Using Tibetan In Windows
<h3 class="heading-h6"><a name="THLToolboxsitec06fa8cfc49c4ebc007f482de5382105homegtTibetanScriptsFontsampRelatedIssueshomegtUsingTibetaninWindows" class="anchorpoint"></a><a href="/tools/wiki/home.html">THL Toolbox</a> > <a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/home.html">Tibetan Scripts, Fonts & Related Issues</a> > Using Tibetan in Windows</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h1"><a name="UsingTibetaninWindows" class="anchorpoint"></a>Using Tibetan in Windows</h3><p class="paragraph">Unicode Tibetan is fully supported within Windows Vista - a font, keyboard, and systems support is provided out of the box. Earlier versions of Windows did not provide Unicode Tibetan support, but Windows 2000 & and Windows XP can be modified easily to provide partial support:
</p><ul class="star"><li><a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/A%20New%20Chapter%20in%20Tibetan%20Computing.html">A New Chapter in Tibetan Computing</a>, or: an introduction to Tibetan Unicode and its use in Microsoft Vista (also see the <a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/A%20New%20Chapter%20in%20Tibetan%20Computing%20-%20in%20Tibetan.html">Tibetan language version</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/Tibetan%20Unicode%20in%20Windows%20VISTA.html">Tibetan Unicode in Windows VISTA</a></li>
<li><a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/Updating%20Uniscribe%20for%20Tibetan%20in%20Windows%202000%20%26%20XP.html">Updating Uniscribe for Tibetan in Windows 2000 & XP</a></li>
<li><a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/Updating%20Uniscribe%20for%20Tibetan%20in%20Windows%202000%20%26%20XP%20-%20in%20Chinese.html">Updating Uniscribe for Tibetan in Windows 2000 & XP - in Chinese</a></li>
<li><a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/Using%20Tibetan%20in%2064-bit%20Windows%20Systems.html">Using Tibetan in 64-bit Windows Systems</a></li>
<li><a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/Problems%20with%20Tibetan%20in%20Windows.html">Problems with Tibetan in Windows</a></li></ul><p class="paragraph">However, even with Vista, you might desire to use a different font for aesthetic purposes, or you might prefer an input system not provided by Microsoft. In addition, you have to determine if a given software program supports Unicode Tibetan, since not all programs support it just because the operating system supports it. Finally, you may have files using non-Unicode Tibetan fonts and want them to convert them to Unicode. Thus consult these general pages for further information:
</p><ul class="star"><li><a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/Conversion-Reversion%20for%20Tibetan%20Fonts.html">Conversion-Reversion for Tibetan Fonts</a></li>
<li><a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/Software%20Support%20for%20Tibetan%20in%20Windows.html">Software Support for Tibetan in Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/Tibetan%20Fonts.html">Tibetan Fonts</a></li>
<li><a href="/tools/scripts/wiki/Tibetan%20Input%20Tools%20For%20Windows.html">Tibetan Input Tools For Windows</a></li></ul><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h6"><a name="ProvidedforunrestrictedusebythespanclassnobrimgsrcsakairwikitoolimagesicklearrowgifaltexternallinktitleexternallinkahrefhttpwwwthliborgtargetrwikiexternalTibetanandHimalayanLibraryaspan" class="anchorpoint"></a><em class="italic">Provided for unrestricted use by the <span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://www.thlib.org" target="rwikiexternal">Tibetan and Himalayan Library</a></span></em></h3>