How to Install and Set up Khmer Unicode for Windows 7

1 How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 1 of 12 How to Install and Set up Khmer Unicode for Windows 7 By Sovanna Tim and Mengly Chean Khmer Unicode comes with Windows 7 which includes two Khmer Unicode fonts, Daunpenh and Khmer UI. This is not adequate for modern Khmer documents. This note will explain how to Install NiDA Khmer Unicode keyboard and fonts which are familiar to many users. We will also explain the keyboard settings for different language modes and conclude with a basic Khmer Unicode typing. In summary, we will show how to A. Download B. Install C. Set up Khmer Unicode 1. Khmer Unicode Keyboard 2. Keyboard Setting Language Mode D. Type Khmer in Khmer Unicode 1. Khmer Unicode Fonts 2. You Type as You Spell 3. Keyboard Mapping A. Download : Click this link to get to KhmerOS - Khmer Software Initiative: Click Download Now! to download KhmerUnicode Fig. 1 - Khmer Software Initiative How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 2 of 12 This is version that works with Windows 7 64 bits.

2 A dialog box pops up asking you to either save or open the downloaded file. Click o Save to save to a location or storage medium o Open to run it directly without saving a copy for yourself. If you clicked Open Then skip the shaded area and go to Section B below (page 3). If you clicked Save Follow the instructions to save the file. Be sure to remember where you save the file. When Save is completed, see Fig. 3, you can Install the now (by clicking Open) or Install it later (by clicking Close). Fig. 2 - Save or Open Fig. 3 - Save choices: Choose Open or Close How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 3 of 12 If you chose Close and later you wanted to Install , then Go the location or medium where you saved it. Fig. 4 shows where we saved our downloaded file. [Double] Click on (Fig. 4). This will unzip the file to [Double] Click on (Fig. 5). You ll see Security Warning: Choose Run to Install This will bring you to the same point as if you were to click Open in Fig.

3 2 on page 2. Now continue with the dialog box in Fig. 7. Fig. 4 - Zip file that you saved Fig. 5 - exe file obtained after unzip Fig. 6 - Run to Install How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 4 of 12 B. Install : You get here after you chose Open in Fig. 2 on page 2, or you chose Run in Fig. 6. You have to click Allow to Install This will bring to the following screen. Click Next to continue installing A popup screen prompts you with where to put You can take the default (similar to mine shown here). Fig. 7 - Installing Fig. 8 - Installing , cont d How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 5 of 12 Click Next to continue. The installation is successful when Fig. 9 pops up: Click Finish to complete the installation and exit theinstall program. has been successfully installed. Twelve Khmer Unicode fonts also come with this installation. Fig. 9 Location to put Fig.

4 10 Installation of completed How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 6 of 12 C. Set Up Khmer Unicode After the installation, you would notice EN on the right side of the Taskbar as shown on Fig. 11. This is the keyboard setting for the language mode. Khmer Unicode Keyboard There are three keyboard settings: EN, CA, KH. To see the details, click on EN and you get Fig. 12: EN use this setting for English Keyboard CA use this setting for Khmer Unicode NiDA Keyboard KH this is supposed to be the default setting for Khmer Unicode Keyboard that comes with Windows 7. However, after the installation here, KH has been reset to Khmer Unicode NiDA Keyboard. In other words, KH is the same as CA. To reset KH back to the default mode for Khmer Unicode Keyboard that comes with Windows 7, follow these steps: 1. Go to Control Panel To do this, click Start button from the low left corner, then click Control Panel.

5 See Fig. 13. 2. In Control Panel, Fig. 14, click on Clock, Language, and Region. 3. In Language and Region, Fig. 15, click on Change Fig. 12 Language Selections Fig. 13 To get to Control Panel Fig. 14 To get to Language Fig. 11 Language Icon How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 7 of 12 In the popup box, Fig. 16, you see (after you scroll up a bit): CA Catalan (Catalan) Keyboard Khmer NiDA Standard EN English (United States) Keyboard US KH Khmer (Cambodia) Keyboard Khmer NiDA Standard Fig. 15 Change Fig. 16 Different Keyboard settings How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 8 of 12 We can see that the keyboards for CA and KH are both set to Khmer NiDA Standard Let s reconfigure KH keyboard to Khmer Mode which was the original setting before we installed this 4. Highlight Keyboard under Khmer (Cambodia) as shown in Fig. 17. Then click Add. This brings up a dialogue box, as shown in Fig.

6 18, to select the input language. Referring to Fig. 18, scroll down the sidebar, about half way down, to find Khmer (Cambodia); see Fig. 19. You may have to click the [+] box in front of Khmer (Cambodia) to expand it. Note that under Keyboard, Fig. 19, the box in front of Khmer is not checked but that in front of Khmer NiDA Standard is. (This is why KH mode is set to Khmer NiDA Standard keyboard.) Fig. 17 Resetting KH Keyboard Fig. 18 Add Input Language Fig. 19 Resetting KH Keyboard How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 9 of 12 5. Refer to Fig. 20: a. Check the Khmer box b. Uncheck the Khmer NiDA Standard box c. Click OK. 6. Continue to click all OK s to close all dialog boxes until you get out of the Control Panel. (you re done.) This completes the keyboard setup. At this point the keyboard settings should be: CA Catalan (Catalan) Keyboard Khmer NiDA Standard EN English (United States) Keyboard US KH Khmer (Cambodia) Keyboard Khmer Keyboard Setting Language Mode To switch the keyboard to a different language mode, hold down the left Alt key and hit the Shift key.

7 Let s refer to this action as Left-Alt + Shift from now on. The keyboard setting will cycle through EN (English), KH ( Khmer that comes with Windows 7), and CA ( Khmer NiDA). Fig. 20 Setting KH to Khmer Hold Hit Fig. 21 Left-Alt + Shift How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 10 of 12 For instance, if the keyboard is now on EN Mode, doing Left-Alt + Shift once will switch it to KH Mode, Left-Alt + Shift again will switch it to CA Mode, and Left-Alt + Shift once more will switch it back to EN Mode. The cycle continues as you continue doing Left-Alt + Shift. D. Type Khmer in Khmer Unicode To type a document in Khmer , open a word processing editor, , Microsoft Word, select the language mode, , CA for NiDA, and select the font. Khmer Unicode Fonts There are 12 Khmer Unicode fonts that come with this installation. They are sufficient for typing most documents. If additional fonts are needed, you can get more by searching for Khmer Unicode on the internet.

8 Fig. 22 shows the 12 Khmer Unicode fonts. Their names start with Khmer OS. To select a Khmer Unicode font, click on the Font dropdown, scroll down to Khmer OS, and select the font. You Type as You Spell With a Khmer Unicode font, says, Khmer OS System, you can type either Khmer characters or English characters. If the language mode is set to CA or KH, you get Khmer characters. If the language mode is set to EN, the characters you type would be in English. You type a Khmer word by hitting the keys in the sequence that you spell out the word. We call this You Type as You Spell (YTYS, pronounced it is ) rule. To explain this process, let me say in Khmer . - CA n M b & g Shift-space x j J , KH n M b % g Shift-space x space j J Now would you type ?

9 Remember YTYS rule: - - . With a little practice, you ll master this very quickly. And if you typed Khmer using those legacy, non- Khmer - Unicode fonts before, you d agree with us that this is a faster and better way to type Khmer . Fig. 22 Khmer Unicode Fonts How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 11 of 12 Keyboard Mapping NiDA keyboard (CA Mode) and Windows Vista keyboard (KH Mode) have different layouts. However, there are many instances that both keyboards map the same English characters to the same Khmer characters. , both use k for , t for , x for , etc. Both use Left-Alt + Shit to switch the language mode and Shift Space Bar to put a space ( ). There are three features that are worth mentioning here: Feature NiDA keyboard (CA Mode) Windows Vista keyboard (KH Mode) Space Bar = Zero-Space character (Zero-Space is used for word separation) = Subscript, (we can t find the key for the Zero-Space character) Subscript, = j (type j will invoke subscript) = Space (hit Space will invoke subscript) Hyphen - Not implemented Implemented, same spot as English key We note that both keyboards implement only for letters but not for numbers.

10 If were also available for numbers, then this would facilitate writing times (or Bible text references) in English style more easily. The keyboard layouts are given below: Fig. 23 - Windows Vista Khmer Unicode Keyboard, and Fig. 24 - NiDA Khmer Unicode Keyboard. Fig. 23 Windows Vista Khmer Unicode Keyboard Use this keyboard with KH Mode How to Install Khmer Unicode for 64-bit Windows 12 of 12 The installation and setup of are now complete.. And you re now able to type Khmer using either NiDA keyboard or Windows Vista keyboard. Very soon, you ll enjoy the grand tour of Khmer computing in this exciting information age.. And if you want to learn more about Khmer Unicode , start here: Happy Khmer Computing! And since this is written on 24 December 2010 Merry Christmas! Fig. 24 NiDA Khmer Unicode Keyboard Use this keyboard with CA Mode