These free plug-ins and tools are provided to enhance the quality of your experience using ThomsonNOW and TLE. You may also need to download some of the following tools for your browser to use ThomsonNOW and TLE properly.

	Microsoft Internet Explorer We recommend that Windows users download and use the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. (Internet Explorer 6 SP 1 and above.)

	Java Software for Windows, Linux, and Macs Some ThomsonNOW tutorials require support for Java applets. For Internet Explorer and Mozilla to support Java applets, the latest version of the Java Plug-in must be installed.

	Firefox for Windows Firefox is an open-source Web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. Version 1.5 (or above) is required to use ThomsonNOW.

	Adobe Acrobat Reader With the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can view and print Adobe PDF files on all major platforms.

	Flash Player Macromedia Flash Player delivers fast loading front-end Web applications, high-impact Web site user interaction, interactive online advertising, and short to medium form animation.

	Real Player The RealNetworks RealPlayer is used by some ThomsonNOW products to play tutorial videos. (Not supported for Linux.*)

	Quick Time Player Apple's QuickTime player is used to play videos in some areas of ThomsonNOW. (Not available for Linux.*)

	Macromedia Shockwave Player Macromedia Shockwave Player is the web standard for powerful multimedia playback and online learning applications.

	TLE Explorers TLE Explorers offers activity simulations using materials like tiles, and programs to create graphs and geometric diagrams.

* Open source alternatives may be available, but are not supported.