### 1.2 What you need to have

To use DITA2Go your computer system should be equipped as follows:

- Windows: 2000, XP, Vista, or 7
- Intel-compatible Pentium-level processor
- 1+ GB memory recommended

In addition to DITA2Go, you will need at least some of the following software:

XML editor

Text editor

File comparison tool (optional)

Archiving tool

Ancillary tools for Help output.

XML editor

You can integrate DITA2Go with <oXygen/>, using external commands. See §1.3.11 Integrate DITA2Go with <oXygen/> (optional). However, you might find it more efficient to use the DITA2Go Project Manager; see §2.5 Running a DITA2Go conversion.

Text editor

To work with configuration files you will need a text editor, such as Notepad, that uses ANSI or UTF-8 encoding; do not use UTF-16.

File comparison tool (optional)

If you modify any of the local configuration files provided with your DITA2Go distribution, you might find it helpful to have a file comparison tool such as WinMerge; see §1.3.9 Obtain a file comparison tool (optional).

Archiving tool

To have DITA2Go automatically archive the output from your conversion projects for safe storage or for distribution, you will need an archiving program that can be run from a Windows command line, such as WinZip (via wzzip) or PKZip.

Ancillary tools for Help output

If you intend to generate on-line Help, you will need one or more of the following tools; see §1.3.6 Obtain tools for Help systems or eBooks:

WinHelp | Microsoft Help Workshop (no longer available) and viewer
HTML Help | Microsoft HTML Help Workshop
JavaHelp | Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JavaHelp software
Oracle Help for Java | Oracle Help for Java Developer’s Kit 2.0
Eclipse Help | Java Runtime Environment (JRE), Eclipse Platform

To produce Asian code-page output, such as for HTML Help in Japanese, you will also need two enormous ICU DLLs: icudt40.dll (13MB) and icuuc40.dll (1MB). These DLLs are available in archive icu401.zip (6 MB), which you can download from the Omni Systems Web site. These DLLs are not needed for RTF output.

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Sibling Topics:

1.1 What you need to know

1.3 What you need to do

1.4 How to update DITA2Go

1.5 How DITA2Go works

1.6 How to start and stop DITA2Go

1.7 How to work with DITA2Go

1.8 How to uninstall DITA2Go