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=Specific Technology Needed for EDEX 523=

In an effort to make this course accessible and useable to as many candidates as possible, I am attempting to offer much of the material in more than one format. Below is information about the methods I have used to develop various types of materials, the formats in which they were saved, and links to tools you can use to access the materials.

Documents Most of the documents in the course, especially those that I have scanned or that are not intended to be edited by the users, are saved in PDF format. To view **PDF files**, you may use a free reader such as [|Adobe Reader] get.adobe.com/reader/ (opens in new window) Another free alternative that you might want to try is [|Foxit Reader] www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/ or [|CutePDF Writer] cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp which reads PDF files, but it also allows you to convert files into the PDF format.

Documents that are intended to be edited by the user, such as the outlines of the presentations in the course topics, have been saved as **.docx files**, which is the file format for Microsoft Word 2007/2010. I abbreviate these files as 'MS Word' in the class site. If you use MS Word 2003 and you need to open, edit and save MS Word 2007 files, go to **//Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats//** at [] to download the free conversion tool.