Viewing the Site

The Vietnam Center & Archive websites are designed to work with a variety of screen sizes and internet browsers. However, the site is best view with a screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater. Javascript and Stylesheets should be enabled. Check your browser's help section for more information about Javascript and Stylesheets, and your operating system's help materials for information on setting screen resolution.

Internet Browsers

The Vietnam Center & Archive Website is designed to be viewable with most internet browsers. The site should display with no difficulty on any browser produced within the last few years. Older browsers will be able to use parts of the site, but some aspects may not function as planned. This is particularly true of the Virtual Vietnam Archive.

Plugins

In order to access certain materials on the Vietnam Center & Archive websites, particularly those in the Virtual Vietnam Archive, plugins are require. Below is a list of the types of materials that require plugins and links to download sites for a few of the many free software packages that can be used to view those materials. Note that many computers and browsers include many of these plugins already. Our plugins page will check your computer setting and tell you what plugins you have currently installed.

• Portable Document Format (PDFs) - Documents, some forms
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader - http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
• Audio - Oral Histories, other recorded audio
  • Windows Media Player - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/player.aspx
  • Real Player - http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=rnwk
  • Quick Time - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
• Moving Images
  • Windows Media Player - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/player.aspx
  • Real Player - http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=rnwk

The Vietnam Center & Archive does not endorse the products listed above, nor insist on their use or claim that they are the only products available for their uses. These links are provided to the most widely used free software that we are aware of.

Navigating the Site

The Vietnam Center & Archive is divided into numerous sub-sections, four representing the major aspects of the organization: The Vietnam Center; The Vietnam Archive; The Oral History Project; and The Virtual Vietnam Archive. As you are navigating through the site you will probably cross into different sections. A navigation bar is provided directly below the header image, which will show you which section you are in.

All pages include a footer at the bottom of the page. This footer includes email links for reference questions and technical questions, and links to our help page, contact information page, and site map. If at any time you are having trouble locating information, try the site map. This page provides links to most of the pages on the Vietnam Center & Archive website. Another page to check is our Frequently Asked Questions/Knowledge Base section.

How to Use the Virtual Vietnam Archive - Online Tutorials

To assist users in utilizing our resources, tutorials/users manuals have been created for two of our most commonly used pages.

• Virtual Vietnam Archive Tutorial
•  Downloadable PDF version
• Virtual Vietnam Archive Maps Search Page Tutorial
•  Downloadable PDF version