Install Keyboard Layouts
Web Browsers: Currently only Internet Explorer 8 supports tb-lr (displaying vertically from left to right). Internet Explorer 6 & 7 support displaying vertically, but only tb-rl can be used. None of the other web browsers support displaying vertically.
Use Complex Scripts on Your Computer
Please configure your computer and applications step by step.
Windows 2000/XP/2003:
Step 1: Enable Complex Script Support
Step 2: Upgrade Uniscribe
Step 3: Install Fonts
Step 4: Install Keyboard Layout
Step 5: Configure Applications
Windows Vista/2008/7:
Step 1: Install Fonts
Step 2: Install Keyboard Layout
Step 3: Configure Applications
If there is anything wrong, please go to Test and Troubleshooting.
Install Keyboard Layout
Install a Daicing Keyboard
Download a Daicing Keyboard program and run it.
You can install multiple Daicing Keyboards in your computer.
Note: You need manually uninstall an old version of a Daicing keyboard if you want to upgrade it.
Delete a Daicing Keyboard
Go to Control Panel and open Add or Remove Programs (Windows 2000/XP/2003) or Programs and Features (Windows Vista/2008/7). Choose the Daicing keyboard and uninstall it.
Enable a keyboard
If a Daicing Keyboard is not enabled, you can manually enable it.
==== Users of Windows Vista/2008/7 ====
1. Click Start, click Control Panel.
a) If you are using Category View in Control Panel, click Change keyboards or other input methods.
b) If you are using Classic View in Control Panel, click Regional and Language, then click Keyboards and Languages tab.
2. Click Change Keyboards. In the General tab, click Add. Expand Mongolian (Traditional Mongolian, PRC) -> Keyboard and check the Daicing Keyboard(s) or expand Tibetan (PRC) -> Keyboard and check the Daicing Keyboard(s).
Note: In the Taskbar -> Language bar, MN is the symbol for Mongolian script, BO is that for Tibetan script, SA is that for Sanskrit language and HI is that for Hindi language.
==== Users of Windows XP/2003 ====
1. Click Start, click Control Panel.
a) If you are using Category View in Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options, and then click Regional and Language Options.
b) If you are using Classic View in Control Panel, click Regional and Language Options directly.
2. On the Languages tab, click Details. On the Settings tab, click Add.
Since Mongolian and Tibetan are not in the language list, you can choose whatever you like for the Input language, for example, you can use English (United States) or Chinese (PRC). For Keyboard layout/IME, please choose the Daicing Keyboard that you want to use. For Devanagari, you can choose from Sanskrit (Indis) or Hindi (India).