Web Browser Helper Applications / Plug-ins

These useful Plug-ins, Web Browser Helper Applications, Programs, or Converters may be downloaded for free from 3rd party websites. Make sure you choose the version that is appropriate for your computer. Your online course instructor will let you know if any of these tools might be useful for your Blackboard courses. 

Adobe Acrobat Reader View and print PDF files.

Adobe Flash Player Browser plug-in.

Adobe Shockwave Player Browser plug-in which displays Web content that has been created by Adobe Director.

Google Docs  Online documents, spreadsheets, presentations and more.

Microsoft Excel Viewer Open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if you don't have Excel installed.

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer View presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.

Microsoft Visio Viewer The Visio Viewer allows anyone to view Visio drawings and diagrams inside their Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser.

Microsoft Word Viewer View, print and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed.

Microsoft Windows Snapshot Viewer The Snapshot Viewer enables you to view a report snapshot without having the standard or run-time versions of Microsoft Access 97 through Access 2007.

Microsoft Windows Media Player Digital Media Player.

Open Office Open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.

Apple QuickTime Player Digital Media Player. Choose the free player.

Real Player Digital Media Player. Choose the free basic RealPlayer.