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Multilingual Notepad

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Multilingual

Notepad
, a word-processing software that

creates text documents in English, Hindi,

Marathi, and Gujrati. Works with an English

keyboard as characters are mapped to match

English alphabets. Virtual keyboard to help you

key-in text. An economical package for creating

text documents in Indian languages along with

English without swapping your keyboard. However,

spell-checker is missing. Price: Rs 695

Vendor
: SOFTPLUS International, G-9/10

C-Wing, Balgovind, Opp Badal,Mahim, Mumbai

400016. Fax: 4360457 Tel: 4363565



E-mail:
edesk@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in

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Multilingual

Notepad, as the name suggests, is a word processor where

you can create text documents in four different

languages–English, Hindi, Marathi, and Gujrati. You

don’t need to switch to other language keyboard; the

software works perfectly with a normal English keyboard.

Characters are mapped such

that the English alphabet on the keyboard matches its

nearest counterpart in that particular language. Most of

the times you can type as you speak. The rule, however,

changes for more complex words that include matraas.

For a slight change in pronunciation for the same

alphabet (as is common in our languages), you can access

the character by pressing Shift + alphabet key. These

documents are saved as text files with different

extensions–TXT (English), HXT (Hindi), MXT

(Marathi), GXT (Gujrati).

This is a

small software that comes on two 3.5" floppies.

During installation, though the fonts are installed by

the program, you need to delete these and copy them

manually from the floppy to C:\Windows\Fonts. Rest of the

software is problem free and convenient to work with.

There is also a virtual keyboard from where you can

key-in the entire document by clicking on various

alphabets.

This multilingual

word-processor offers most of the popular options found

in word-processing packages like page setup, print

document or selected text, find text, increasing and

decreasing fonts, opening multiple files, and tiling or

cascading text files. Howerver, a spell checker is

missing.

The software is

economically priced at Rs 695, and is a handy application

for people who need to create documents in any of the

four languages.

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