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About automatically checking the correct sequence of characters in Indic languages

Indic languages follow stringent grammatical rules for the composition of words that dictate which textual character elements are permitted to stand next to one another. To add to the complexity of correctly entering characters, text of Indic languages contain both simple characters and more complex characters that include one or more markings, such as dependent vowels.

To assist you in correctly entering characters in your document that follow the grammatical rules for the enabled Indic language, text is automatically checked for you when you are using a rich edit or HTML e-mail format.

Notes

• Microsoft Word provides several enhancements to editing text in a South Asian environment, such as sequence checking. You can use these features in other programs if you use Word as your editor.
• Sequence checking is enabled by default in all Office applications other than Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher.

  To enable sequence checking in Word

  1. Under the Tools menu, select Options and select the Complex Scripts tab.
  2. Select the Sequence Checking check box.

  To enable sequence checking in Publisher

  1. In Microsoft Windows XP, on the Windows Start menu, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings.

     In Windows 2000, on the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings.

  2. Select the Enabled Languages tab and add any Indic language or Thai to the list of enabled languages.
  3. Once an Indic language or Thai is enabled, sequence checking is automatically turned on.