Changing Unicode Fonts

[Andrew Cunningham]

On 23 August 2011 16:00, Doug Cooper <doug.cooper.thailand at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>   Bottom line is that it is advisable to set both the regular and complex
> script
> font in making this kind of change.
>

As Doug says, this is a useful step

If you are using an international or US English version of MS Word,
not all language support features will be available by default.

MS Word follows the XP model of three language collections:
basic/base, east asian and complex script.

The font dialogs in MS Word follow this pattern allowing you to set
three default fonts:
* one for base languages (non complex languages) - worth noting that
sometimes Latin and Cyrillic text must be treated as complex script.
* An East Asian (CJK) font
* Complex script font (for the bulk of scripts)

Usually to see options for East Asian and complex script fonts you
need to have at least one language of each collection enabled.

MS office install provides a utility called  "Microsoft Office 20xx
Language Settings" which you can use to enable support for various
languages. Add one of the complex script languages listed.

Andrew

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Andrew Cunningham
Senior Project Manager, Research and Development
Vicnet
State Library of Victoria
Australia

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