WHAT IS UNICODE

(यनि
ु कोड)?
Unicode provides a unique number for every
character,
no matter what the platform,
no matter what the program,
no matter what the language.

Unique Universal and Uniform character enCoding

 Advantages of Unicode over Non-Unicode

1. Unicode is the latest standard for Characters

Encoding

2. Unicode is portable and vendor independent.

i.e. it is transferable to anywhere.

3. Unicode is 100% Web compliant i.e. sending

emails, carrying chat on IM or virtually
carrying any activity on Web.
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4. It is very easy to carry some operations such as

sorting etc, with Unicode based characters.

5. It is easy to perform find and replace in

documents

6. Giving file and folder name in नेपाली is possible

Unicode - How to enable it in your system?
Windows XP (Note: Windows XP CD may be required for the following
operation):
1. Click on "Start->Control Panel->(Date, Time, Language and Regional
Options)->Regional and Language Options“

2. Click on 'Languages' tab (next

to 'Regional Options') at the top

3. In 'Supplemental language
support', see whether "Install
files for Complex Script and
right to left languages
(including thai)" is kept ticked.

4. When you click on it, an Alert

window will appear. Click on
the OK button. 
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5. Now, Click on Apply Button of this Language
Tab thereafter, you will be asked for Win XP
CD.
6. After installing the complex script you'll be
asked to restart the computer.
Click on YES button to restart the computer. 
 Installation of Nepali Unicode keyboard
driver
• For Traditional Layout
If you feel comfortable with Fonts eg Preeti,
Kantipur etc for typing then it will be easier for
you to use Traditional Unicode Keyboard
Layout
• To install the Traditional Keyboard Layout of
Unicode, please follow the following
instruction.
• i.  Go to the Nepali Traditional folder.
ii. Double click on Setup file.
 Using keyboard layout drivers in a
computer
1. Go to Control Panel, Double Click on the
Regional and Language Options icon.
2. You will find Three Tabs (Regional Options,
Language and Advanced) on the top. 
3. Click on the “Language Tab”.
4. Click on the Details at the middle-right hand
side of this window.
5. You will find a new window with heading of
“Text Service and Input Language”
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6. By default Setting Tab will open. You will find
Add, Remove button at the right middle of this
new window.
7. Click on Add button. A new window will
appear. Add Input Language as header.
8. Click on Input Language Combo box and
select Sanskrit as Input Language and
Nepaliunicodetraditional as Keyboard layout.
9. Click on OK.
10. Click on Apply and OK Button.
 Switching between English/नेपाली
 You can see a language bar at your desk either
at the right bottom side of the Window or Top-
Right of the Window.
 To interchange the Languages (Nepali  and
English), Please press Alt+Shift key and start
to type. 
Keyboard Layout (Traditional)
Sample typing in युनिकोड:

Unicode takes care of

width of character eg
मिति र अन्तिम मा बाइमात्राको
साइज
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 For further information

 http://www.mpp.org.np
(site of Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya)
 http://www.unicode.org
 http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode
Thank you !