parawin xp - Smart Link Corporation

ParaType, Inc.
Version 4.0
PARAWIN XP
Language Support for MS Windows™ NT/2000/XP
User's Guide
2001
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Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................... 4
Contents of this package .............................................................................................. 4
System Configuration Requirements ........................................................................... 4
Chapter 1. Installation ....................................................................... 5
Pre'installation instructions for Windows NT 4.0 ........................................................ 5
Installation ...................................................................................................................... 5
Uninstalling ParaWin XP .................................................................................................. 6
Chapter 2. Setting Up ParaWin XP .................................................... 7
Starting ParaWin XP ........................................................................................................ 7
Changing Regional Settings ........................................................................................... 9
Changing Regional Settings in Windows NT 4.0: ................................................... 9
Changing Regional Settings in Windows 2000: ................................................... 11
Changing Regional Settings in Windows XP: ........................................................ 12
Setting Up ParaWin XP Properties .............................................................................. 13
Adding Layout ...................................................................................................... 14
Removing Layout .................................................................................................. 14
Layout Properties ................................................................................................. 15
Keyboard Viewer........................................................................................................ 16
Chapter 3. Creating New Keyboard Layout..................................... 18
Loading Keyboard Layouts ....................................................................................... 18
Setting Up Keyboard Layout Properties .................................................................. 20
Mapping characters to keys ....................................................................................... 22
Saving and Activating Layouts ................................................................................... 23
Dead Keys ................................................................................................................... 24
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Introduction
ParaWin XP is the software package that enhances the multilingual
capabilities of Windows NT/2000/XP Operating System. This software also
expands Windows fonts collection by adding a set of True Type fonts
supporting six different code pages (scripts).
ParaWin XP extends Microsoft® Windows NT/2000/XP National Language
Support in the following ways:
• It installs a keyboard layout editor enabling users to customize the existing
keyboard layouts as well as to create the new ones.
• It installs the Keyboard Viewer to display the keyboard layout on your
screen.
• It includes additional keyboard layouts for different languages.
• It provides an additional set of Multilingual True Type fonts.
Contents of this package
• CDROM
• ParaWin XP User’s Guide
• License Agreement
• Registration Card
Make sure to fill out and return the registration card. This will make you
eligible for high quality technical support and new product information.
System Configuration Requirements
• 2 Mb of hard disk space
• Windows NT/2000/XP Operating System
• Installed Service Pack 3 or higher (for Windows NT 4.0)
ParaWin XP is compatible with all applications using standard inputoutput
procedures of the Windows NT/2000/XP operating system.
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Chapter 1. Installation
Pre2installation instructions for Windows NT 4.0
If you use Windows NT Service Pack 3 or higher, every time you are prompted
to use the original Windows NT CDROM, it is mandatory that you reinstall
the Service Pack to keep your Windows NT 4.0 operating system updated.
During the ParaWin XP installation you may see the following messages:
You should select Yes to skip file copying. If you click No, you will be
prompted to insert the original Windows NT CDROM, and then reinstall
the Service Pack.
Installation
ParaWin XP Setup Wizard will help you to install and activate Keyboard
driver, Viewer and Editor modules, and will make all necessary changes to
your MS Windows System configuration. Before installing ParaWin XP onto
your system, make sure that Service Pack 3 or higher for Windows NT 4.0
has been installed.
WARNING: Before proceeding with the installation you must be logged on to
an account with administrative rights.
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Installation
1. Insert ParaWin XP distribution CDROM into the appropriate disk drive.
2. AutoRun will start the Installation Wizard.
3. For manual installation, click the Start button on the Taskbar and choose
Run.
4. Type “d:setup” (or appropriate drive letter) and press OK or Enter.
5. The ParaWin XP Installation window will appear.
6. Follow Installation Wizard instructions.
The installation wizard will copy the program files onto your hard disk
and will update the system information after the restart of Windows 2000/
NT/XP .
After the successful installation, the ParaWin XP
Program Group with three program items will appear
in the Program menu.
Uninstalling ParaWin XP
To uninstall ParaWin XP, select the Uninstall item in the ParaWin XP Program
menu or use Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel. This will
activate UninstallShield which will completely remove all ParaWin XP
components and restore your system settings.
Note: You have to restart your computer to complete the uninstallation
process.
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Chapter 2. Setting Up ParaWin XP
Starting ParaWin XP
To set the desired languages and keyboard layouts, the following steps should
be taken:
1. Open Control Panel.
2. Doubleclick the
ParaWin icon in the
Control Panel to display
Keyboard properties.
3. Click the Add button and
choose the desired language
layout from the dropdown
list. Click OK.
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Setting Up ParaWin XP
4. Click the Properties button
to select the preferred
method
of
switching
between languages. In the
Keyboard Layout Properties
window select the Hotkey to
switch between different
keyboard layouts.
To see the twoletter language indicator on the taskbar, check the “Enable
Indicator on Taskbar” box. Click OK.
Use the mouse to switch between languages/layouts and select the desired
language from the list. Or use the selected Hotkey.
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Setting Up ParaWin XP
Changing Regional Settings
Many programs support international settings. If you want to use languages
other then English, you have to change the Regional Settings of your computer
to the desired ones, in order to correctly display the characters of the selected
language and the language information. You will then be able to run the
proofing tools for the selected language.
If you have problems pasting the text to the Clipboard in the proper language,
make sure you have switched to the proper language before copying the text.
Changing Regional Settings in Windows NT 4.0:
• Locate and doubleclick the Regional Settings icon in the Control Panel.
• Click the downarrow button to display the list of available languages.
• Select the desired language from the list.
• Check “Set as system default locale” box and click OK or Apply button.
• Click Yes button. Your computer will restart, and the new system settings
will be activated.
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Setting Up ParaWin XP
Changing the Regional settings affects the way the programs display
and sort dates, times, currency and numbers. To have this information
displayed correctly, i.e. in the computer’s original language, you should
return the Regional Settings to the original language (say English), but
DON’T CHECK “Set as system default locales” check box.
This way your Windows NT system will keep the inner system
information for the new language, but the original interface settings,
such as time, date and numbers display, will remain unchanged.
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Setting Up ParaWin XP
Changing Regional Settings in Windows 2000:
• Locate and doubleclick the Regional Options icon in the Control Panel.
• From the General tab select an additional language group in the Language
settings for the system window and check the box next to the language
group.
• The system locale enables
applications to display menus
and dialogs in their native
language. If you want Windows
will use the code page and
system settings of the selected
language, such as menus and
dialogs, click Set default. . .
button.
• Select the appropriate locale and click OK button. Your computer will
restart, and the new system settings will be activated.
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Setting Up ParaWin XP
Changing Regional Settings in Windows XP:
• Locate and doubleclick the Regional and Languages Options icon in the
Control Panel.
• From the Advanced tab select a language to match the language version
of the nonUnicode programs you want to use.
This system setting enables nonUnicode programs to display menus and
dialogs in their native language. It does not affect Unicode programs, but
it does apply to all users of this computer.
• Select the appropriate language and click OK button. Your computer
will restart, and the new system settings will be activated.
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Setting Up ParaWin XP
Setting Up ParaWin XP Properties
To setup ParaWin XP Pro properties:
• Either point the cursor on the language Indicator on the Taskbar, click
right mouse button and select Properties;
• Or click the right mouse button on the ParaWin XP Viewer caption bar
and select Properties;
• Or doubleclick the ParaWin icon in the Control Panel.
• Or select ParaWin XP Properties from the Program Group.
The list of the installed keyboard layouts is displayed in the ParaWin XP
Properties window.
You may Add or Remove any of the layouts as well as make changes in their
Properties.
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Setting Up ParaWin XP
The Options window allows enabling additional ParaWin features:
System0wide keyboard switching allows an easy switching between languages
when the switching capabilities are restricted;
Beep on keyboard layout switch enables sound when switching between
languages;
Enable Indicator on the taskbar shows/hides the language indicator icon
on the taskbar;
Indicator in keyboard Viewer mode switches language indicator from
Taskbar indicator mode to Layout Viewer mode.
Adding Layout
To add layout, click the Add button.
Select a layout from the list of
available layouts.
You can install it from a file by
clicking the From file… button.
Removing Layout
Click the Remove button in the ParaWin XP Properties window.
If you check the box “Remove
layout file from the disk” the
corresponding file will be
removed from your system.
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Setting Up ParaWin XP
Layout Properties
In the Keyboard Layout Properties window you can view and edit the layout
properties.
In this window you can change the layout Indicator label and assign a hotkey
combination to switch between layouts.
The More… button opens the window used for setting up an alternate hotkey
combination and accessing the Keyboard Editor.
Use an alternate hotkey to:
get a direct access to a desired layout;
combine layouts from the different language groups.
For example, you may want to group Western European languages into one
set by assigning a Hotkey Left Ctrl and another Hotkey Right Ctrl for Slavic
languages.
To add the English layout to both sets, assign Left Ctrl as the primary Hotkey
and Right Ctrl as an alternative one.
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Setting Up ParaWin XP
Keyboard Viewer
The Keyboard Viewer operates in the following three modes:
• Taskbar Indicator mode (default)
• Layout Viewer mode
• Movable Keyboard Indicator (or Collapsed Viewer) mode
After the installation of ParaWin XP, the language indicator appears on the
right side of the Taskbar.
• Place your mouse pointer on the indicator and click the left mouse button.
The list of currently available languages/layouts will “pop up”. The currently
active layout/language is designated with the check mark.
• Clicking the right mouse button opens the submenu with Open Viewer
and Properties.
The Open Viewer menu item will bring up the Keyboard Layout Viewer.
You may prefer to use this mode, if you are not familiar with the current
keyboard layout .
Check mark Indicator in keyboard Viewer mode box in the ParaWin XP
Properties window to display the Viewer on your screen.
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Setting Up ParaWin XP
Click the right mouse button on the Keyboard Viewer caption bar to open
its menu.
Move,
Size and
Close are three
standard Windows
options.
The lower part of the menu contains the following ParaWin XP options:
Collapse — switches Viewer to Movable Keyboard Indicator window.
In this mode the right mouse button brings up the same menu as in the Viewer
mode, but Collapse option changes it into the Explode option that switches
ParaWin back into the full Viewer mode.
Properties — opens ParaWin XP Properties.
Keyboard Type — selects your actual Keyboard Type.
Set Font — lets you select font for the Viewer window.
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Chapter 3. Creating New Keyboard Layout
Keyboard Editor provided in ParaWin XP enables you to edit existing
keyboard layouts and to create additional ones for any language supported
by Windows NT/2000/XP.
To edit a keyboard layout, follow the procedure described below.
Loading Keyboard Layouts
• First, open the Keyboard Editor by clicking on Keyboard Editor menu item
from the Start/Programs/ParaWin XP/Keyboard Editor menu.
• Select File/New to create a new layout or File/Open to open an existing
one.
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Creating New Keyboard Layout
If you would like to use an existing active or not active layout, please use
one of the following procedures:
• File/Load Active/<name of layout> menu item to load any active layouts
to be edited.
• Click OK in the File/Open/Load Layout dialog box after the desired layout
has been selected from the dropdown list.
If you know the file name of the layout to be edited, then
• Click the From File... button in the File/Open/Load Layout dialog box and
select an appropriate file from the keyboard layout files available.
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Creating New Keyboard Layout
Setting Up Keyboard Layout Properties
• Click the Options/Layout Properties. . . submenu item to invoke the
dialog box for changing layout Properties settings.
• The “Layout Text:” field is designated for entering your layout name
under which it will be installed into the system.
• The “Language:” parameter of the Keyboard Layout can be selected
from the list of available on your system language/layout entries.
• The “Advanced:” Settings such as Enable AltGr (equivalent to Ctl+Alt)
functionality and Dead Key can be selected by checking the
appropriate box.
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Creating New Keyboard Layout
• The next step is to select Font Subset to be used for this layout. The Subset
list contains character sets for various writing systems and symbols. You
should select Subset item that supports the language you desire.
Now you can set the typeface to be used during the editing session.
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Creating New Keyboard Layout
Mapping characters to keys
Before starting this process, select the specific keyboard state for which
you will perform a keyboard editing. To do so, use your mouse to click the
appropriate key (Shift, Ctrl, Ctrl+Alt or Caps ) on the Keyboard Editor’s
screen or on your real keyboard.
Now, with the Shifted
state set, you can remap
all capital letters and
some
symbols
by
clicking the key being
assigned (shown as
pressed).
Position the cursor on the desired character in the table and either
doubleclick the left mouse button to place it, or drag and drop it over
the preselected key. The
new character appears
on the keyboard. Repeat
this procedure for other
keys.
If you need to change
any character, you can
either clear a key using
Edit/Clear Key menu
command or reassign a
character.
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Creating New Keyboard Layout
Saving and Activating Layouts
Now, if you are satisfied with your new layout, you can either save or
activate it.
• File/Activate... command from the File menu will prompt you for the
keyboard layout file name under which this layout will be saved in the
system.
At this point the program will ask you to reload your system in order to
activate all newly created keyboard layouts.
Click the Yes button and system will restart.
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Creating New Keyboard Layout
After your system restarted, you can check the newly installed layout
by leftclicking the Language Indicator on the Taskbar and observing
a list of active layouts.
To save a new or an edited layout for the future use and without its
activation, use Save or Save As ... commands from the File menu.
• File/Save As ..command from the File menu will prompt you for the
keyboard layout file name under which this layout will be saved.
• File/Save command from the File menu will record your changes to
the layout file without changing its name.
Dead Keys
The key which is used in a sequential combination with the next pressed
key to produce an accented character is called Dead key.
Note: Dead key by itself does not generate any character.
Dead Keys on the keyboard chart are marked with black triangles in
the corners. You can convert any key to a Dead Key by placing a check
mark in the Dead Key box in the lower right section of the Keyboard
Editor window.
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Creating New Keyboard Layout
For example, pressing on your keyboard the “dead key” (‘) followed by
the letter <
η > key will produce letter ή
in your document.
When you select a predefined Dead Key, or check the Dead Key box, the
zoom box next to it changes into a new Dead Key. To edit the selected Dead
Key you must click on it and then select another completer for this dead
key from the available assortment.
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Creating New Keyboard Layout
The procedure for editing available completers for any dead key is
exactly the same as for editing any other keyboard layout, i.e. either by
dragging a character onto almost any key on the keyboard or by double
clicking a character to be used as an active key.
All assigned completers on the keyboard chart are shown in black; the
keys which are not completers are dimmed. If the check box Dead Key
is cleared, then all completers currently associated with the dead key are
deleted and the Dead Key is converted back into a normal key.
1. Click on Dead Key
2. Select the appropriate box.
3. Select Edit/Edit Dead Key Menu or Click on
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4. Click the completer key.
5. Assign the appropriate character.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each completer key.
7. To finalize the process click
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