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1.2.6 Hardware and Software Requirements
Browsers and Screen Resolution
This site will work with all modern browsers, such Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Chrome. To use many of the functions on this site, your browser should have JavaScript and Cookies enabled. A minimum screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 is also recommended.
In order to view PDF (Portable Document Format) files accessible from the EarthRef.org and MagIC websites, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader© that is available free for download at http://adobe.com. Some downloadable files from the EarthRef.org databases are available as compressed ZIP archives. These archives require the use of WinZip© for Microsoft Windows© users or Aladdin StuffIt Expander© for Macintosh© users to unzip them.
The MagIC Console Software program is coded in Visual Basic for Applications© in Microsoft Excel© and has been tested under Microsoft Windows© 2000/XP/Vista and Macintosh© OS 9.0/X. It is recommended that you run this software on 500 Mhz computers with at least 512 MB of RAM and 1024x768 native screen resolutions. Empty MagIC SmartBooks start at ~200 KB in file size, but increase to several MB's depending on the number of data records included.
See also ...
Contents MagIC Chapter 1 Introduction Topic 1.2.2 Become a Registered EarthRef.org User Topic 1.2.3 Reviewer and Editor Responsibilities Topic 1.2.4 Online Search Features and Data Uploading Topic 1.2.5 The MagIC Console Software Topic 1.2.7 Software Updates Topic 1.2.8 Important MagIC Website Links
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