Viewers and Players

Plug-ins, Viewers and Players

In addition to standard HTML Web pages, our Web sites contain other file formats. You may need additional software or browser plug-ins to view some of the information available on our sites. The following lists show each format, along with links to the corresponding freely available plug-ins or viewers.

File Type​ Name of Viewer​ URL of Viewer​
swf​ Adobe Flash Player​ http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/​
pdf Adobe Reader​ http://get.adobe.com/reader/​
xls​ Microsoft Excel Viewer 2010 and previous versions​ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10​
xlsx​ Microsoft Excel Viewer 2010 and previous versions​ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10​
ppt​ Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2010 and previous versions​ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13​
pptx​ Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2010 and previous versions​ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13​
mp3​ Microsoft Windows Media Player​ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-media​
mp4​ Quicktime​ http://www.apple.com/quicktime/​
wav​ Microsoft Windows Media Player​ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-media​
wmz​ Microsoft Windows Media Player​ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-media​
doc​ Microsoft Word Viewer 2010 and previous versions​ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4​
docx​ Microsoft Word Viewer 2010 and previous versions​ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4​
wpd​ Microsoft Word Viewer ​ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4​

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