Encarta's reference content includes articles, a thesaurus, a dictionary, translation dictionaries, videos, animations, audio, photos, illustrations, an interactive atlas, maps, and tables.
Encarta Kids, included with Encarta Premium, provides younger learners, ages 7 to 12, with age-appropriate articles, maps, and photos, and challenges them with games and quizzes.
Microsoft continually updates and adds Encarta articles. Every time the computer connects to the Internet, Encarta will check for updates, ensuring that users are getting the latest information every time they use the software (through October 2008). Users can track new and updated articles according to subjects of interest.
Installing this product requires a license key and installation media. After your order is processed, instructions for obtaining the license key will be sent to your organisation email address.
- Under the Software Assurance Programme, customers acquire the right to install any new release of products covered in the agreement during the term of their coverage.
- Contains over 60,000 articles, 25,000 photos and illustrations, 3,000 sound and audio clips, and 800 videos and animations. The interactive atals includes over 1.8 million map locations.
- The Encarta search bar appears in the Windows task pane even when Encarta is closed, providing quick access to content from both Encarta and the Web.
- Encarta's Web Companion automatically pulls up information from Encarta alongside Internet search results.
- Kids can use links to over 29,000 Web sites, preselected by Encarta editors for relevant and age-appropriate research material.
Hardware:
- 600-MHz (or higher) processor; 1-GHz recommended
- 256 MB RAM or more RAM
- 1.2 GB available hard-disk space; up to 4 MB additional space for each month's update installments; up to 1.8 GB additional space for the Copy to Hard Drive feature; 430 MB additional space for Encarta Kids; 210 - 620 MB additional
- 800x600-pixel display with 16-bit color; 1024x768 recommended
- 4 MB video memory
- CD drive
- 16-bit sound card with speakers or headphones
Software:
- Windows XP with Service Pack 2
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (included)
- For sounds and video, Windows Media Player 8
- For interactive media, Adobe Shockwave and Adobe Flash
