Help With Our File Formats and Needed Plugins
Help With Our File Formats and Needed Software or Plugins
The information and/or articles posted on the Outsource Management Group, LLC website may include hypertext links to external websites and information created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations.
Outsource Management Group, LLC only provides these links as an informational resource and convenience to providers. When you select a link to an outside website, you are leaving the Outsource Management Group, LLC site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners of the outside website.
File Format, Plug-In Information and Software Requirements
Wherever possible, we will post information on this website in standard, accessible formats (e.g., HTML). However, there are some areas of the website where specialized file types must be used and special viewers or software apps may be needed to access or view the content. Below is a list of file types that are used on the website as well as further information on getting the needed viewers, plugins or apps.
Note on viewing and downloading files: Depending on the configuration of your computer, files of the types listed below may:
Open inside of your web browser, open in a new program window, or ask you where to save the file. If you would like to download a copy of the file to your computer, right-click (on Windows) or command-click (on Macintosh) and choose “Save Target As…” or “Save Link As…”. This will allow you to save a copy of the file to your computer rather than having the file open inside your web browser.
Open file formats that we may use are explained below and can be viewed by a number of free or commercial software packages as follows.
ZIP / Self-Extracting ZIP
ZIP files are used to simplify the download process by wrapping a number of separate files into a single “container” and compressing the original files significantly. ZIP and UNZIP software is available from a variety of vendors. Freeware packages available include Unzip.
Click Here to download the free Unzip utility from Info-Zip.
CSV (Comma Separated Values)
CSV is A data format in which each piece of data is separated by a comma. This is a popular format for transferring data from one application to another, because most database and spreadsheet systems are able to import and export comma-delimited data. CSV files can be opened by the majority of spreadsheet and database programs available.
RTF (Rich Text Format)
A standard formalized by Microsoft for specifying formatting of documents. RTF files are actually ASCII (plain text) files with special commands to indicate formatting information, such as fonts and margins. RTF files can be opened by the majority of word processing programs available.
Click to download a word processor or viewer if needed: Open Office / Windows
MP3 (audio layer 3)
MP3 is a popular audio format with very high compression for web and mobile use. MP3 playing and recording software is available from a variety of software vendors.
Click a link to download a player if needed: Quicktime / RealPlayer / Windows Media Player
Proprietary formats that we may use are explained below and require a specific type of software to view the files as follows.
Adobe Acrobat / PDF (Portable Document Format)
Acrobat PDF files are used to retain the formatting of printed documents. To view PDF files, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Click Here to download the Adobe Acrobat reader if needed.
Quicktime Version 4 or later
Quicktime is an alternative audio / video format. Quicktime files do not stream, but are downloaded to your computer and then played.
Click Here to download the Quicktime player if needed.
Word Versions: 97, 2000, 2003
Word is a popular word processing application. The viewer is available for Windows and MacOS platforms. Additionally, most other office suites (e.g., StarOffice, Lotus, WordPerfect) can read Word files.
Click to download a word processor or viewer if needed: Open Office / Windows
WordPerfect
WordPerfect is a popular word processing application. Most other office suites (e.g., StarOffice, Lotus, Word) can read WordPerfect files.
Click to download a word processor or viewer if needed: Open Office / Windows
PowerPoint Versions: 97, 2000, 2003
PowerPoint is a presentation program from Microsoft. Some materials might be posted in PowerPoint format. The viewer is available for the Windows and MacOS platforms.
Click Here to download the Microsoft viewer if needed.
WMV (Windows Media Video)
WMV is a high compression video format created by Microsoft. Microsoft Windows Media Player is used to view this format.
Click Here to download the Windows Media Player if needed.
