Malayalam Indic IME 1 Version 5.

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Introduction
System Requirements
Release Notes
Installation Notes
For Windows XP
Installation
Adding Input Locale
How to Use alayalam Indic I!
"ey#oards
"nown pro#lems
Introduction
alayalam Indic I! gi$es a $ery con$enient way o% entering te&t in alayalam using
t'e !nglis' (W!R) *ey#oard in any +%%ice XP application, wordpad and notepad on
Windows XP plat%orm-
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System Requirement
+%%ice XP on Windows XP .W'istler or Pro%essional/
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Release Notes
Release 0ate1 2345646337
Setup File Name1 alayalam Setup-e&e
I! File 8ersion1 9-3-3-7
odi%ications and !n'anced Features1
5- Support %or :'ila*s'aras is added .R!L 0A)!1 745346337/
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Installation Notes for Windows X !W"istler or rofessional#
I!s cannot #e installed or upgraded on a system t'at doesn;t already support I!s in
t'e same language t'at you are installing- )o ena#le Indic I!, go to control panel 4 <
regional and Language- Select Language )a#, and c'ec* t'e option =Install %iles %or
comple& scripts and le%t4to4rig't language and insert Win XP :0 in your :04R+ dri$e-
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Contents
Installation
5- Run alayalam Setup-e&e and %ollow t'e instructions in t'e setup program-
6- Re#oot your system-
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$ddin% In&ut 'ocale
5- +pen )e&t Ser$ices in :ontrol Panel-
6- Select "ey#oard under > in Installed Ser$ices- :lic* $dd-

2- Select alayalam in Input Language, c'ec* "ey#oard Layout ?I! #o&- And
Select alayalam Indic I! 5-

7- :lic* +"-
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(ow to )se Malayalam Indic IME*
5- A%ter installing alayalam Indic I! start any +%%ice application, WordPad or
Notepad-
6- :lic* t'e Language Indicator located in t'e System )ray on t'e rig't side o% t'e
Windows tas*#ar, and clic* to select =alayalam Indic I! 5@ %rom t'e s'ortcut
menu t'at appears-
2- Start typing in alayalam-
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alayalam?!nglis'
Auto)e&t +n?+%%
Help +n?+%%
Auto)e&t
:ustomiAed
Wordlist
+n t'e %ly Help
+n?+%%
+n t'e %ly Help
+ey,oards
alayalam Indic I! pro$ides support %or two types o% *ey#oard1
Malayalam -ransliteration B Using p'onetic typing, t'e user can type 'is message
in Roman using t'e Standard !nglis' *ey#oard, w'ic' is transliterated on4t'e4%ly to
alayalam- It wor*s on t'e logic o% p'onetics and is most e%%ecti$e w'en you spell
t'e word t'e way it is spo*en-
Malayalam -y&ewriter B Anot'er alayalam *ey#oard used in typing- )yping can
#e done as per t'e *ey mapping o% alayalam )ypewriter *ey#oard-
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+nown &ro,lems*
5- In !&cel, te&t is not displayed until space, enter or ta# is pressed-
6- W'en customiAed word list window is closed, a small window remains on screen-
2- I% te&t is typed $ery %ast, Front page, icroso%t +utloo* .H)L compose/
cras'es-
7- Randomly cras'es in !&cel-
9- Per%orms relati$ely slow in Front page, H)L mail in +utloo*-
C- W'ile switc'ing to !nglis' "ey#oard or any ot'er I!, last typed word is lost i%
not committed-
D- In Front Page and icroso%t +utloo* .H)L compose/, !nter 'as to #e pressed
twice to get new line-
E- I% arrow *eys, Pg Up, Pg down etc- *eys are pressed wit'out committing te&t .i-e-
wit'out pressing space, enter or ta#/, eac' *ey needs to #e pressed twice to get t'e
e%%ect- I% te&t is committed, t'en t'ese *eys wor* smoot'ly-
F- In WordPad, c'aracters are rendering as Unicode #loc*s-
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