PC (Minimum Requirements)

300 MHz Pentium
64 MB free RAM
Dial Up Modem

Macintosh (Minimum Requirements)

350 MHz Power Mac
32 MB free RAM
Dial Up Modem

PC (Recommended Requirements)

600 MHz or faster
256 MB free RAM
High Speed Internet Connection
Sound card

Macintosh (Recommended)

400 MHz Power Mac
128 MB free RAM
High Speed Internet Connection
Sound card

Software

Operating System Platform: Windows 95, 98, Me, XP, MacOS 8.7 or better.

Web Browser: Internet Explorer 4.0 or better, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or later,
                    AOL 7, Mozilla 1.0 or later, Opera 6

Plug-Ins

For optimal viewing of the on-line content, the latest versions of the following
software are required and are all available for download at no cost:

Macromedia Flash Player   http://www.macromedia.com

Cyrillic and My Computer

How do I set up my WEB BROWSER so that I may view web pages
that have Cyrillic fonts?

Most Web pages containing Ukrainian text will automatically work properly, especially newer versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape. If you encounter problems with Ukrainian Web pages, follow these steps:

For IE 4 or better Web Browsers

1. Click "View" on the toolbar, then "Character Set"
    (or "Character Coding" in Netscape 6)

2. You will be given numerous encoding choices.
    Your three Ukrainian options will be
    Cyrillic (KOI8-R), Cyrillic (ISO-8859-5), Cyrillic (Windows-1251)

3. The most common will be Cyrillic (Windows-1251). Click this choice.

4. Your browser will reload the page. If the page is not readable
    try Cyrillic (KOI8-R), or Cyrillic (ISO-8859-5)
    or any of the other Cyrillic options in Netscape 6.

How do I set up my COMPUTER so that I may use Ukrainian fonts?
Setting up your computer to use Ukrainian fonts involves 2 steps. First, you must install multilingual support on your computer. Then you will likely want to install a transliterated, phonetic keyboard, as the default Ukrainian keyboard is the one used in Ukraine and its layout is quite different from the QWERTY keyboard that most English speakers are familiar with.

Instructions for installing multilingual support and setting up keyboards are given below. Additional information on these topics can be found at http://www.cym.org and at http://www.brama.com.

Windows 95-98 - Installing Multilingual Support

1.    Click the Start button.
2.    Click Settings, then Control Panel.
3.    From the Control Panel select Add/Remove Programs.
4.    Click on the Windows Setup tab.
5.    Scroll down and click Multilanguage Support, and then click Details.
6.    Make sure a check mark appears beside Cyrillic Language Support.
7.    Click OK at the bottom of the Add/Remove Programs window.
8.    Click OK again.
9.    You might be prompted to insert your Windows 95/98 CD-ROM.
10.  The changes will take effect after you re-boot your computer.

Windows NT-2000-XP - Installing Multilingual Support

1.    Click the Start button.
2.    Click Settings, then Control Panel.
3.    From the Control Panel double click Regional and Language Options.
4.    Click the Languages tab.
5.    Click Details (NT/XP) or Change (2000).
6.    Under Installed services, click Add.
7.    In the Input language list, scroll down and select "Ukrainian"
8.    Click OK to close the Add Input languages dialog box.
9.    Click Apply (NT/XP) or OK (2000).
10.   Under Installed services, click "UK Ukrainian".
11.   Under Preferences, click Language Bar.
12.   In the Language Bar Settings dialog box, select the
       Show the Language bar on the desktop check box.
13.   Click OK to close the Language Bar Settings dialog box.
14.   Click OK to close the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box.
15.   Click OK to close the Regional and Language Options dialog box.
16.   Close the Control Panel.
A system reboot may be required.