Plug-ins
Windows Media™ Player

Our web site hosts Windows Media™ formatted video content. You will need to download the latest version of this player from the Microsoft® web site:
http://windowsmedia.com/9series/download/download.asp
Viewer for Word 97/2000 on PCs using Windows 95/98 or Windows NT

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. This product also allows users who wish to post rich-formatted Word documents on the Internet to expand their online audience to people who might not have Word. This viewer also allows users to view and print documents created in the Word native file format, even if they do not have Word. Users are allowed to zoom, outline, or view page layout, headers/footers, footnotes, and annotations.

If you wish to download any of our documents and you don't have Adobe Acrobat or MS Word97 or later, you will have to download this plug-in. It can be downloaded at:
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/ 2000/wd97vwr32.aspx
Viewer for Word 97/2000 on PCs using Windows 3.x

Microsoft® Word Viewer 97 for Windows 16-bit Operating Systems (Word Viewer), the newest member of the Word Viewer family, is a freeware product that allows you to view and print Microsoft Word 97 documents. Like previous versions of Word Viewer, the latest version can also open documents created with all previous versions of Word for Windows and version 4.x and above of Microsoft Word for Macintosh®. You cannot edit an open document in Word Viewer. However, you can copy text to the Clipboard to paste it in other applications. Microsoft encourages you to distribute Word Viewer along with your Word 97 documents to people who do not have Microsoft Word 97.

If you wish to download any of our documents and you don't have Adobe Acrobat or MS Word97 or later, you will have to download this plug-in. It can be downloaded at:
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/downloads/ 2000/wdvw9716.aspx
Adobe® Reader® 6.0

Adobe® Reader® 6.0 is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on a variety of hardware and operating system platforms. This new version of the familiar Adobe Acrobat® Reader provides a host of rich features that enable you to:
  • Submit Adobe PDF forms that are created with fillable form fields in such applications as Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional and Adobe Form Designer
  • Play back a variety of embedded multimedia content, such as QuickTime and MP3 files
  • Read and organize high-fidelity eBooks
  • Activate search and accessibility capabilities built into your PDF files
  • Display Adobe Photoshop® Album slide shows and electronic cards and export images for online photo processing (online photo services vary regionally)
If you wish to download any of our documents and you don't have MS Word or Adobe Acrobat, you can use this plug-in to download all files in Adobe Acrobat Format. It can be downloaded at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Macromedia Flash Player and Shockwave

Macromedia Flash Player and Shockwave are plug-ins used in some of the Interactive Exhibits within our site. Flash Player is used to access some of our audio and video clips.

Both the Shockwave and Flash Players can be found at:
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/