffice is a free and open productivity suite
that can be
downloaded from the OpenOffice.Org website. |
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Handout or
resource is in the form of a Microsoft
Reader ebook (.lit). You will need to download Microsoft's Reader software to
view the file on a Windows desktop computer. The files can also be
viewed on a Pocket PC (Reader
comes in the standard software).
Microsoft Reader for Desktop PC's can be downloaded for free from the
Microsoft web site by clicking on the "Download Microsoft
Reader" icon
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Handout or
resource is in the form of a .zip
file
or self-extracting
.exe file.
A .zip
file
is a compressed version of the
actual file. To use the file,
you must use a program on your
computer (such as such as
WinZip,
PKZIP,
Stuffit)
to extract the file after downloading.
A
self-extracting
.exe file
(useful only for a Windows
Computer) is a compressed
version of the file with a
"built-in" extractor.
Double-clicking on the .exe file
in Windows will extract the file
to a default folder.
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Handout or
resource is in the form of a
Palm Pilot DOC ebook format (.prc or
.pdb). You will need
reader software to read the DOC file on a Desktop PC, Palm Pilot or
Pocket PC. Many programs (freeware, shareware, and commercial) are
available. We provide here a link to
Palm Digital Media free reader. |
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