File Formats
The Department of Higher Education uses several file formats to provide
documents and data to visitors. The table below provides an explanation of
each file format and a link to other sites. Free readers and viewers for
these formats are available from the manufacturers through these links:
| File Format |
Description |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format (Adobe Acrobat) document. The free Adobe
Acrobat reader is available at www.adobe.com. |
| DOC |
Microsoft Word 97 document. The free viewer is available at www.microsoft.com. |
| RTF |
Rich Text Format document. Used whenever possible instead of the
DOC format. Most text viewers and word processing programs can read
this format. Documents in this format cannot transmit macro viruses. |
| XLS |
Microsoft Excel 97 document. The free viewer is available at www.microsoft.com. |
| PPS, PPT |
Microsoft Powerpoint 97 document. The free viewer is available at www.microsoft.com. |
| MDB |
Microsoft Access 97 database. There is no free viewer, you must
own Microsoft Access or another database product in order to view the data
contained within an MDB file. StarOffice can read Microsoft Access
databases and is available free from www.sun.com. |
| CSV |
Comma separated value data file. This can be viewed in any text
viewer, but is meant for import into either a spreadsheet or
database. Used whenever possible instead of the MDB and XLS formats. |
| ZIP |
ZIP compressed document. Large documents may sometimes be zipped
to conserve space and decrease download times. Free programs to
unzip are available at most software collection web sites such as www.nonags.com,
www.tucows.com, and download.cnet.com. |
All of the documents on our web site are made from 100% recycled electrons,
however, some documents are also available in carbon-based toner on flattened
dead trees.
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