Viewing characters from multiple languages

To view characters from multiple languages, you can install additional language files.

Before you begin

The files for East Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) require 230 MB of disk space. The files for complex script and right-to-left languages (Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Indic languages, Thai, and Vietnamese) require 10 MB of disk space.

About this task

Certain fonts do not support foreign language characters. For example, Veranda does not support East Asian characters.

Procedure

  1. From the Start > Control Panel menu, select Regional and Language Options.
  2. On the Languages tab, select one of the following check boxes:
    • Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai)
    • Install files for East Asian languages
  3. Click OK or Apply, and restart your computer.


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