If you are using Windows Vista, you can skip this section because supplemental language support is always installed in Windows Vista. If you are using a Latin-based language version of Windows (such as English (US)) prior to Windows Vista that does not include support for Middle East and East Asian languages, you will need to install support before you continue. If you are using Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003, open the Control Panel, select Regional and Language Options, and select the Languages tab (see Figure 7.1). Check the "Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai)" check box to install Supplemental Language Support for Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Indic, Thai, and Vietnamese. Check the "Install files for East Asian languages" check box to install Supplemental Language Support for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The former requires 10Mb of disk space, and the latter requires 230Mb. In addition to installing necessary fonts, the "Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai)" check box adds three Windows-only cultures (Bengali (India), Hindi, and Malayam (India)) to the .NET Framework 2.0. Figure 7.1. Installing Supplemental Language Support
If you are using a nonEast Asian version of Windows 98, Me, or NT4 and you have not installed a Chinese-, Japanese-, or Korean-language version of Office XP, you will need to install the Microsoft Global IME with Language Packs to view Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters. The Language Packs include the necessary fonts to render these characters and are available only as part of the Microsoft Global IME. If you have already installed Office XP, download the Microsoft Global IME from http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA010347361033.aspx. If you have not installed Office XP, download the Microsoft Global IME from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/recommended/ime/install.mspx. |