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How to Configure Your Computer to Access People's Daily Database


For users with different levels of needs with this database, there are different ways to configure their computers. The table below illustrates what needs to be done for each level of needs.


Internet Explorer with Simplified Chinese language support Simplified Chinese Input Method Adobe Reader with Asian Font Packs PDF Use Authorization
 Supplementary Chinese Fonts
1. View and search text only
 Y
 Y
 N
 N
 N
2. View articles in pdf format
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
 N
3. View articles in their original font styles
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Availability Downloadable from Microsoft web site, if not already in your Windows OS
 Downloadable from Microsoft web site, if not already in your Windows OS
 Downloadable from Adobe.com
 Downloadable from the People's Daily Database
 Downloadable from the People's Daily Database

If a user only needs to read the text of an article and does not care its format or font styles (level 1), then the need for configuring the computer is minimum. Most personal computers and many (but not all) public workstations in the library now have both Chinese language support for Internet Explorer and Chinese input method installed, so there is no need to make additional configurations at this level.

In order to view articles in pdf format (level 2), Adobe Reader (version 4.1/5.1/6.0) with Asian font packs are needed.
    To download Adobe Reader, click here.
    To download Adobe Asian font packs, click here.
If you'd like to view the People's Daily article in pdf format, at the first time, you must download and install a PDF use authorization from the database. To download and install the authorization, follow the steps below:
1. Go to the database by following the link on the reference page from computers on campus network that you have authority to configure.
2. Click on the main images to enter the database. Then select any article.
3. When the article shows up like the screenshot below, click on the button "PDF Use Authorization" on the top (indicated by the green box) and save the file to your computer. Follow the instructions to open the file and a copyright statement in pdf format will show up. You can now open the article in pdf format. This only needs to be done once for your computer.

Sometimes users may want to view the article in their original font styles (level 3), then they need to download and install supplementary Chinese fonts to the Windows/Fonts folder in their computer. Follow the step 1 and 2 as above, then click on "download fonts" button (indicated by the red box on the screenshot) on your screen to start downloading.


Screenshot for downloading PDF Use Authorization and Supplementary Chinese Fonts

People's Daily screen shot
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