Website help and information - document types

Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

To view these documents you need to use a PDF file viewer such as Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Exchange from Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Acrobat Reader is now available at no charge from Adobe website.

Microsoft Word (DOC and DOCX)

Microsoft Word is a word processor/ document authoring program. Other word processors may be able to open MS Word files, although they may show formatting or page layout slightly differently.

If you do not have Microsoft Word, then a free viewer program is available from the Microsoft website.

Microsoft Excel (XLS and XLSX)

We present some spreadsheat information (eg statistics) in Excel 97 format. You may be able to open Excel files in other spreadsheet programs, although some formatting may differ.

If you do not have Microsoft Excel, then a free viewer program is available from the Microsoft website.

Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT and PPTX)

PowerPoint is a "slideshow" presentation program.

If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint, then a free viewer program is available from the Microsoft website.