What you should do after downloading Azhagi?

• Click on the downloaded Setup file (usually named 'Azhagi-Setup.exe'), to start installing 'Azhagi'.
  
  
• At the end of installation, 'Azhagi' will start automatically and the opening main editor window of Azhagi will get displayed.
  
  
• You can now press F10 to type/transliterate directly in Tamil in ANY windows application but, before commencing the same, please do the following as your first step: On Azhagi's opening screen, please click the banner (as you see in the screenshot below) with text starting as 'Open any external application, like MS-Word. ...'. After clicking the same, step-by-step instructions will get displayed with clear-cut screenshots. Read them just once, understand the same and thereafter you can just press 'F10' and start transliterating/typing in Tamil in ANY application like MS-Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Adobe Pagemaker, Photoshop, Internet Explorer (Gmail, Yahoo! Chat, Google Search, Blogs, etc.), Outlook Express, Open Office Suite (Writer, Calc, Impress, ..), etc. - in Tscii or Unicode.
  
  
  
  
• You can type/transliterate from within Azhagi also - in either 'Tscii' or in 'Unicode'.
  
  
  • You can transliterate in Tscii in either 'Dual Screen' or 'Single Screen'. And, you can convert the Tamil text generated by you to Unicode instantly, by clicking the 'Convert text below to Unicode' button.
    
    
  • You can transliterate in UNICODE in a separate Unicode Editor, which you can invoke by pressing 'F8' or clicking the 'Unicode Editor' button (as you see in the screenshot below) at the top right of Azhagi's opening screen.
    
    
    
    
• Phonetic (type as you speak) keyboard layout is the default. You can change it to 'TamilTypewriting' or 'Tamilnet99' keyboard layout, whenever you need to.
  
  
• You can use ALL the features of Azhagi incl. Auto Transliteration (click here for snapshot and click here for more details), Reverse Transliteration (click here for snapshot and click here for more details), Dual Screen Transliteration, SAT Transliteration, etc. There are NO limitations, whatsoever.
  
  
• If you have closed Azhagi and wish to restart it, then click on Azhagi's shortcut icon in the Desktop [See screenshot below to know how the icon will look like. Note that Azhagi's shortcut icon will be available in StartMenu and Quicklaunch bar also. You can avail them too. By mistake, do not click on Azhagi's Installation/Setup File again. This will only start reinstalling Azhagi].
  
  
  
  Azhagi application will get started and Azhagi's operating icon (a minimised image of the snapshot you see above) will appear in the right bottom of your desktop/computer screen, most often next to the date/time indicator. You can left-click (just a single click; not double-click) on that icon to show/hide Azhagi's main editing screen. You can right-click on that icon to see a menu of options/info pop up. See screenshot below for better understanding.
  
  
  
  
• Azhagi's support forums
  Join (for free, ofcourse) Azhagi's support forums, online. Click here to read details on Azhagi's forums (online support groups) and how to join them. By joining Azhagi's forums, you will get to know answers to ALL your frequently asked questions on how to Email, Chat, Blog, Document, Print, Publish and Create Tamil websites using Azhagi. You will get up-to-date news on software upgrades, offers, Unicode, Tamil computing, Indian languages computing (Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, ...) etc.
  
  
• Screen Snapshots
  Please see http://azhagi.com/snaps.html without fail for seeing the working of Azhagi in various modes (Dual Screen, Single Screen, etc.) and in various applications (Ms-Word, Excel, Chat windows, Email clients, etc.)
  
  
• Features - Full List
  Please click here and see the complete set of Azhagi's versatile features, in a concise tabularized form. For more elaborate explanations of the features, you may visit azhagi.com/feats.html. The same can be read in Tamil here.
  
  
• How you can help in return, for using Azhagi for FREE?
  The Azhagi pack offered to you (and all else) for FREE, here at azhagi.com, is the full pack of Azhagi with a host of powerful and unique features (like Auto Transliteration, Reverse Transliteration, Dual Screen Transliteration, SAT Transliteration, ..., ..., ...) to go along with direct Tamil input in all windows applications.
  
  As such, the team behind Azhagi (and Azhagi.com) is only one person - Azhagi's Author. But then, in reality, one can never say azhagi is a one-man software team because without my well-wishers and their timely support/encouragement, I could never have prodded along alone for these many years (since 1999). And, Azhagi would never have reached worldwide#. The author remains ever indebted to his well-wishers, worldwide.
  
  (#)In this context, please see who all use Azhagi and also appreciative media reviews and user comments on Azhagi's distinct user-friendliness (which helps one to transliterate more in less time). Hence, as a first step, as a well-wisher, kindly spread the news of 'Azhagi' and particularly it's unique transliteration scheme (helping one to transliterate more in less time), to all of your contacts. Apart from this, if at all you wish to, you can do a lot more (not only to Azhagi but to all developers involved in making softwares for computing in various Indian languages). A list of what all such things one can do has been put up by me here. You may kindly have a look.
  
  Kind Regards
  B. Viswanathan (Author, Azhagi)
  
  
• In a nutshell, what all does Azhagi do?
  
  1. Direct Tamil Input in ALL applications (like MS Office [Word, Excel, ...], OpenOffice [Writer, Calc, ...], Adobe applications (Pagemaker, ...), Outlook Express, Google Talk, Blogs, etc. - in Tscii/Unicode.
     
  2. Three input modes - phonetic, tamilnet99 and tamil-typewriter.
     
  3. A flexible and user'friendly English-to-Tamil key'mapping scheme, making phonetic transliteration easy, natural and intuitive.
     
  4. Azhagi's own in-built editors (both Dual and Single) making Tscii/Unicode transliteration easier and faster.
  5. Tscii to Unicode Bulk converter (convert multiple files at the same time). And, Unicode to Tscii converter too.
  6. Dynamic Tamil Web Font (both Tscii and Unicode compliant) - to create Tamil websites.
  7. In effect, Type in Tamil, Email in Tamil, Chat in Tamil, Print in Tamil, Publish in Tamil, Blog in Tamil, Create databases in Tamil, Create presentations in Tamil and Build websites in Tamil - with EASE...
  8. Plus, SAT Transliteration, Auto Transliteration, Reverse Transliteration, Pop-up Transliteration.
     
  9. As well as transliteration in other Indian languages like Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, Konkani, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Oriya, Assamese, etc.
  10. And, much more
  
  
• Dynamic Tamil Web Font
  I have provided dynamic Tamil web fonts for many Tamil sites. For more details on this, click here
  
  
• More Free Tamil Fonts
  Click here to get more free Tamil fonts - in Tscii, Unicode, TAB, TAM and various other font encodings. I take this opportunity to offer my sincere appreciation to all the developers of free Tamil fonts.
  
  
• Comprehensive info on Azhagi
  Full and comprehensive information on every aspect of Azhagi can be obtained by visiting full.azhagi.com. You can also click on each of the menu items at the very top of this page (and every other page of azhagi.com) to get detailed info on various aspects of Azhagi.
  
  
• Online Help on Unicode and Azhagi
  Apart from the comprehensive HELP in-built into Azhagi, the same is available online too. For comprehensive help on Unicode, please visit azhagi.com/uniset.html and azhagi.com/unihelp.html. For online help on all aspects of Azhagi, please visit azhagi.com/faq.html and azhagi.com/help.
  
  
• Important Note for Win Vista/7 users
  In Win Vista/7, Tamil Typewriter & Tamilnet99 input modes do not work seamlessly during 'Direct Tamil Input' in certain external applications. This would get corrected in a future version. Do note that from within Azhagi, these input modes work fine as ever.
  
  
• Author's Contacts
  B.Viswanathan,
  B1, Old No.15-16, New No.28,
  'Subhodaya' Flats (Next to DTDC Couriers),
  Gopalakrishna Road (2nd parallel road behind 'Naidu Hall'),
  T.Nagar. Chennai - 600017. India.
  [Ph: 91-44-42024669, 0-98403-39750  |  Email: noblehearted@gmail.com, contact@azhagi.com]
  
  Please click here to see all the contact details in full.