[KS] Re: Using han'gul fonts

[Joshua Margolis]

Yes. So can Word 97 if you add the HWP filter downloadable from Microsoft
Korea's Web site (www.microsoft.com/korea/). You will lose some
formatting, though.


Josh

On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, T.Han wrote:

>
>Can Windows/Office (Word) 2000 read HWP files? 
>One of computer experts (of course, self-claimed) told me that Word 2000
>failed to read HWP files attached in an e-mail. 
>
>Regards,
>Taehwan Han
>
>On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Leonid Petrov wrote:
>
>> Windows/Office 2000 for NT systems is the answer.
>> 
>> It works rather like HWP. So, you can use English, Korean, Japanese,
>> Chinese, Russian... fonts all in one document!
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> LEONID A. PETROV    PhD Candidate
>> 
>> Division of Pacific and Asian History
>> Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
>> The Australian National University
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>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Waters, David" <dwaters at willkie.com>
>> To: <korean-studies at mailbase.ac.uk>
>> Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 5:45 AM
>> Subject: Using han'gul fonts
>> 
>> 
>> > (I know similar questions have been dealt with in the past, but
>> considering
>> > the rapid changes in technology and software, I am posting this one
>> again.)
>> >
>> > Using Windows and Netscape, what are the preferred ways of reading and
>> doing
>> > searches of Korean-language sites (chosun ilbo, etc.).  I have tried Union
>> > Way and Korean Partner, neither of which I have been particularly happy
>> > with.  With Union Way I have trouble printing more than one page at a
>> time,
>> > and Korean Partner seems to have all kinds of bugs which extend to other
>> > applications.  Also, the fonts are not particularly readable with
>> > either(maybe because I can't figure out how to change them).  I have heard
>> > that with Internet Explorer there is a Korean font plug-in, but haven't
>> been
>> > able to find an equivalent for Netscape.
>> >
>> > What suggestions do others have?
>> >
>> > David Waters
>> > Washington, DC
>> >
>> 
>> 
>
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