Microsoft Typography | Features... | Multilanguage support in Windows
		Multilanguage support in Windows This brief guide explains the multilingual features of Windows 95 and Windows NT 4. It explains how you can add multilanguage support to your computer, and how to write content and view documents using various language scripts. Adding pan-European multilanguage support to Windows 95 Adding multilanguage support to your computer lets you view documents written in any common European script. If you want to edit these documents or write your own from scratch you also need to add keyboard support for your required languages. Follow these instructions to add multilanguage support to your computer. From the Control Panel select Add/Remove Programs. Click Multilanguage Support, and then click Details. Make sure a check mark appears beside the language or languages you want to use. Click OK, and then click OK again. The changes will take effect after your computer restarts. If your copy of Windows 95 was supplied on floppy disks you can still access this feature by downloading and installing Multilanguage Support. You should now be able to view documents created in scripts such as Cyrillic and Greek. If you want to write using these scripts you also need to follow these instructions From the Control Panel select Keyboard. Select Language, and then click Add. Select the languages you need. Make sure Enable Indicator On Taskbar is checked. Using pan-European support When multilanguage support and keyboard support have been added to your Windows 95 machine the language indicator will be displayed on the task bar. Writing multilanguage documents is easy, just click on the indicator to change language. If you are writing a document in Word, and wish to include a passage in Russian, click the language indicator on the taskbar, and then choose Russian. If in the same document you want to include a recipe in Hungarian, click the language indicator and choose Hungarian. Support for other languages Arabic:Unfortunately, there isn't an Arabic add-on for the standard version of Windows 95. If you want to write documents in Arabic you have to purchase the Arabic version of Windows 95, and an Arabic version of the application you want to use. However, Arabic Windows 95 has exactly the same multi-language support as the standard Windows 95, so you can use it to write documents in Cyrillic, Turkish, Greek etc., For a list of suppliers for Arabic Windows 95 see the Microsoft Middle East Web site. Far East: People wanting to write in Japanese, Korean and Chinese scripts are in a similar situation to those needing Arabic support. To write documents in these scripts you need Far East Windows 95, and a localized version of the application you want to use. However, just like the standard version of Windows 95 the Far East version provides access to pan-European language support. Viewing Web pages In addition to providing localized versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft has made available language packs that let you view pages using international character sets (including traditional and simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Cyrillic and Greek). These packs can be downloaded from the Internet Explorer 3 multilanguage page and the Internet Explorer 4 add-ons page. Figure 1. A screen capture taken from the Microsoft Japan Web site. this page was last updated 8 October 1997 © 1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of use. comments to the MST group: how to contact us
	Microsoft Typography | Features... | Multilanguage support in Windows