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1 PrismaCards Enter text for languages with exotic fonts You 2 Software info@you2.de

2 Introduction To work in PrismaCards and other programs with complex fonts for different languages you need some special settings in Windows and PrismaCards. The next pages explain some important basics and show how you can do the settings in Windows and PrismaCards. Activate language bar This procedure activates the Language Bar utility that allows you to switch keyboards from your desktop. You have to go to START» SETTINGS» CONTROL PANELS to open the Control Panels window, then click on the REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE OPTIONS icon. In the Regional Options window, click on the LANGUAGE tab on the top. Click the DETAILS button to open the Settings window Click on the Language Bar button at the bottom to open the Language Bar Settings window You 2 Software PrismaCards Exotic languages 2/11

3 Check the option Show the Language bar on the desktop, then click OK to close the window. NOTE: You can click Show Text Labels to show the full label. Otherwise only icons (e.g.e N icon for English) will be shown. To activate different keyboard utilities, click on the Add button in the Settings window and follow the instructions in the Activate Input Locale Keyboards section below. Otherwise click OK for all the Control Panel windows. You should see a blue toolbar on the top of your desktop. The Language settings is to the far left. Activate the U.S. international keyboard The U.S. International keyboard allows users to type accents with the apstrophe key, quotes key and so forth. To activate it Make sure the Language Bar as been activated. Go to Start» Settings» Control Panels to open the Control Panels window, then click on the Regional and Language Options icon. In the Regional Options window, click on the Language tab on the top. Click the Details button to open the Settings window You 2 Software PrismaCards Exotic languages 3/11

4 In the Settings window, Click on the Add button to open the Add Input Locale window. From the Input locale pull-down list, select English (United States). Select United States- International from the Keyboard IME menu You 2 Software PrismaCards Exotic languages 4/11

5 In the Settings window, you should see the new language or keyboard listed in the Input language menu. If you want the added language to be the default, then choose that language from the Default input language pull down menu. If you want to set keyboard shortcuts to switch between multiple keyboards, make sure you are in the Settings window (shown in Step #4), then click the Key Settings button on the bottom to open a new window. Adjust the keyboard sequence as desired. Click OK to close the Regional Options windows. NOTE: If you close a window without clicking OK, none of the settings will be changed You 2 Software PrismaCards Exotic languages 5/11

6 Activate Russian, Central European and Greek keyboards This is similar to activating the U.S. International Keyboard above. Make sure the Language Bar as been activated. Go to Start» Settings» Control Panels to open the Control Panels window, then click on the Regional and Language Options icon. In the Regional Options window, click on the Language tab on the top. Click the Details button to open the Settings window. In the Settings window, Click on the Add button to open the Add Input Locale window. From the Input locale pull-down list, select the language desired. Check the Keyboard IME menu to see if variant layouts are available (e.g. Polytonic Greek). In the Settings window, you should see the new language or keyboard listed in the Input language menu. If you want the added language to be the default, then choose that language from the Default input language pull down menu. If you want to set keyboard shortcuts to switch between multiple keyboards, make sure you are in the Settings window, then click the Key Settings button on the bottom to open a new window. Adjust the keyboard sequence as desired. Click OK to close the Regional Options windows. NOTE: If you close a window without clicking OK, none of the settings will be changed You 2 Software PrismaCards Exotic languages 6/11

7 Install and activate East Asian and complex script keyboards Because Asian and Middle Eastern scripts differ from alphabets, they are considered "complex script" and may require additional utilities to be installed from a Windows System CD-ROM. Activate Language Bar Make sure the Language Bar as been activated then click OK. Install East Asian and Complex Script Utilities Several Chinese keyboards are available in Windows, but you may have to install it from the Windows System disk because it is a complex script.. Go to Start» Settings» Control Panels to open the Control Panels window, then click on the Regional and Language Options icon. In the Regional Options window, click on the Language tab on the top. If the complex script options are not checked, then find your Windows XP System disks or ask your tech support person to install the items from the disk. Check the options for the scripts needed. You will be asked to insert the CD-ROM with the system files. The install may take few minutes and will require you to reboot the machine.. Activate Keyboards Once all the scripts have been installed, click the Details button in the Languages tab to open the Settings window. In the Settings window, click on the Add button to open the Add Input Language window From the Input language drop-down list, select a language from the drop-down menu, then a Keyboard Layout/IME corresponding to the language keyboard you wish to activate. Click OK to close the Input window. Back in the Settings window, you should see the new language or keyboard listed in the Input language menu. If you want the added language to be the default, then choose that language from the Default input language pull down menu You 2 Software PrismaCards Exotic languages 7/11

8 If you have selected an East Asian language, click the Properties button on the right and adjust the input menus as needed. Click OK to exit that window. If you want to set keyboard shortcuts to switch between multiple keyboards, make sure you are in the Settings window, then click the Key Settings button on the bottom to open a new window. Adjust the sequence as desired. Click OK to close the Regional Options windows. NOTE: If you close a window without clicking OK, none of the settings will be changed You 2 Software PrismaCards Exotic languages 8/11

9 Switch keyboards in applications This step assumes that you have activated the Language Bar and activated your keyboards. See the sections above for details. Make sure a Language Bar is visible on the top of your desktop. If there is none visible, then follow the instructions for activating the Language Bar. Open an application such as a word-processor, HTML editor, spreadsheet or any other application in which you need to input text. Select the appropriate language from the Language Bar drop down menu. If the language you want is not in the menu, then you need to activate that keyboard as detailed in the instructions in the previous section. For the International Keyboard, select EN English (United States) from the Language Bar, then United States-International from the Keyboard menu to the right. If there is no keyboard menu, then you need to activate it. Begin typing in your document. NOTE: For some keyboards such as Armenian, you may have to switch to another font such as "Arial Unicode." Microsoft Visual Keyboard The Microsoft Visual Keyboard is a utility which allows you to view the keyboard layout for each Input Locale within Microsoft Office applications. You can download the utility onto your own computer from Follow the posted instructions to install and use. The image below shows a sample layout window of a Czech keyboard as seen in the Microsoft Visual Keyboard You 2 Software PrismaCards Exotic languages 9/11

10 Set fonts in PrismaCards In OPTIONS-DIALOG of PrismaCards you can set a font for the fields Question, Answer and Info. When you don t know which font to choose try "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode" or "Times New Roman". These fonts are able to show a lot of signs from different languages. You can download "Arial Unicode MS" from our homepage. To change the font just for one special exercise open please the exercise and set the fonts in MANAGE dialog box Fonts in MCards and PCards on PDA The programs MCards and PCards on PDA are just able to show some of the signs. Possible special signs for current versions of MCards and PCards Á É Í Ó Ú Ý á é í ó ú ý Â Ê Î Ô Û â ê î ô û Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü ä ë ï ö ü ÿ À È Ì Ò Ù à è ì ò ù Ã Õ Ñ ã õ ñ Å å Ç ç Ø ø Æ æ µ ß ± In future MCards and PCards will be able to handle much more languages like Chinese, Arabic, 2006 You 2 Software PrismaCards Exotic languages 10/11

11 Enter flash cards in PrismaCards In dialog box EXERCISE ADD/CHANGE you can enter text with your keyboard regarding the chosen language and keyboard-layout. If necessary activate the visual keyboard You 2 Software PrismaCards Exotic languages 11/11