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title: "Browser and Platform Support"
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description: "Slate browser, hardware, and software requirements."
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# Browser and Platform Support

Slate supports all modern browsers and platforms.

As a modern web application, Slate, like other modern systems, does not support archaic browsers. When a user accesses Slate through a browser that is currently unsupported, a message will be displayed asking them to upgrade to a modern browser.

## **Unsupported browsers**

Currently unsupported browsers include:

- Internet Explorer, all versions
- Other browsers, versions >1 year old

## **General requirements**

In addition to basic browser and platform requirements, the following requirements are generally necessary:

- Support for JavaScript (supported by default in all modern browsers and required by nearly all modern websites)
- For browsing on a desktop (full page) layout, a minimum display resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels
- For browsing on a mobile device, a minimum display width of 320 pixels

## **Slate Desktop Client requirements**

For enhanced local device and software integration, the Slate Desktop Client requires Windows Vista or later.

The Slate Desktop Client requires the following capabilities to provide enhanced functionality *(with alternative methods shown to provide similar functionality on unsupported platforms)*:

- Direct integration with a local or network scanner to facilitate scanning via TWAIN drivers *(on unsupported platforms, documents may be scanned to a PDF and uploaded via "Upload PDF from Digital Source" in Batch Acquire)*.
- Direct integration with Microsoft Word to facilitate a mail-merge *(on unsupported platforms, an Excel spreadsheet may be downloaded and merged using a locally-resident document)*.
- Direct integration with a local or network printer to facilitate duplex printing *(on unsupported platforms, a PDF may be downloaded and printed directly)*.