ELCOT - Tamil Fonts & Conversion Tools
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1. ELCOT Coimbatore ag SFLU N AER SUR LNT LLITTSOEMLDSIT OER S0 ee ur 5 amp r ALM mgh eor best ufrebsniper ervey rr sed Target File selcatyelctansi tet 5 Chose one Source from which tamil script you want to convert from and click on the Source File button to pick that source file for eg D elcot vanavil txt as shown in the above figure 6 Chose any one Target Type to which you want to convert to and click on the Convert button to convert the Vanavil tamil matter to ELCOT ANSI tamil format and save the file by giving the Target File path for eg as given the above image as D elcot elctansi txt and click on the Save button to save it 7 Likewise one can convert from any given format to ELCOT ANSI format or the given format 22 VOWELS lt H W ADY Or 9 E P Dall 6h F 6 61601014 eng ga oui LLSD oD te A 9 LID RUN IT 6148 D 2 CONSONANTS amp 697 LOM fal E 8 amp eID ruig LIL 1D Q1 DN SLG DSD LIBS e TULD amp euL B L 1b LLID 055670 UMEDE B 5 2a eg AIT GUTLD lt 3 x Ho lt A X Uu e a gt ITX coo xu ON 6 Tamil Key Sequence m kkh ML ly r d Cu y vYpk rir Vpz It h X If k Xl xsitah hk VeF fiz kh fh a r ffu k hpaW gl k pfzW j2. CD ROM Drive is not drive D type appropriate letter instead 4 Choose OK 5 Follow the instructions on the Screen and complete the installation procedure and restart the system Starting ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver Software To begin working with ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver Click START PROGRAMS ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver Menu as follows qs Mu Computer HP Memories Eisg A My Documents HP Photo amp ed Im aging E us 2 Marton IET Ap PETS _ De o DIL T LE Adob En muet Re e Pra P d Internet Explorer ELCOT TA 3b Working with ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver Activating the ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver provides the Tamil Keyboard interface for the Windows applications By using this driver you can run Windows packages like Star Office MS Office Pagemaker CorelDraw for Tamil script ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver provides a Tamil Keyboard overlay on a standard English QWERTY keyboard The driver makes it possible to use the normal keyboard for entering Tamil text Using ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver you can directly enter the text in Tamil Script inside all windows applications To enter the Tamil text inside Windows applications install the ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver as given below Click START gt PROGRAMS gt ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver Now the message ELCOT Keyboard Driver Installed will appear on the
3. English You can use the NUM LOCK key to toggle between Tamil amp English Now you can use any Windows application Star Office MSWord PageMaker etc for typing in Tamil Script Press NUM LOCK key ON to enter the Tamil text When the NUM LOCK is ON the keyboard layout will be in Tamil Script mode When the NUM LOCK key is OFF the keyboard layout will be in English mode You can use NUM LOCK key as a toggle key for switching between Tamil Script and English inside windows applications To compose in Tamil script use the 3 steps given below 1 Install the ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver 2 Select the TAB ELCOT font or any TAB font 3 Press the NUM LOCK key ON 10 3d Working with Star Office Invoke Star Office and Click TOOLS gt AUTOCORRECT AUTOFORMAT gt OPTIONS unmark the following options available 1 Use Replacement Table 2 Correct Two Inital Capitals 3 Capitalize first letter of every sentence 4 Replace 1st with 1st 5 Replace 1 2 with 17 Be E yes pud Hym indies eh imi xl mi j oe 4 ae ed os is rum F P eed pen fi 11 3e Working with MS Word MS Word uses some special characters for showing spaces tabs paragraph marks etc Since these special characters are being used to represent the Tamil Script characters you will see the Tamil Script characters on the screen To get the proper display use the follo
4. NUM LOCK key should be OFF to type in tamil matter and NUM LOCK key should be ON to type in english matter 2 Tamil Conversion for Linux 1 Insert the CD in the CD Drive copy the contents of linux folder from the CD to the harddisk 2 Double click on ramyacon file the following screen will appear Source Type Vanavil root vanavil txt Source Target Type BLCOT ANSI root elctansi txt Destination convert cose 3 One can change from the following Tamil Font format to ELCOT ANSI Tamil font format amp viceversa a TAB b TAM c ELCOT Bilingual d Vanavil e Bamini f Diamond 4 Chose any one Source Type from which tamil script you want to convert from and click on the Source button to pick that source file for eg root vanavil txt as shown in the above figure 5 Chose any one Target Type to which you want to convert to and click on the Destination button for the path to store the target file for eg root elcotansi txt as shown in the above figure 6 Click on the Convert button to convert the vanavil txt file typed using any Vanavil tamil font to elcotansi txt ELCOT ANSI format 7 Likewise one can convert from any given format to ELCOT ANSI format or the given format 3 ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver for Windows 3a Setup and Installation Installing ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver Software 1 Insert the CD into your CD ROM Drive 2 From the Start Menu choose Run 3 Type D setup If your
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6. of Caps Lock Key 5 Unmark Replace text as you type 19 4f Removing the ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Driver Selecting Remove Driver from the ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Driver menu will remove the Driver from Memory The ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Driver can be removed after completing all your Tamil Text Entry Work After removing the driver you will not be able to enter text in Tamil Language inside Windows Applications ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Driver Application Driver Help 20 5 Tamil Conversion for Windows 1 Insert the CD in the CD Drive click the setup icon inside the windows folder this will install two icons namely ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver Tamil Conversion Utility 2 To use the Tamil conversion for Windows click START PROGRAMS Tamil Conversion Utility icon as follows E pJ Mu Computer HF Burector a A My Documents HP Photo amp Imaging IT Pd Internet Explorer 3 k A 4 k l 3 fr M a 21 4 Click on the Convert Menu to conver from the following Tamil Font format to ELCOT ANSI Tamil font format amp viceversa a TAB b TAM c ELCOT Bilingual d Vanavil e Bamini f Diamond Convert Source Source File D selcafvanavil tt Font VAMAVIL Avvaivar Ej ep nir peraTaT arg co SFLU RET ELCOT ANSI Font
7. Tamil Fonts amp Conversion Tools User Manual Contents Page 1 TAB Keyboard Driver for Linux 2 Tamil Conversion for Linux 3 ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver for Windows a Setup and Installation b Working with ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver c Composing in Tamil Script d Working with Star Office e Working with MS Word f Removing the ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver 4 ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver for Windows a Setup and Installation b Working with ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver c Composing in Tamil Script d Working with Star Office e Working with MS Word f Removing the ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Driver 5 Tamil Conversion for Windows 6 Tamil Key Sequence 7 Tamil Keyboard Layout 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 23 25 1 TAB Keyboard Driver for Linux 1 Insert the CD in the CD Drive copy the contents of linux folder from the CD to the harddisk 2 Manually install the TAB fonts available inside the linux folder 3 Goto Terminal type the following command assumed that you have copied the contents to root linux folder root M21 cd root M21 cd root linux root M21 sh iwtam sh When the above command is executed TAB Keyboard Driver Successfully installed message will appear Now type the following command root o M21 iwtam 4 Invoke Open Office and chose any TAB ELCOT Kovai or any TAB ELCOT font amp type in the tamil matter Make sure that
8. atus Bar which indicates that the Keyboard Driver is running in the background dst A a SS S ELCOT Tamil Bilingua Ug 4 37 PM Apart from installing the ELCOT Tamil Bilingual keyboard driver it is necessary to select the ELCOT Bilingual Font to type in Tamil script This has to be done through the commands provided for font selection in the respective Windows application Now you can enter the tamil text inside Windows applications by pressing the NUM LOCK key ON When the NUM LOCK is ON the keyboard layout will be in Tamil and you can type in Tamil script When the NUM LOCK is OFF the keyboard layout will be in English and you can type in English You can use the NUM LOCK key to toggle between Tamil amp English 15 Selecting the Application Type M ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Driver Application Driver Help Ventura w Others From the Keyboard Dirver menu select the application type Write If you want to use Write then select the application as Write Ventura If you want to use Ventura then select the application as Ventura Others If you want to use any Windows application other than Write Ventura this option has to be selected 16 4c Composing in Tamil Script ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver provides a Tamil Keyboard overlay on a standard English QWERTY keyboard The driver makes it possible to use the normal keyboard for entering Tamil text Using ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Key
9. board Driver you can directly enter the text in Tamil Script inside all windows applications To enter the Tamil text inside Windows applications install the ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver as per the procedure given in Chapter 2 Apart from installing the ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver it is necessary to select the ELCOT Bilingual font to type in Tamil script This has to be done through the commands provided for font selection in the respective Windows application Now you can enter the tamil text inside Windows applications by pressing the NUM LOCK key ON When the NUM LOCK is ON the keyboard layout will be in Tamil and you can type in Tamil script When the NUM LOCK is OFF the keyboard layout will be in English and you can type in English You can use the NUM LOCK key to toggle between Tamil amp English Now you can use any Windows application Star Office MSWord PageMaker etc for typing in Tamil Script Press NUM LOCK key ON to enter the Tamil text When the NUM LOCK is ON the keyboard layout will be in Tamil Script mode When the NUM LOCK key is OFF the keyboard layout will be in English mode You can use NUM LOCK key as a toggle key for switching between Tamil Script and English inside windows applications To compose in Tamil script use the 3 steps given below 1 Install the ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver 2 Select the ELCOT Bilingual font 3 Press the NUM LOCK key ON 17 4d Working with Star Offi
10. ce Invoke Star Office and Click TOOLS gt AUTOCORRECT AUTOFORMAT gt OPTIONS unmark the following options available 1 Use Replacement Table 2 Correct Two Inital Capitals 3 Capitalize first letter of every sentence 4 Replace 1st with 1st 5 Replace 1 2 with 17 Be E yes pud Hym indies eh imi xl mi j oe 4 ae ed os is rum F P eed pen fi 18 4e Working with MS Word MS Word uses some special characters for showing spaces tabs paragraph marks etc Since these special characters are being used to represent the Tamil Script characters you will see the Tamil Script characters on the screen To get the proper display use the following settings In the Options menu for the Non printing characters do not select any of the options Also in the Preferences menu do not select Draft If you select Draft the entire text including the Tamil Script will be shown in English For MS Word 95 amp 97 versions Click Tools gt Options gt Edit Tick the Overtype Mode For MS Word 2000 version this setting is not needed Note for MS Word any version Choose Tools gt Auto correct gt Autocorrect in this unmark all the five options available as follows 1 Unmark Correct Two Initial Capitals 2 Unmark Capitalize first letter of sentences 3 Unmark Capitalize names of days 4 Unmark Correct accidental usuage
11. e Others If you want to use any Windows application other than Write Wordpad Star Office amp Ventura this option has to be selected Selecting the Keyboard Layout Py ELCOT Keyboard Driver E Em of x mm Keyboard Toode DS Help v Typewriter Romanized T amil33 From the ELCOT TAB Keyboard Dirver supports various keyboard layouts 1 Typewriter Layout This layout is similar to the Tamil typewriter layout Tamil typists amp other people familiar with Tamil Typewriter layout can use this layout very easily 2 Romanised Layout Without knowing the above layouts you can type in Tamil Script easily by using the Romanised layout Phoenetic English mappings are used to compose the Tamil Script For example the keys raamaa or rAmA can be used to type Rama 3 Tamil 99 Layout This layout is standardized by the Government of Tamilnadu Selecting the Toggle Mode iB x Lock EE LOCK ov CAPS LOCK You can select the Mode for Toggle key as NUM LOCK or SCROLL LOCK or CAPS LOCK If you select NUM LOCK as Toggle key then you can type the tamil script when the NUM LOCK Key is ON and the corresponding TAB Font should be chosen in the application Star Office MS Word Page Maker If the NUM LOCK is OFF then you can type in English Characters using the same TAB Font If you select SCROLL LOCK as Toggle key then you can type the tamil script when the SCROLL LOCK Key is ON and th
12. e corresponding TAB Font should be chosen in the application Star Office MS Word Page Maker If the SCROLL LOCK is OFF then you can type in English Characters using the same TAB Font If you select CAPS LOCK as Toggle key then you can type the tamil script when the CAPS LOCK Key is ON and the corresponding TAB Font should be chosen in the application Star Office MS Word Page Maker If the CAPS LOCK is OFF then you can type in English Characters using the same TAB Font 3c Composing in Tamil Script ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver provides a Tamil Keyboard overlay on a standard English QWERTY keyboard The driver makes it possible to use the normal keyboard for entering Tamil text Using ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver you can directly enter the text in Tamil Script inside all windows applications To enter the Tamil text inside Windows applications install the ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver as per the procedure given in Chapter 3b Apart from installing the ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver it is necessary to select the any TAB ELCOT font or any TAB font to type in Tamil script This has to be done through the commands provided for font selection in the respective Windows application Now you can enter the tamil text inside Windows applications by pressing the NUM LOCK key ON When the NUM LOCK is ON the keyboard layout will be in Tamil and you can type in Tamil script When the NUM LOCK is OFF the keyboard layout will be in English and you can type in
13. n and complete the installation procedure and restart the system Starting ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Software To begin working with ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Software Click START gt PROGRAMS ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver Menu as follows Mu Computer HF Burector mm Documents HP Photo amp Imaging IT Internet Explorer 14 4b Working with ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver Activating the ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver provides the Tamil Keyboard interface for the Windows applications By using this driver you can run Windows packages like Star Office MS Office Pagemaker CorelDraw for Tamil script ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver provides a Tamil Keyboard overlay on a standard English QWERTY keyboard The driver makes it possible to use the normal keyboard for entering Tamil text Using ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver you can directly enter the text in Tamil Script inside all windows applications To enter the Tamil text inside Windows applications To install the ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver as given below Click START gt PROGRAMS gt ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver Now the message ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Driver Installed will appear on the screen as follows Tamil ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Driver Installed After Pressing the OK Button you can see the ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Driver Menu in the st
14. screen as follows ELCOT ELLCOT Keyboard Driver Installed After Pressing the OK Button you can see the ELCOT TAB Driver Menu in the status Bar which indicates that the Keyboard Driver is running in the background MStart Stadice 52 umsdw Keyboard Driver Apart from installing the ELCOT TAB keyboard driver is necessary to select the any TAB ELCOT Font or any TAB Font to type in Tamil script This has to be done through the commands provided for font selection in the respective Windows application Now you can enter the tamil text inside Windows applications by pressing the CAPS LOCK key ON When the CAPS LOCK is ON the keyboard layout will be in Tamil and you can type in Tamil script When the CAPS LOCK is OFF the keyboard layout will be in English and you can type in English You can use the CAPS LOCK key to toggle between Tamil amp English Selecting the Application Type EJ ELCOT Keyboard Driver O x Application Keyboard Driver gums write Wordpad Star Office Ventura w Others From the ELCOT TAB Keyboard Dirver menu select the application type Write If you want to use Write then select the application as Write Wordpad If you want to use Wordpad then select the application as Wordpad Ventura If you want to use Ventura then select the application as Ventura Star Office If you want to use Star Office then select the application as Star Offic
15. wing settings In the Options menu for the Non printing characters do not select any of the options Also in the Preferences menu do not select Draft If you select Draft the entire text including the Tamil Script will be shown in English For MS Word 95 amp 97 versions Click Tools gt Options gt Edit Tick the Overtype Mode For MS Word 2000 version this setting is not needed Note for MS Word any version Choose Tools gt Auto correct gt Autocorrect in this unmark all the five options available as follows 1 Unmark Correct Two Initial Capitals 2 Unmark Capitalize first letter of sentences 3 Unmark Capitalize names of days 4 Unmark Correct accidental usuage of Caps Lock Key 5 Unmark Replace text as you type 12 3f Removing the ELCOT TAB Keyboard Driver selecting Remove Driver from the ELCOT Keyboard Driver menu will remove the Driver from Memory The ELCOT TAB Driver can be removed after completing all your Tamil Text Entry Work After removing the driver you will not be able to enter text in Tamil Language inside Windows Applications 13 4 ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Keyboard Driver for Windows 4a Setup and Installation Installing ELCOT Tamil Bilingual Software 1 Insert the CD into your CD ROM Drive 2 From the Start Menu choose Run 3 Type D setup If your CD ROM Drive is not drive D type appropriate letter instead 4 Choose OK 5 Follow the instructions on the Scree
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