To complete the required course exercises, you will need a text editor such as Notepad, XMLSPY, or XML Notepad from Microsoft.
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You will also need a browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.
One optional exercise requires that you download a parser.
Instructions for downloading this parser can be found at the Setting up software page.

You will need to decompress the software for this course.
For instructions on how to do this, go to the Setup page.

You can download a compressed file that contains:

1. Files to use for each of the scored course exercises
   
2. Files to use for the optional course exercises

In the next Lesson, the course material will be discussed.