[pdf] - PDF Documents can be viewed by using Adobe Acrobat©. You can download it free from the Adobe website.

The following tools can be used to convert PDF documents into plain text or HTML documents. You can translate a PDF into a text only or HTML by the following methods:

• Adobe Conversion Script -
  • Online conversion tool: www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html Type in the URL of any PDF, the document will be converted into a text only HTML document.
  • Further Information: www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_tools_faq.html
• Google -
  • Similarly, type in the URL of any PDF at google.com and click on 'View as HTML' in the results - the document will be converted into a text only HTML document.
• Platforms -
  • To access PDF documents on all platforms, go to GS View

[doc] - Documents published in Microsoft Word© format can be viewed by Microsoft Word if it is installed on your PC or you can use a Microsoft Word Viewer, which is available from: office.microsoft.com/downloads

[rtf] - Rich Text Files can be viewed by Microsoft Word if it is installed on your PC or you can use a Microsoft Word Viewer, which is available from: office.microsoft.com/downloads

[txt] - To view Text documents, download the document to your PC, right-click the file and select 'Open with' from the menu and choose either Notepad or Wordpad from the list.