[KS] Office 2000 Multilingual Proofing Tools

[John Duggan]

Here is an interesting new product that may be of value to anyone working 
with Korean - Microsoft Multilingual Proofing Tools

(http://www.microsoft.com/office/multilingual/proofing.htm)

Extracted from the site:

What capabilities do the Office 2000 Proofing Tools provide for Asian and 
right-to-left languages?

Listed below are the new features included in the Office 2000 Proofing Tools 
for Asian and right-to-left languages:

Input Method Editors: Convert the phonetic or symbolic text you type into 
the appropriate Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters.

Word breakers: Help you highlight words in Chinese and Japanese—languages 
that don't use blank spaces to delineate words.

Chinese translator: Enables you to convert Simplified to Traditional Chinese 
and vice-versa in Word.

Bilingual dictionaries: Help you to translate between English and Arabic, 
English and Hebrew, and English and Simplified Chinese.

Hanja dictionary and Hangul/Hanja converter for Korean: Enables you to view 
information about your text such as the pronunciation, meaning, and number 
of strokes for the Hanja displayed on the screen.

The Hangul/Hanja converter enables you to convert Hanja to Hangul or vice 
versa in a Word document.

Additional fonts for Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

How can I get the Office 2000 Proofing Tools CD?
In the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., the Office 2000 Proofing Tools 
CD is available to order online only, and will not be available in retail 
stores. Throughout the rest of the world, the CD will be available in 
stores.

The estimated retail price for the Office 2000 Proofing Tools CD is $79.95 
US.

Corporations and other organizations can obtain the Proofing Tools through 
an appropriate volume licensing arrangement. Open License customers can 
obtain licenses through either a local or mail-order reseller or retailer. 
Select and Enterprise Agreement customers can obtain Office 2000 Proofing 
Tools through their normal distribution processes.

Multinational organizations might want to consider licensing Office 2000 
with MultiLanguage Pack, which includes the Office 2000 Proofing Tools. To 
find out more, visit the Options for Multinational Organizations page.

Why should I upgrade from my current version of Proofing Tools?
If you have upgraded the rest of your Office software to Office 2000, you 
should also upgrade your proofing tools to get the latest features and 
languages available. See the table above for the complete list of what 
you'll get when you upgrade to Office 2000 Proofing Tools.









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