| Category | Rendering software in reading rooms | Formats accessible in reading rooms? |
|---|---|---|
| Image formats | MS Paint, Windows Photoviewer | Yes |
| Adobe Acrobat | Yes | |
| Web formats | Internet Explorer, Google Chrome | Yes |
| Office formats | Microsoft Office | Yes (support for old Office formats presently not clear) |
| Audio | Windows Media Player, VLC Media Player | No (hardware in reading rooms doesn't support audio) |
| Video | Windows Media Player, VLC Media Player | Partially (hardware in reading rooms doesn't support audio) |
| Metadata | Internet Explorer, Notepad, Wordpad | Yes |
| Executables, installers, system files | Not applicable | No |
| Containers | Windows Explorer, 7-Zip | Yes |
| Source code / scripts | Notepad, Wordpad | Partially: available software doesn't support syntax highlighting |
| (Scientific) text-based data formats | Notepad, Wordpad | Partially: available software doesn't support syntax highlighting; CSV files are not imported correctly by MS Excel |
| (Scientific) binary data formats | - | No |
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April 23, 2015 16:43
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Rendering of top 50 formats in KB reading rooms
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