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Suggested Plug-ins for Online@UT
Click on link to download the plug-in.Adobe Acrobat
ReaderView and print millions of documents on the Web with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.Go to Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apple QuickTime 6
Quick Time 6 lets you add more than 200 digital media capabilities and components to your Mac or PC.
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Apple QuickTime 6
Excel 97/2000 Viewer: Spreadsheet Files
The Microsoft Excel 97 Viewer allows users to view and print Excel 97 and Excel 2000 spreadsheet files, in addition to other Excel for Windows® (versions 2.0 and greater) and Excel for the Macintosh® (versions 2.2a and greater) spreadsheet files.Go to Excel viewer
Internet Browsers: PC
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
Firefox 3.0.3
Safari 3.1.2 for Windows XP or Vista
Internet Browsers: Mac
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 (Mac OS X)
Safari 4.0
Java Plug-in (JRE 1.4.1)
The Blackboard Collaboration tools (virtual classroom and lightweight chat) require Java Plug-in (JRE 1.4.1) in order to function properly. All Windows users please make sure that you remove the prior versions of Java before updating Java Plug-ins on your computer. Please click here for more info on Java updates for Blackboard.Go to Java Plug-in (JRE 1.4.1)
Microsoft Media Player
Windows Media Player supports Windows Media (WMA,ASF), MP3, WAV, MIDI, AVI, and other formats.Go to Microsoft Media Player
Microsoft Office Viewers
Allows users of Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 or later to open Word 97 and Word 2000 documents.Go to Word 97/2000 Viewer (32-bit)
Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Viewer Version 2000 (2004 Release)
Allows users of Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 or later to open presentations created with PowerPoint for Windows version 2.0 or later, and PowerPoint for Macintosh version 3.0 or later.
Go to Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Viewer Version 2000 (2004 Release)
Office 2000 HTML Filter 2.0
Once you have completed editing an HTML document in Word 2000 or Excel 2000, you can use the Office HTML Filter to remove the Office-specific markup tags from the final copy of the HTML document.Go to Word 2000 and Excel 2000 to HTML Filter
PowerPoint Viewer for Macintosh
Allows Macintosh users to open presentations created in PowerPoint for the Macintosh versions 2.0 through 4.0 and PowerPoint for Windows versions 3.0 and 4.0.Go to PowerPoint Viewer for Macintosh
Real Networks RealPlayer
Play online audio and video content.Go to Real Networks RealPlayer
Shockwave, Flash & Authorware
Macromedia's Shockwave, Flash and Authorware Player plug-ins let you experience automation and entertainment in your Web browser.
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Shockwave, Flash & Authorware