What you should do after downloading Azhagi?

• If your system is operating in a multiuser/network mode/environment:
  • Please click here to read detailed instructions.
    
    
• If you are using WinXP:
  
  • Click on the downloaded Setup file (usually named 'Azhagi-Setup.exe'), to start installing 'Azhagi'.
    (Note: In case you downloaded 'Azhagi-Setup.zip', click and open it to see 'Azhagi-Setup.exe' inside it. Click on this 'Azhagi-Setup.exe', to start installing.)
    
    
• If you are using WinVista, Win7, Win2003, Win2008, etc.:
  
  • Right-click on Azhagi's downloaded Setup file (usually named 'Azhagi-Setup.exe') and click 'Run as Administrator', to start installing 'Azhagi'.
    (Note: In case you downloaded 'Azhagi-Setup.zip', open it and extract the 'Azhagi-Setup.exe' inside it to a folder of your choice. Right-click on this 'Azhagi-Setup.exe' and click 'Run as Administrator', to start installing 'Azhagi').
    
  • It is advisable and highly recommended to install Azhagi in a directory other than the default 'C:\Program Files\Azhagi'. For e.g. you can install Azhagi in 'C:\MyFavoriteApplications\Azhagi'.
    
    
• At the end of installation, 'Azhagi' will start automatically and the opening main editor (Non-Unicode) window of Azhagi will get displayed (as seen below), along with Azhagi's Unicode editor.
  
  
  
  

How to directly type in Tamil in MS-Word?

• Using Azhagi, you can type in Tamil in MS-Word in two different font encodings [Tscii (non-unicode) and Unicode].
  
  
  • How to type in Tscii (non-unicode) has been explained step-by-step in this page.
    
    
  • How to type in Unicode has been explained step-by-step in this page.
    
    

How to directly type in Tamil in ANY application?

• Kindly please click here.
  
  

Important Note for 'Tamil Typewriter' & 'TamilNet99' users

• The note below is only for users who do NOT use 'Phonetic' input mode. So, if you are one amongst the majority who type using Phonetic (i.e. transliteration) input mode, you need NOT read the note below.
  
  
  • Note: If your operating system is Win Vista and above and if you are using 'Tamil Typewriter' or 'TamilNet99' input mode and if you are encountering problems during 'Direct Tamil Input' in certain MS Office applications, then kindly use one of the beta versions (6.2.9 SBS1 or 6.2.9 SBS2) of Azhagi. Then you won't face any problems. For details and for downloading these beta versions of Azhagi, please visit sbetas.html.
    
    

How to effect Indic (Hindi, Kannada, etc.) input in MS-Word?

• Kindly please click here.
  
  

How to effect Indic (Telugu, Malayalam, etc.) input in ANY application?

• Kindly please click here.
  
  

Indic input using Azhagi's own inbuilt editors

• 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 all major Indian languages) 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.
  
  

Other unique Power-tools

• Please visit ards.html for comprehensive details on the following power-tools.
  
  
  • Auto Transliteration
    
    
  • Reverse Transliteration
    
    
  • Dual-Screen Transliteration
    
    
  • SAT Transliteration
    
    

Azhagi's operating icons

• 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.
  
  
  
  

Screen Snapshots

• Please see 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.)
  
  

Settings/Options/Preferences

• In the 2 main opening screens (editors) of Azhagi, click on 'Preferences' menu (if it is Azhagi's non-unicode editor) and 'Tools->Options' menu item (if it is Azhagi's Unicode editor) resp.
  
  
• Yo have quite a few options to set/change under different titles and categories. What each option means is explained in the help topics, which you can access from the 'Help' menu.
  
  

Features of Azhagi

• Please see easy.html for features in Tamil, feats.html for features in English. A tabulated list (in English) of features is also available at featstab.html
  
  

English to Tamil (Hindi, Malayalam, etc.) Key'mappings

• Please see multi.html
  
  

Creating websites in Tamil (Hindi, Malayalam, etc.)

• A comprehensive FAQ on how to create Unicode websites in Tamil can be read here. Similar instructions are to be followed for creating websites in Hindi, Sanskrit, Telugu, Malayalam, etc.
  
  

More free Tamil fonts

• Click here to get more free Tamil fonts - in Tscii, Unicode, TAB, TAM and various other font encodings.
  
  

More free Indian language Unicode fonts

• Click here to get more free Indian language Unicode fonts.
  
  

Help and Support forums

• Please see support.html and helptips.html. The most frequently asked questions are answered in these pages, clearly.
  Note: If you wish to read the abovementioned 'support.html' page in Tamil, please visit supporttam.html.
  
  
• You can read ALL the messages of Azhagi's online support forums, even without joining. Hence, in case you have a doubt, kindly read these messages. Especially, kindly read the messages whose titles start as "Users' doubts --" in azhagi's google group. If your doubts persist even after reading them, even after going through the various steps/info given above in this page, even after going throug the various FAQ (frequently asked questions) in support.html and helptips.html and even after following the various help menus/links/buttons given in the main opening screen of Azhagi itself, then kindly feel free to send in your doubt(s) after reading the Note in my contacts page.
  
  
• The google group is groups.google.com/group/azhagi and Yahoo! group is groups.yahoo.com/group/azhagi
  
  
• If you join (for free, ofcourse) Azhagi's support forums (click here if you need details on how to join the forums), you will get to know answers to ALL your frequently asked questions on how to Email, Chat, Blog, Facebook, Document, Print and Publish in Tamil (Hindi, Telugu, etc.), as well as how to create websites in Tamil (Sanskrit, Malayalam, Kannada, etc.) using Azhagi or Azhagi+. You will get up-to-date news on software updates, Unicode, Tamil computing, Indian languages computing (Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, ...), etc.
  
  

Your contribution

• Kindly please see contribute.html and helpus.html
  
  
• The products (both Azhagi and Azhagi+) offered to you (and all else) for FREE, here at azhagi.com, are the full packs with a host of powerful and unique features (like Auto Transliteration, Reverse Transliteration, Dual Screen Transliteration, SAT Transliteration, ..., ) to go along with direct indic 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. 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 in Tamil), to all interested. Apart from this, if ever your time/situation permits, you can kindly volunteer to do a lot more (not only to Azhagi but to all developers involved in making very many other useful indic softwares). A list of what all such things one can do has been put up by me at helpus.html. You may kindly have a look.
  
  

About the author

• Please see author.azhagi.com
  
  

Author's contacts

• Please click here