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Topics covered in this page:
- Enabling Unicode in Windows 7 or Vista - CLICK here
- How to enable Unicode fully in Windows XP - CLICK here
- How to effect 'Direct Unicode Indic (Hindi, Telugu, etc.) Input' in ALL Windows applications? CLICK here
- Effecting Unicode Indic Input in MS-Word and PowerPoint - CLICK here
- English-to-IndianLanguage transliteration scheme/rules (i.e. letter/character/key mappings) - CLICK here
- What are the immense benefits of Unicode? CLICK here
- What is Unicode all about? CLICK here
- How to effect 'Direct Unicode Tamil Input' in ALL Windows applications? CLICK here
- Effecting Unicode Tamil Input in MS-Word and PowerPoint - CLICK here
- How to effect Tamil Unicode Conversion? CLICK here
- How to effect Non-Unicode (Tscii) Tamil Input in all Windows applications? CLICK here
- Other 'power tools' for Tamil - Auto Transliterator, Reverse Transliterator, Dual-Screen Transliterator, SAT Transliterator - CLICK here
Enabling Unicode in Windows 7/Vista
In Windows 7|Vista, Unicode support for Indian languages is enabled automatically upon installation and hence user does not need to enable any settings, as in the case of WinXP/2K
Enabling Unicode fully in Windows XP
Click
here for easy, step-by-step instructions.
Typing in Indic Unicode in MS-Word and MS-PowerPoint
Click
here for easy, step-by-step instructions.
Typing in Tamil Unicode in MS-Word and MS-PowerPoint
Click
here for easy, step-by-step instructions.
1. How to effect 'Direct Unicode Indic Input' in ALL Windows applications?
Important Note: If you are using Windows XP, then for MS-Word and Powerpoint alone, the procedure is different and also some extra settings may be required to be effected before you commence 'Direct Unicode Typing' in them.
Click here to know the same. If it is for any other application, read the steps below.
Start Azhagi.
Ensure that 'Unicode input' is kept ticked under 'Preferences' menu of Azhagi.
Start your external application, say 'Outlook Express'. Open a 'New Message' window.
In the message area, press 'F10'. Azhagi's tray icon will change color to red.
[Note: If you are using a LAPTOP, please read this help tip related to F10 key, without fail.]
Press 'F9'. The 'Language Selector' screen will open.
Choose the language of your choice (say 'Hindi').
Press 'F9' again to close the 'language selector' screen.
Start typing in English* and you will see it appearing in Hindi*.
[Note: Mangal is the font automatically chosen by Windows, whenever you type in Unicode Hindi. If you find a font by name 'Arial Unicode MS' in your system, you might use that too but it is advisable to use Mangal itself as content remains undisturbed across all machines. Apart from these, there are 100s of other free Unicode fonts for Indian languages. For details and download links, see https://azhagi.com/unicodeff.php
Press F10 again, to continue to type in English.
Note: For MS-Word and Powerpoint, the procedure is different and also some extra settings may be required to be effected before you commence 'Direct Unicode Typing' in them. Click here to know the same.
(*) The English to Hindi (and other Indian languages) key mappings (i.e. transliteration scheme/rules) are available at: https://azhagi.com/multi.php
Effecting 'Unicode' Indic Input in MS-Word and MS-PowerPoint
If you are using Windows Vista/7 and above:
Important Note:
- It is highly recommended that you download Azhagi+ (from downloads.php) and start using the same. In Azhagi+, the steps for doing direct Unicode indic transliteration in ANY application (incl. MS-Word and MS-Powerpoint) are straightforward and very easy. There are only 4 simple steps - click here.
So, the following STEPS are needed only if you wish to persist doing unicode transliteration with 'Azhagi'. Azhagi+ (AzhagiPlus) is NOT the same as Azhagi. Azhagi+ is a new and different product. For details, please see plus.azhagi.com. For differences between Azhagi+ and Azhagi, please see diffs.php.
STEPS:
- Start Azhagi.
- Ensure that 'Unicode input' is kept ticked under 'Preferences' menu of Azhagi.
- Open MS-Word or MS-Powerpoint.
- Press 'F10'. Azhagi's tray icon will change color to red. [If you are using a LAPTOP, please read this help tip related to F10 key, without fail.]
- Press 'F9'. The 'Language Selector' screen will open.
- Choose the language of your choice (say 'Hindi').
- Press 'F9' again to close the 'language selector' screen.
- Now, start typing in English* and you will see it appearing in Hindi*.
Please note: Only in Windows XP and only for Azhagi (not for Azhagi+), you have to follow a procedure similar to the one explained under 'Method B' below. For Azhagi+, just ensure you effect this help tip without fail. That is enough.
(*) The English to Hindi (and other Indian languages) key mappings (i.e. transliteration scheme/rules) are available at: https://azhagi.com/multi.php
If you are using Windows XP:
Important Note:
It is highly recommended that you download Azhagi+ (from downloads.php) and start using the same. In Azhagi+, the steps for doing direct Unicode indic transliteration in ANY application (incl. MS-Word and MS-Powerpoint) are straightforward and very easy. There are only 4 simple steps - click here.
So, the following methods (A and B) are needed only if you wish to persist doing unicode transliteration with 'Azhagi'. Azhagi+ (AzhagiPlus) is NOT the same as Azhagi. Azhagi+ is a new and different product. For details, please see plus.azhagi.com. For differences between Azhagi+ and Azhagi, please see diffs.php.
Method A
Using 'Arial Unicode MS' font - click here for details.
Method B (Recommended method, as it is based on the one suggested by Microsoft, worldwide)
Note: The English to Hindi (and other Indian languages) key mappings (i.e. transliteration scheme/rules) are available at: https://azhagi.com/multi.php
STEP 1:
- If you have not yet enabled Unicode in your computer, enable it first by reading the instructions for the same at the very top of this page. Only thereafter, read the steps below.
STEP 2:
- Click on "Start->Control Panel->(Date, Time, Language and Regional Options)->Regional and Language Options"
- Click on 'Languages' tab (next to 'Regional Options') at the top
- Click on 'Details' button
- Under 'Installed services' you will find your default Language/Keyboard selected - most often it will be EN and US
- Now, click on 'Add' button
- Click on the listbox titled 'Input language'. Scroll down or up the list to select the language of your choice (say 'Hindi').
- Click on the listbox below it titled 'Keyboard layout/IME'. Scroll down or up the list to select 'US'.
- Click 'OK'.
- Under 'Installed services' you will now find two entries 'EN' and 'HI'. The sub-heading 'Keyboard' under HI should be showing just 'US'.
STEP 3:
- Click on 'Language Bar' button
- Tick the checkbox titled 'Show the Language bar on the desktop' and click OK.
- Click on 'Key Settings' button. The 'Advanced Key Settings' window will show up. Therein, under 'Key sequence' heading, you will find 'Left Alt+Shift' being the default hotkey to change the keyboard layout from one language to another. If you wish, you can click on 'Change Key Sequence' button to set/change the various hotkeys, to suit your convenience. I assume for the purpose of this document that you left the default hotkeys as they are.
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
STEP 4:
- Start azhagi and click 'OK' in the opening password screen. Right click the azhagi tray icon (at the right bottom corner of the screen) and keep 'Unicode Input' ticked.
- Open Ms-Word (Powerpoint)
- See what's the language chosen in the language bar (a small bar floating on your desktop or stationed in your taskbar). It will be most probably EN, meaning English language. You can see 'English (U.S)' in the status bar of MS-Word (Powerpoint) too.
- Press 'Left Alt + Shift' and you will see the language in the language bar changing to HI (Hindi). You can see this change in the status bar of MS-Word (Powerpoint) too. The status bar will(SHOULD) show 'Hindi' now, in place of 'English (U.S)'. By 'status bar', I mean the bottom-most part of the MS-Word(Powerpoint) window.
- Press 'F9'. The 'Language Selector' screen will open.
- Choose the language of your choice ('Hindi').
- Press 'F9' again to close the 'language selector' screen.
- Press 'F10' and azhagi's tray icon (at right bottom corner of screen) will turn red, to indicate you are in 'Direct Typing' mode.
[Note: If you are using a LAPTOP, please read this help tip related to F10 key, without fail.]
- Start typing in English in MS-Word (Powerpoint) and you will see it appearing in Unicode Hindi seamlessly. If it does not, then it means that you have not followed one of the steps above properly. Nothing else could be a reason.
Please note: Mangal is the font automatically chosen by Windows, whenever you type in Unicode Hindi. Apart from this, there are 100s of other free Unicode fonts for Indian languages. For details and download links, see https://azhagi.com/unicodeff.php
Final note: When using Azhagi to type in Unicode, 'MS Office 2000' and earlier versions may not support Unicode typing.