Related Websites

• State and Consumer Services Agency
• State Chief Information Officer
• CA Highway Patrol
• CA Office of HIPAA Implementation
• CA Office of Homeland Security
• CA Office of Emergency Services

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Free Third-Party Readers & Viewers

Free software enabling visitors to the Office's Web site to read documents formatted in different platforms (e.g., Microsoft Word [DOC], Portable Document Format [PDF], etc.)

 

Adobe Acrobat Reader (for PDF file extensions)

• Windows Adobe Reader (Outside Source)
• Macintosh Adobe Reader (Outside Source)

Microsoft Word Viewer (for DOC file extensions)

• Windows Microsoft Word Viewer (Outside Source)
• Macintosh - Word Documents can be opened with Appleworks (currently shipped with OS X)

Microsoft Excel Viewer (for XLS file extensions)

• Windows Microsoft Excel Viewer (Outside Source)
• Macintosh - Excel Spreadsheets can be opened with Appleworks (currently shipped with OS X)
  Note: Microsoft has not yet released any free viewers for Word and Excel for Mac OS X.

Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer (for PPT file extensions)

• Windows Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer (Outside Source)
• Macintosh Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer (Outside Source)

Microsoft Windows Media Player (for WMV file extensions)

• Windows Microsoft Windows Media Player (Outside Source)
• Macintosh Microsoft Windows Media Player (Outside Source)
• Instructions to Display Captions in Windows Media Player