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Release notes for Unitype Global Writer http://www.unitype.com
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Please remember to register your product to receive all the latest
information about Unitype Inc.
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OVERVIEW
Unitype Global Writer is a multilingual editor with document support
for most of the world's languages. Global Writer is based on the
Unicode 2.0 character set standard.
The primary value of Global Writer is in enabling users to create or
edit documents in their own language, or to enter or display text in
other languages they may be familiar with, and freely
mix any language within the same document.
Global Writer does not automatically translate documents, but it does
contain a multilingual thesaurus feature. Using this feature, you can
build and manage your own translation dictionaries.
The User Interface language for this release of Global Writer is
English.
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INSTALL & UNINSTALL
Unitype Global Writer is a 32-bit application and requires Microsoft
Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.
Machine requirements are:
- 12MB RAM minimum. 16MB or more RAM is recommended, especially if
support for CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) is installed.
- 4MB to 130MB available hard disk space. The exact amount depends
on the number and type of languages installed.
To install Unitype Global Writer, launch setup.exe and follow the
configuration options in the installation program.
To remove Global Writer from your system, go to the Windows Control
Panel, "Add / Remove Programs" and choose Unitype Global Writer.
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UNICODE
Global Writer's primary character set is the Unicode 2.0 character
encoding standard. Unicode is a fixed-width 16-bit character set
that covers most of the world's commonly used writing systems.
For specific information on Unicode / ISO-10646, please refer to
http://www.unicode.org
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SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS
Global Writer supports three file formats: Unitype Global Writer
(*.UW), Text Only (*.TXT), and HTML (*.HTM). The default mode for
Global Writer is the *.UW file format. Staying with this format is
recommended for standard product use. Text Only and HTML are
advanced formats (at least in a multi-lingual product like Global
Writer) and are only recommended for technically advanced users.
UW document files can easily store all of the formatting and language
attributes offered by the Global Writer product. UW files are a
unique document format, and cannot be read by other products. If you
intend to transmit data to users of other products, you should use
Text Only.
Text Only (*.TXT) files are plain text with no formatting.
Although it is not very attractive to look at, an advantage of Text
Only is that it is very portable without having to worry as
much about incompatibilities with current or future products.
However, a disadvantage for multi-language Text Only documents
compared to UW documents is that there is no tracking of language
attributes. To display Text Only accurately, the user may need to
manually select the appropriate language in the target application.
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COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER PRODUCTS
The Unicode character set has been adopted by Microsoft in their
Office 97 product. Global Writer can cut and paste data directly to
Microsoft Office and other Windows-based applications, if
the target application can accept data in that language (for example,
cut/paste works in Russian but not Tibetan).
Global Writer is not compatible with version 1.x products from Gamma
Productions due to changes in the language support system, with the
exception that both company's products are compatible at the Unicode
plain text level. For Gamma uninstallers, please refer to
http://www.gammapro.com
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- ISSUES AND LIMITATIONS
HP LaserJet printer drivers and CJK languages
There is a known incompatibility between Hewlett-Packard LaserJet
printer drivers and CJK on Microsoft Windows 95. The conflict causes
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) language characters to print
incorrectly or not at all. This problem can be solved by choosing the
Print TrueType as graphics option under File/Print/Properties/Fonts
before printing. If the above option is not available with your
current printer driver, please install the "HP LaserJet" driver (found
on the Microsoft Windows 95 distribution CD) and select it before
printing.
For further support see "HP LaserJet" within the Global Writer
on-line help.
HTML
Global Writer is designed to support only those HTML tags which
correspond to the document formatting capabilities of the product.
If an entire HTML tag is not understood by Global Writer, it is
ignored. If a portion of a recognized HTML tag is not understood,
the unrecognized portion will be dropped from that tag.