Enabling Unicode in Windows XP and Google IME Installation

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Enabling Unicode in Windows XP

Start Control Panel Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options Regional

and Language Options

Regional and Language Options Languages

Click on Detailsbutton which will bring you to Tet Ser!ices and "nput Languages.

In Tet Ser!ices and "nput Languages, youll see the De#ault "nput Languageas

Englis$ %United States& ' USand "nstall Ser!ices(typeset/keyset) as US. Click on (ddbutton, the (dd "nput Languagebox will appear.


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Now, in this (dd "nput Languagebox so appeared, selecet your language ro! the list

under "nput Languagesection" it will auto!atically set the )e*board La*out+"Eor

it. Click O)to sa#e the settings. $$$$ %lease select Input &anguage ' eyboard &ayoutas *&++ in the gi#en below -creen shot.

Now, you can clearly see the entry with your language na!e in the Tet Ser!ices and

"nput Languagesdialogue. Click O).


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ter these two steps, you can see a language icon in the taskbar as shown in the thu!bnail at thetop, through which you can toggle between the deault language Englis$ %US&and the language

you ust installed. *noy.
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oogle ransliteration I0* is an input !ethod editor which allows users to enter text in one othe supported languages using a ro!an keyboard. +sers can type a word the way it sounds using

&atin characters and oogle ransliteration I0* will con#ert the word to its nati#e script. Note

that this is not the sa!e as translation 11 it is the sound o the words that is con#erted ro! onealphabet to the other, not their !eaning. Con#erted content will always be in +nicode. 2or

exa!ple, typing 3ha!esha3 transliterates into 4indi as5 and typing 3salaa!3 transliterates

into %ersian as5

oogle ransliteration I0* is a#ailable or 66 dierent languages 1Amharic, Arabic, Bengali,Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, e!ali, "riya,

Punjabi, #ussian, $anskrit, $erbian, $inhalese, %amil, %elugu, %igrinyaand &rdu'

-a!ple status window and the edit window or 4indi I0* are shown below. 2or si!plicity,4indi I0* is used as an exa!ple at !ost places in this help page.

Installation

"nstall

o install, download(I you are on a 781bit 9indows, !ake sure you ha#e selected the 781bit

radio button in the download page) and run the installer and ollow the instructions on screen.

More than one language IME can be installed on the same client machine.

Requirements are Windows 7/Vista/XP 32-bit/64-bitoperating systems.

Only one instance of IME will be installed per machine but the configurationis done foreach user using IME.
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Uninstall

To uninstall, follow these steps:

. !lic" on the "Start"menu.#. $elect "Control Panel"and then go to "Add or Reo!e Proras".

%. In the program list, select the "#oole $%an&ae' In(&t", clic" on

"C)ane/Reo!e"button.

&. 'y default, "Retain * (ersonal data wit) settins"option will be chec"ed, which willnot clean your personal customi(ations li"e display font, user correction cache etc., aspart of uninstall. )nchec" the option, if you want to clean all your personal settingsinformation.

*. In the "Uninstall #oole $%an&ae' In(&t"dialog bo+, clic" "+es".


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Con,i&ration

I you want to use I0* with any application like notepad, you !ust irst open the application andthen open our I0*. I0* can be opened by clicking on the language bar on the desktop and then

selecting the I0* language icon or through a shortcut key i it:s already conigured. o close

I0*, you can change the language in language bar or try right clicking on the current application

to see whether it supports :Close I0*: popup !enu option or by closing the current application.

Displa*ing Language -ar

In des"top, right clic" on tool bar and select oolbars- %an&ae bar

.nablin %an&ae ar

If the /anguage bar option is not 0isible in Toolbars, then it needs to be enabled through

control panel:

Windows 7/Vista

. Control Panel- Reional and %an&ae 0(tions- 1e*board and %an&aestab#. !lic" on C)ane e*boardsbutton to open et ser!i5es and in(&t lan&aes

dialog

%. 1a0igate to %an&ae artab

&. Enable the radio button o5ed in t)e tasbarunder %an&ae arsection

*. 2pply all settings and try to display language bar as mentioned in pre0ious section.

Windows XP

. 3o to Control Panel- Reional and %an&ae 0(tions- %an&aestab - etser!i5es and in(&t lan&aes etails8- Ad!an5ed ab

#. Ma"e sure that under S*ste 5on,i&ration, option &rn o,, ad!an5ed tet ser!i5esis 1OT chec"ed.

%. 3o to Control Panel- Reional and %an&ae 0(tions- %an&aestab - etser!i5es and in(&t lan&aes etails8- Settins ab


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&. !lic" %an&ae ar

*. $elect S)ow t)e %an&ae bar on t)e desto(. !lic" 01.

4. If you are installing the IME for East 2sian language or RightTo/eft language, go toControl Panel- Reional and %an&ae 0(tions- %an&aes ab

5. Ma"e sure that options Install ,iles ,or 5o(le s5ri(ts and ri)t to le,t lan&aes and Install ,iles ,or .ast Asian lan&aesare chec"ed in the chec"bo+es. Thisrequires installation of system files and the system will prompt to insert the Operating$ystem 6isc.

7. 2pply all settings and try to display language bar as mentioned in pre0ious section.

I9. S)ort5&t

2 shortcut "ey sequence can be applied to the IME as follows which can be used to quic"ly

enable IME for any infocus application:

Windows 7/Vista

. Control Panel- Reional and %an&ae 0(tions- 1e*board and %an&aestab#. !lic" on C)ane e*boardsbutton to open et ser!i5es and in(&t lan&aes

dialog

%. 1a0igate to Ad!an5ed 1e* Settinstab

&. If #oole $%an&ae' In(&tis not listed in Installed Ser!i5esbo+, then clic" Addandin Add In(&t lan&aedialog bo+, go to the language for which you want to enable IMEin the languages tree and e+pand the node. !hec" the chec"bo+ ne+t to #oole

$%an&ae' In(&tin the list.

*. In :ot e*s ,or in(&t lan&aes$elect o $%an&ae' - #oole $%an&ae' In(&t

4. 8ress C)ane 1e* Se;&en5e

5. $elect .nable 1e* Se;&en5e

7. $elect option li"e %e,t A% < S:I= < 1e* >

9. 2pply all changes

. 1ow opening an application li"e notepad and pressing %e,t A% < S:I= < 1e* >should open the IME.

Windows XP

. Control Panel- Reional and %an&ae 0(tions- %an&aestab - etser!i5es and in(&t lan&aes etails8- Settins ab

#. If either $%an&ae'or #oole $%an&ae' In(&tnot listed in Installed Ser!i5esbo+, then clic" Addand in Add In(&t lan&aedialog bo+, select $%an&ae'in In(&tlan&aeand #oole $%an&ae' In(&tin 1e*board la*o&t/I9.. !lic" 01


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%. 8ress 1e* Settins

&. In :ot e*s ,or in(&t lan&aes, $elect Swit5) to $%an&ae'-#oole $%an&ae'In(&t

*. 8ress C)ane 1e* Se;&en5e

4. $elect .nable 1e* Se;&en5e

5. $elect option li"e %e,t A% < S:I= < 1e* >

7. 2pply all changes

9. 1ow opening an application li"e notepad and pressing %e,t A% < S:I= < 1e* >should open the IME.

=eat&res

Status Window

9hene#er you enable our I0* or an application either through a shortcut or through languagebar, its status window will be #isible on the screen. ;y deault it will be placed at the botto!

right corner o your desktop which can also be !o#ed around. It is used or !ore coniguration

and controlling #arious eatures o our I0*. It has three to i#e icons (depending on the languageand eatures a#ailable) with let!ost being the application icon. Next to it are I0* language

indicator button, keyboard button (not present or !haric and igrinya), canonical !ode button

(his button will be present i you ha#e any canonical sche!esassociated with the I0*) and

!enu button in that order.

Edit Window

9hen the I0* is enabled or an application like notepad and you start typing, I0* displays theedit window with the typed text and the corresponding word choices in I0* language. In the

below exa!ple, user has typed ggland the I0* has displayed i#e choices nu!bered < to =.

.a!igation and Selection

;y deault the let!ost choice will be highlighted indicating acti!e c$oice. cti#e choice can be
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changed by na#igating other choices through -OTTO/(RROWor T(-key 1 which !o#es

the selection to the right" or through UP/(RROWor S0"1T2T(-keys 1 which !o#es the

selection to let. o select one o the choices as the new word or your application, use E.TERkey which inserts the acti#e choice to the application at its current cursor position. +sing

SP(CEor any other PU.CTU(T"O. C0(R(CTERalso inserts the acti#e choice to the

application along with the typed punctuation character. *xception will be when I0* thinks thatthere is a better choice o word containing the punctuation character as part o the word itsel. ll

the abo#e controls only insert the acti#e choice (highlighted) into the application. nother way to

insert any choice e#en i it is not acti#e is using its position nu!ber as5

CTRL23c$oice4number5.

Word Completions

9hen you type a word, the choices displayed in edit window will be either in -L(C)or -LUEcolor. Intuiti#e partial word choices or the typed content are displayed in ;&C color whichwill always be grouped on the let side. I there are any better dictionary1based word

completionsor the typed content, they are displayed in ;&+* color and grouped on the right

side.

Paging

In the exa!ple being discussed, I0* displays only = choices in the edit window which is the

page si>e setting o the edit window. It can be conigured through the !enu button o the statuswindow. I there are !ore choices than the page si>e set, then it will be displayed in the next

page. %age na#igation can be done through the s!all arrow buttons at the right botto! corner o

the edit window or through PageUPand PageDownkeys. *#en when you na#igate the choices

with arrow or tab keys, the control !o#es to the next or pre#ious page ro! either end o the editwindow.

Searc$

t anyti!e while typing in edit window, i you click the Gglei!age on top right corner o the

edit window, it triggers a web search or the acti#e/highlighted choice in google.co!. -earch can

also be triggered or non1acti#e choice by right1clicking on any choice and then clicking the

Searc$666drop1down button.


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the lexible keyboard to input any possible word. @ou can open the keyboard by clicking the

keyboard button on status window or through the shortcut CTRL2). 0ouse is used to enter

characters ro! the I0* keyboard which also triggers word co!pletions in the edit window.eyboard can be closed by clicking the keyboard button again on status window or through

shortcut keys5 CTRL2)or ESC. here is also option to enter Aero 9idth Boiner (A9B) and

Aero 9idth Non Boiner (A9NB) characters.

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