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Additional notes on
Unicode-based documents
[I]. Set up
1) Outlook-98 in Win-NT
Tools -- Options -- Mail Format
* Message Format: HTML
* Stationary & Fonts: Character Set - Universal Alphabet (UTF-8) -
Set as Default
2) For IE 4.x and 5.x
View -- Font / Encoding --
Universal Alphabet (UTF-8)
or Right-click the mouse, then: Language -- Universal Alphabet
(UTF-8)
3) For Netscape 4.7:
* View -- Encoding (or Character
Set) -- Unicode (UTF-8)
* Edit -- Preferences -- Appearance-Fonts -- Use document-specified
fonts
[II]. Printers:
1) HP Laser printers: may need
adjustment, as following:
1.a) Models HP-III, HP-4M, HP-5Si
File -- Print -- Properties --
Advanced -- Documents Options --
Print Text as Graphics: ON
1.b) Model HP-5M
File -- Print -- Properties --
Advanced -- Options --
Graphic Mode: HP-GL/2
Laser III compatible: ENABLED
1.c) Model HP-8000, HP-4MP
File -- Print -- Properties --
Finishing -- Details --
Font Settings: Send True Type as Bitmaps.
1.d) Other models: follow one of the
above procedures.
2) HP Inkjet printers:
- HP Inkjet 2500C: cannot print
Unicode page, both from browser and from Wotd-97.
- HP Inkjet 721C: can print Unicode in Word-97
- HP 970 Deskjet: can print in Word-97 and in Netscape 4.x (but not IE
5.x)
3) Other printers:
- CANON Bubblejet BJC: can print
Unicode in Win-98/Word-2000
- PANASONIC Laser printer KX series: can print Unicode with both
browsers
- RICOH Aficio 270: can print Unicode only in Word
- EPSON Color Stylus series can print Unicode documents either from
browsers or from Word.
Note: Netscape 4.x may allow users to
print web pages better.
[III]. Resources:
1) Alan Wood's Unicode Resources:
http://www.hclrss.demon.co.uk/unicode/index.html
2) Microsoft Unicode Fonts: http://www.microsoft.com/truetype/fontpack/win.htm
(select fonts of WGL4 type)
3) Unicode for Vietnamese:
http://www.kimle.net/unicode/
http://www.nonsong.org/unicode/unicode_faqs.html
http://www.vovisoft.com/vovisoft/UnicodeChoVN.htm
4) See also: Further links and
information on VN-Unicode resources
[IV]. Fonts:
1) Basic fonts come with Office-2000,
Windows-98 SE, Windows-Me, Windows-2000, Windows XP. For older versions,
check these fonts:
- Core fonts: Arial, Courier New,
Times New Roman: version 2.76 or later. If not, then download them and
install.
- Not all WGL4 fonts supplied by Microsoft contain VN characters.
2) A larger set: Arial-Unicode by
Microsoft includes Chinese-Japanse-Korean characters (15 Mb, zipped).
[V]. Software and Hardware
Folowing is a list of common software
and hardware I use for our web site.
Keyboard programs:
1) VPS-Keys 4.1 & 4.2 (freeware), http://www.hcgvn.net/software/
2) VietKey (freeware), http://www.vietkey.com
3) VietSpell, http://www.vietspel.com
4) UniKey (freeware), http://unikey.hypermart.net
Document and graphics preparation:
1) MS Word-97, -2000, -XP
2) MS Image Composer
3) Corel Draw and Corel PhotoPaint, version 9
Document conversion programs:
1) Convert2anything (freeware), by
Cafe68T http://cafe68t.multimania.com/content/unicode/download.html
2) VoviSoft (freeware), http://www.vovisoft.com/vovisoft/UnicodeChoVN.htm
3) VPSKeys 4.2 (freeware), http://www.hcgvn.net/software/
4) VPS Intelliview (freeware), http://www.hcgvn.net/software/
5) VL Conversion (freeware), http://members.tripod.com/vlid/
6) BaoSoft
7) VietSpell, http://www.vietspel.com
Web page set up:
1) MS Frontpage-2000, -XP
2) Arachnophilia 4.0 (freeware), http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/
Operating systems:
1) Windows 98 SE
2) Windows NT
3) Windows XP
Browsers:
1) Netscape 4.7
2) IE 4.7, 5.5, 6.0
System hardware:
1) PC Pentium-I (100 Mhz), 32 Mb RAM
(with Win-98)
2) PC AMD K6-2 (400 Mhz), 128 Mb RAM (with Win-98)
3) PC Pentium-III (800 MHz), 512 Mb RAM (with Win-NT, networked)
4) PC Pentium-IV (1.6 GHz), 512 Mb RAM (with Win-XP)
Printers:
1) Epson Stylus series (color inkjet)
2) HP Laser 5L , many networked HP Laser printers (4x, 5x) and Inkjet
printers.
[VI]. Mac
machines:
I have no experience with Mac machines.
You might like to consult Alan Wood's webpages at:
- for setting up Mac browsers to read
Unicode:
http://www.hclrss.demon.co.uk/unicode/macbrowsers.html
- Unicode font for Mac systems:
http://www.hclrss.demon.co.uk/unicode/fonts_mac.html
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