Windows : Bangla script viewing and input help

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viewing instructions

Windows XP (Service Pack 2)

Go through the following steps:

1. Download the latest version of Internet Explorer(IE6+), Opera(Opera 9) or Firefox browser(Firefox 1.5)

2. Download Unicode Bangla fonts from the web and install them on your operating system;

** Bangla Font Download: [Only Registered Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...]

3. Go to control panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Language, and check the "Install files for complex scripts and right-to-left languages" option.

You will need your Windows XP SP2 installer CD to install these new files.

4. Install Bangla support on your browsers:
* On Internet Explorer 6: Go to Tools -> Internet Options -> General -> Languages, and add Bengali as a language.

* On Firefox 1.5: Go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Edit Languages..., and add Bengali as a language.

5. Go to your browser's "view" menu and set the "character encoding" or "encoding" feature to: Unicode (UTF-8).


inputing instrcutions:

1. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Language, and check the option “Install files for complex scripts and right-to-left languages" and insert Win XP CD in your CD-ROM drive to install the files.

2. Download and install any Bangla input interface software at :

* [Only Registered Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...]

3. Follow the help guide/manual that comes with the applications for instructions on how to input Bangla. You should be able to input anywhere you need to type bangla provided the application is unicode compliant. Ideally, you should also be able to input Bengali directly into reply box of this forum in your browser.

TEST Here : If you can read the following text in Bengali, you are in.

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