RE: Russian text how?

by David Jones <dvjones(at)ksbe.edu>

 Date:  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 09:41:27 -1000
 To:  hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
 References:  EMIL
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You probably also need to make sure that your web 
page is indicated the correct ISO character set for 
Russian ... but don't know if that will have any effect on 
DW's ability to display Russian characters for you.

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu

On 5 Jun 2003, at 12:05, Rich Matheson wrote:

> You probablly need to install Russian Language Support on
> your computer (from your OS disc).  After you do that,
> you'll be able to "convert" your keyboard to a Russian
> keyboard by hitting "shift-spacebar", I think. Hopefully
> you'll just be able to copy and paste the data and it will
> transfer over with the Cyrillic type intact.  If not,
> you'll need to learn the Russian keyboard which is kind of
> a pain, as all of the letters are in different places
> (hopefully you're familiar with Cyrillic; I read Russian
> pretty well, but learning the keyboard was something I was
> never able to do).  :)  Good luck!
> 
> Rich D. Matheson
> Web Design Technician
> InReach Internet
> (209) 320-4638
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Emil
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 8:41 AM To: HWG Techniques
> Subject: Russian text how?
> 
> 
> I'm building a site where one of the languages is russian.
>  I'm being sent the translated text in *.doc format and
> the text looks just fine in Word but how do I get this
> text on to the web page?
> 
> Doing copy and paste just shows a bunch of question marks
> so what I did is saved a copy of the *.doc file as *.htm. 
> I looked at the code and I see that all it does is change
> the letters to their equivalent in ASCII.  I know this
> will work but isn't there a better way?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> 
> Emil
 

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