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Adobe Acrobat PDF files (.pdf)

PDF files on this site are designated by this icon:

The PDF format is modeled after the PostScript language and is device and resolution independent. Publications in the PDF format can be viewed, navigated and printed from a workstation using the freely available Adobe Reader software from Adobe Systems, Inc. Versions of Adobe Reader run on DOS, Windows, Macintosh and Unix systems.

You can download the Adobe Reader free of charge.

If you are having trouble opening or using PDF files on the Wisconsin Department of Transportation site please make sure you have the most recent version of Adobe Reader installed. Most PDF files on this site are best viewed with Adobe Reader 4.0 or higher.

Adobe Flash Player (.swf)

Adobe Flash Player files on this site are designated by this icon:

The Adobe Flash Player is a widely distributed proprietary multimedia and application player for use with the Internet. Flash Player runs SWF files that can include text, graphics, animation, audio, video and music.

Flash Player is typically installed on all new computers. On computers where it is not installed, Flash Player will typically download and install itself when a Flash-driven Web page is encountered. Failing that, you can manually download and install the Flash Player free of charge.

If you are having trouble opening or using Flash Player files on the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Web site, make sure you have at least version 8.0 of Flash Player. When possible, WisDOT will provide a non-Flash Player version of its content.

Microsoft Excel Viewer

Microsoft Excel files on this site are designated by this icon:

If you do not have Microsoft Excel 2000 or higher, you may use Microsoft Excel viewer to view Excel files. This product, available free of charge, is a viewer only and does not allow you to make changes to Excel files.

If you have MS Excel 2003 or an earlier version, use the Microsoft Excel 2007 compatibility pack.

Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer

Microsoft PowerPoint files on this site are designated by this icon:

If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or higher on your machine, you may use Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer to view PowerPoint files. This product, available free of charge, is a viewer only and does not allow you to make changes to PowerPoint files.

If you have MS PowerPoint 2003 or an earlier version, use the Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 compatibility pack.

Microsoft Word Viewer

Microsoft Word files on this site are designated by this icon:

If you do not have Microsoft Word: use Microsoft Word viewer to view Word files. This product, available free of charge, is a viewer only and does not allow you to make changes to Word documents.

If you have MS Word 2003 or an earlier version, use the Microsoft Word 2007 compatibility pack.

MP3 audio file players

MP3 audio files on this site are designated by this icon:

If you do not have an MP3 player on your machine, you may use Nullsoft's Winamp to listen to MP3 audio files. This product is available free of charge.

Windows Media Player

Video files on this site are designated by this icon:

If you do not have a video player on your machine that can play these videos, you may use Windows Media Player. This product is available free of charge.

WinZip

Zipped files on this site are designated by this icon:

If you do not have software to unzip these files, you may download WinZip for a free 30-day evaluation period.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation does not support or endorse Adobe, Microsoft, WinZip, or Nullsoft in any way. This is a free program for your benefit only. You will be leaving the Wisconsin Department of Transportation site when you follow any of these links. Use the browser's back button to return to this page or bookmark the Wisconsin Department of Transportation site.

Questions about the content of this page:
Contact the WisDOT Webmaster, webmaster@dot.state.wi.us
Last modified: September 16, 2009