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Toolbar

· New (Icon), Open (Icon), Save (Icon)

· Cut (Icon), Copy (Icon), Paste (Icon), Undo (Icon)

· List of fonts

· List of font sizes

· B, I, U, L, C, R

· Change Color (Icon)

· Text selector for TTA (Tam or Eng)

· Instant Mail

· Help

· FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

· Show/Hide informational buttons

· Unicode Editor

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Keyboard layout active at any instant

The first 7 items ('New' to 'Undo') have already been explained under File and Edit

Change Color (Icon)

Color dialog box opens for you to choose your color. You can change the size of this dialog box by clicking or unclicking ‘Show Basic colors only’ under ‘Colors’ menu.

List of fonts

Azhagi core fonts are 'Tscii encoded'. Azhagi font names start with 'Sai'. There are other Tscii fonts (free or commercial) whose names start with 'TSC'. Along with Azhagi fonts, all the Tscii fonts installed in your system whose names start with TSC are also shown in the list of fonts.

List of font sizes

You can choose the size for your text here. Note that when you are doing TT, to maintain proportionality between the sizes of ETA and TTA, the font size of TTA is set according to the following rule :

For font sizes ranging from 8 to 11 in ETA, the font size set in TTA is 9 to 12 resp.

For the font size of 12 in ETA, the font size set in TTA is 13 and for 15, it is 16.

For all other font sizes, the same size is maintained both in ETA and TTA.

B, I, U, L, C, R (Shortcuts – Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+U, Ctrl+L, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+R)

The functions of B, I, U etc. are exactly same as in other editors. In fact, doubly same during TT, since the formatting is reflected in both ETA and TTA.

Change Color (Icon)

Color dialog box opens for you to choose your color. You can change the size of this dialog box by clicking or unclicking ‘Show Basic colors only’ under ‘Colors’ menu.

Text selector for TTA

If you click on 'Tamil', the transliteration will appear in Tamil text in TTA. If you set to 'English', English text typed will appear just as it is, in English itself, in TTA. This option is provided for you to generate mixed text (i.e. both Tamil and English text). Normally, to effect this, you need not use this toolbar item. Just press F10 or 'Alt-c'. Note that the font of TTA will remain as ‘SaiIndira’ (or whatever font set) only always, whether you choose ‘Tamil’ or ‘English’ here. SaiIndira is a bilingual (both Tamil and English encompassing) font.

Instant Mail

This is same as clicking ‘Mail -> Compose’.

Help, FAQ, Show/Hide informational buttons, Unicode Editor

Self-explanatory.

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Typing mode you wish to have

1) Phonetic (same as transliteration) - type as you speak. 2) Tamil Typewriter - type in traditional Tamiltypewriter layout mode. for e.g., type 'm' to generate '«'. 3) Tamilnet99

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