SIL Electronic Survey Reports
Required Software
Here is a list of the software that is required or recommended for viewing the SILESR papers.
Web browser
Most papers presented in HTML (the document markup language of Web documents) are readable by any Web browser that supports in-line graphics and tables. Some Netspace enhancements are used (such as centering), but these are not crucial to the presentation of the papers. The papers have been successfully tested with these browsers:
HTML styles and IPA fonts
Some papers use an advanced feature called HTML styles. Styles make it possible to specify that parts of the text should be displayed using a particular font, such as the SIL IPA fonts. To read these papers, you will need (1) the SIL IPA fonts 2.1 installed on your computer, and (2) a Web browser that supports HTML styles; presently these include Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3 for Macintosh and Windows 95/NT (but not Windows 3) and Netscape Navigator version 4 (part of Netscape Communicator). An important note to Macintosh users: if the IPA font is not displayed properly when you view a paper, change your Web browser's Font/Document Encoding setting to "Western (MacRoman)".
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Some papers are supplied as PDF files which can be read using a Web browser compatible with Netscape Navigator 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0. Netscape Navigator-compatible browsers also need access to the PDFViewer plug-in in their plug-in folders to display PDF documents. The PDFViewer plug-in is automatically installed in the Netscape plug-ins folder with Windows and on the Macintosh. For other browsers, with UNIX, or if you install a new browser after installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader software the Web browser plug-in must be installed. The reader is free and is available for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX from Adobe's Acrobat download page. Follow their instructions for installing the reader on your computer and configuring your Web browser to handle PDF files.
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