(M) Plug-Ins
Plug-Ins
When a web page links to a document such as a Acrobat, Word, Excel or PowerPoint, a link to a plugin that allows users to access these files must also be provided.
| Name | Size | File Extension Associations |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Reader | 22.4MB | |
| Flash Player | 1.5MB | .swf |
| Word Viewer | 24.5 MB | .docx .docm .rtf .txt .htm .html .mht .mhtml .wpd .doc .wpd .wps .wps .xml |
| PowerPoint Viewer 2007 | 25.8 MB | .ppt .pptx .pptm .pot .potx .potm .pps .ppsx .ppsm |
| Excel Viewer | 74.1 MB | .xls |
| Windows Media Player 11 | 25.9MB | List of file extension associations |
The following code samples can be added to a web page to comply with this accessibility requirement.
Adobe Reader
Code:
<p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getreader"> <img src="http://www.calstatela.edu/images/web/get_adobe_reader.gif" style="border:none" alt="Download Adobe Reader"><span style="display:none">Download Adobe Reader</span></a></p>
End Result: 
Adobe Flash
Code:
<p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.calstatela.edu/images/web/get_flashplayer.gif" style="border:none" alt="Download Adobe Flash Player"><span style="display:none">Download Adobe Flash Player</span></a></p>
End Result: 
Microsoft Word
Code:
<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4"><img src="http://www.calstatela.edu/images/web/wordviewer.png" style="border:none" alt="Download Word Viewer"><span style="display:none">Download Word Viewer</span></a></p>
End Result: 
Microsoft PowerPoint
Code:
<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13"><img src="http://www.calstatela.edu/images/web/pptviewer.png" style="border:none" alt="Download PowerPoint Viewer"><span style="display:none">Download Powerpoint Viewer</span></a></p>
End Result: 
Microsoft Excel
Code:
<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10"><img src="http://www.calstatela.edu/images/web/excelviewer.png" style="border:none" alt="Download Excel Viewer"><span style="display:none">Download Excel Viewer</span></a></p>
End Result: 
PHP Includes
If using the previous PHP University Web Templates, the following include statements can be used to obtain the same results as shown abaove.
Adobe Reader:
<?php include("http://www.calstatela.edu/Common_Files/pdfplugin.inc"); ?>
Adobe Flash:
<?php include("http://www.calstatela.edu/Common_Files/flashplugin.inc"); ?>
Microsoft Word:
<?php include("http://www.calstatela.edu/Common_Files/wordplugin.inc"); ?>
Microsoft PowerPoint:
<?php include("http://www.calstatela.edu/Common_Files/pptplugin.inc"); ?>
Microsoft Excel:
<?php include("http://www.calstatela.edu/Common_Files/excelplugin.inc"); ?>