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Applications
Adobe
®
Reader
®
Adobe
®
Reader
®
allows you to view, navigate, and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files
from your local hard drive, your local network, or the Internet.
Plug-Ins
Several plug-ins may have been installed on your notebook to enhance your internet
experience.
What is a plug-in ?
A plug-in is a component that allows you, for example, to read specific file formats, listen to
sounds or watch movies over the internet by extending your browser capabilities.
Adobe
®
Reader
®
Plug-In
The Adobe
®
Reader
®
plug-in lets you visualise PDF files within your browser. This format is
used to view, navigate and print files right in your browser. PDF files are extremely compact,
platform-independent, offer design control and are ready to print.
Adobe
®
ShockWave
®
Plug-In
Adobe
®
ShockWave
®
is one of the industry standards for downloading and experiencing
interactive multimedia, graphics and audio on the web.
This plug-in allows you to experience high resolution images and graphics, zooming and
panning up to 25000 % without losing any of the original picture quality. The plug in also lets
you experience exciting interactive animations that can include audio from hi-fi to CD quality.
Adobe
®
Flash
®
Plug-In
Adobe
®
Flash
®
is another plug-in that lets you experience vector based animation over the
web. Flash files are very small, animated graphics and drawings that play on web pages in real
time, even over a slow connection. Flash also gives you interactive buttons, anti-aliased
graphics, outline fonts and zooming control for use on web pages.
DirectX Plug-In
DirectX is a Windows
®
technology that enables higher performance in graphics and sound
when you’re playing games or watching video on your notebook.
The software varies according to the model and is subject to change without notice (for specific
models only).
