Query

[Ernest Sjogren]

Donna,

You may not be using the using the right "code page" to convert the numeric codes in your computer (in the dictionaries) to graphic symbols on your screen.  It is possible, for instance, that the dictionaries use the KOI-8 encoding, but you are using the Windows 1251 encoiding on your computer.  ANNAC's suggestion to look at the extended language support possible in Windows is probably right.  A very good place to read about this is in Windows Help, or here:

<http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PaulGor/index_en.htm>

Ernie Sjogren





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Orwin" <donna.orwin at UTORONTO.CA>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 5:01 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Query


> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I brought some CDs of dictionaries back from Russia this summer that I have
> not been able to read on my computer.  I bought them in a reputable store,
> and they were produced professionally.  Does anyone have any suggestions how
> I might get my computer (MS Office 2007; Windows XP) to decipher the texts?
> 
> I have no problem reading or writing Cyrillic on the computer.
> 
> Thanks for any replies.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Donna Orwin   
> 
> 
> 
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