Alternative Formats and Plug-ins

Information throughout the Canada Web site is provided in HTML as the primary format. In some cases, other software formats are provided as alternatives. To open these alternate formats, you may need to download and install one or more of the following on your computer:

Word Processing Software

PDF - They may also be available as Portable Document Format. To view these files you will need a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. If the Adobe download site is not accessible to you, you can download Acrobat Reader from an accessible page. You can also visit the Adobe site for online conversion tools for PDF documents. Other options for free of charge PDF readers are Foxit Reader, Xpdf and eXPert PDF Reader.

DOC - Some files are available in Microsoft Word or Rich Text formats. To view these files you will need Microsoft Word Reader.

XLS - To read a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format, you will need the . Microsoft Excel Viewer

PPT - Presentations are available in Microsoft PowerPoint format. To view these files you will need PowerPoint Presentation Viewer.

Media Players (for viewing interactive content)

• Flash
• Quicktime
• RealPlayer
• Windows Media Player

Zip files

ZIP - Zip files compress data and therefore save time and space, and make downloading software faster. To open a Zip file, double click it in your browser and choose "Unzip or install from an existing Zip file" in the WinZip Wizard. If you do not have Zip software on your computer, you can download many free versions.

• WinZip
• 7-Zip