thai language for keyboard

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thai language for keyboard

Hi,

I want to be able to type Thai using my standard keyboard. Is there some software that I can download that will enable me to do this?

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iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.5.3)

Posted on Sep 16, 2008 10:07 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Sep 17, 2008 12:01 AM in response to John hilderly1

Hi John,

Likely it's on your Mac now.

In System Preferences>International>Input Menu, select Thaiม ะ้ำืม, oops, then select show in input menu, you should see a Flag up in the Menu Bar to select your language from.

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Answer 2

Sep 17, 2008 7:40 AM in response to BDAqua

hi,

thanks or yr reply. i tried this but when i opened a word document and typed i just got a series of blank squares for every character typed. Is there something i have done wrong?

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Answer 3

Tom Gewecke

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Sep 17, 2008 9:40 AM in response to John hilderly1

when i opened a word document and typed i just got a series of blank squares for every character typed. Is there something i have done wrong?

If you are using Word X, it is obsolete and can't do Unicode scripts like Thai. Aside from AppleWorks, any other word processor should work ok.

If you are using Word 2004 and higher, make sure you have it set to a font that includes Thai, like Lucida Grande, Thonburi, Ayuthaya, Silom, Krungthep. Even so, MS products do not support correct Thai linebreaking, so best to use an Apple app like TextEdit or Pages, which does.

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Answer 4

Sep 17, 2008 10:36 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

น้ไดร้รด้งๆำร้เดำฟงรเ้ำงร

thank you as u can see it is working fine and dandy!!!!!

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