IE 5.5 and Netscape 6 setup

Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5's auto detect capability makes it the best tool for general support of all languages.  For Netscape, the best way obtain general support for all languages is to install one Unicode font such as Bitstream or Arial Unicode MS. In Netscape's Preferences Menu, choose Bitstream or Arial Unicode MS as the font for all languages (such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Unicode). These fonts are large. To use a specific font for different language encoding, see following sections. For quick settings, see the samples.

CJK settings:

 If you need CJK input, the easiest way to install the necessary CJK fonts and the input method is to do a Custom Installation of IE5, and choose the language fonts and input method during the installation.

 For Netscape version 4.7x, if you want to use Microsoft's CJK input method you have to install IE5 on your machine as described above.

Netscape 4.72 setup:

1. In Netscape, choose Preferences under Edit, then go to Fonts under Appearance
• For Encoding Korean, choose Gulim for both Variable Width Font and Fixed Width Font
• For Encoding Japanese, choose MS Gothic (or MS Mincho if you don't have MS Gothic)
• For Encoding Tranditional Chinese, choose Ming Liu
• For Encoding Simplified Chinese, choose MS Song or MS Hei
2. After choosing Fonts for each Encoding, go to Languages under Navigator, and add the Languages according to the order of your preference.
3. When you hit a web page that doesn't show the right font, you have to go to Character set under View and choose the correct display language.
4. To browse a web site in Hebrew, install the fonts, and choose Web HebrewAD and Web Hebrew Monospace for the Western Character Set.  Note: This will replace the Arial MS Unicode, therefore other Unicode languages might not be able to display correctly unless you toggle back and forth between the different display fonts.
5. To display pages in Arabic or other languages not listed in Netscape, Internet Explorer is your best option.
6. ** According to Netscape 6 documentation, there will be a feature called "Automatic translation of web pages for access to the global Internet". But Hebrew, Arabic, Korean ... are not in the supported language list yet.

 IE5's setup is much easier; if you just want to read CJK, IE will automatically download the fonts as needed. If you did a Custom setup for IE5 and choose the language fonts and input method, then it should auto detect (don't forget to choose auto detect when you run setup) and use the right font. If you don't see the right fonts, you may have to go to Encoding under View and choose the right Encoding.

 For most update general Unicode settings, see Unicode options in Internet Explorer 5

Here are some sample sites for testing the settings:
 Arabic , Bulgaria , Cambodia (Khmer, image) ,  China , Greek , Hebrew ,  Israel ,  Japan ,  Korean , Russian, Tamil (need to install the Mylai font), Taiwan , Thai , Ukrainian, more,...
 

Window 2000 multilanguage version supports multilanguage, but it will be sold only through Volume Licensing programs such as Microsoft Open License Program (MOLP/Open), Select and Enterprise agreement. See details from the link..

Multi-language set up:

1. In the Windows Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Regional Settings icon.
3. On the Input Locales tab, click ADD.
4. Choose the language you want from dropdown list, and then click Ok.
5. Repeat the same procedure for each language you want.

Requirements for Asian, right-to-left, and other types of languages:

If the language version of your operating system doesn't match the language you want to type, install a Global Input Method Editor (Global IME). Global IMEs allow you to enter Asian text in Microsoft Word, in Microsoft Outlook e-mail messages, and in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Other Office programs require an Asian operating system or Windows 2000 or language software to allow you to enter Asian text.

 Baltic, Central European, Cyrillic, Greek, and Turkish languages
To enter characters for these languages, use one of the following operating systems:

The corresponding language version of Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000
If you are running a language version of an operating system that doesn't match the language you want to type, install system support for that language.

Right-to-left languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, and Urdu)
To enter characters for these languages, use one of the following operating systems:

The corresponding language version of Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0

Any language version of Windows 2000
If you are running a language version of Windows 2000 that doesn't match the language you want to type, install system support for that language.

Install system support for multiple languages
System support for multiple languages in Windows NT 4.0 is automatically installed.

Install multilanguage support in Windows 2000
This procedure applies only if you are running a language version of Windows 2000 that doesn't match the language you want to type.
Use this procedure when you want to enter characters for

• Baltic, Central European, Cyrillic, Greek, Turkish, and
• Asian languages, or
• right-to-left languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, and Urdu)

in Microsoft Office 2000 programs.

1. In the Windows Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
3. Click the Windows Setup tab.
4. In the Components list, click Multilanguage Support, and then click Details.
5. Select the check boxes next to the languages you want to use.

Note: Installing multilanguage support in Windows 95 will disable the euro currency patch if it has been installed. Install the patch again to restore euro currency support.