The Government of Alberta has designed this website to work across a range of web browsers and operating systems. This page gives you some details on which browsers have been thoroughly tested.
This website was designed to work properly in:
- Internet Explorer 7.0 and 8.0 (Windows)
- Mozilla Firefox (All recent versions on Windows, Mac and Linux)
PDF documents
Some documents on this website are available in a PDF format. Adobe Acrobat is needed to open these files. Acrobat is available to download at no charge from Adobe.
Word documents
Some documents on this website are available in .doc, .docx and RTF format. Microsoft Word is required to view these documents. Microsoft Word 2010 is recommended.
Screen Resolutions
You can set your computer to display different screen resolutions. This website has been designed to work best in 1024 x 768 pixel resolutions, although you may still use it on larger or smaller resolutions.
Most Windows computers let you adjust the resolution in the Display options within the Control Panel. Most Mac computers let you adjust the resolution in the Displays option in the System Preferences. For more assistance, consult the Help Files or documentation for your computer.
Screen Colours
Depending on your computer you can control the number of colours displayed on your screen. Government of Alberta websites look best with 16-bit colour (65,356 colours or thousands of colours depending on your operating system).