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You may need to install a plug-in in order to play/view certain files posted in Blackboard. The list of plug-ins suported by Blackboard and their download sites are below.
With the Microsoft® Word Viewer 97/2000, Microsoft Word users can share documents with those who do not have Word and users without Word can open and view Word documents.
The Microsoft PowerPoint® Viewer 97 now also supports PowerPoint 2000 files. This viewer allows people who use PowerPoint to share their presentations with people who do not have PowerPoint installed on their computers.
The Microsoft Excel 97/2000 Viewer is recommended for use with a stand-alone computer that does not have Microsoft Excel installed. This product allows the user to open and view Excel 97 and Excel 2000 spreadsheet files.
View and print .pdf files with this free plug-in.
QuickTime lets you add numerous digital media capabilities to your PC or Mac.
Shockwave, Flash and Authorware
Macromedia's Shockwave, Flash and Authorware Player plug-ins let you experience automation and entertainment in your Web browser. The new Shockwave provides auto-updating of the player.
RealNetworks RealPlayer (Windows; Mac - click on RealPlayer 8 Basic)
Play online streaming audio and video content.
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player supports Windows Media (WMA), MP3, WAV, MIDI, AVI, MPEG and more.
StuffIt Expander (select your operating system and download)
StuffIt Expander easily expands and decodes all those files you download from the Web or receive in your email. It quickly accesses StuffIt files, unzips zip files created by WinZip® and other zip utilities, plus decompresses tar, gzip and bzip files for Unix users.