University of Calgary

Viewers, Players & Plug-ins

In order to be able to view different types of files that may be distributed to you through your course, you may need some different viewers, players or plug-in programs. You may not need all of these for your course, so install them as needed.

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Adobe reader will allow you to view Adobe PDF files. Download here

Java Plug-in

This plug in from Sun Microsystems allows your browser to display elements that were created using the Java programming language. Download here

Shockwave player

This is a 3D animation plug-in from Macromedia. Download here

Flash player

This is a web animation plug-in from Macromedia. Download here

Quicktime player

This is an audio and video player from Apple. Download here

Realplayer

This is an audio and video player from Real Networks. There is a FREE version, look closely for the small link! Download here

Windows Media Player

This is an audio and video player from Microsoft. Download here

PowerPoint Viewer

The PowerPoint viewer will allow you to view PPT files. Download here

Other MS Office viewers

These viewers will allow you to view other MS Office files. Download here