Windows 95 is being made available in the following local versions, among others:
Arabic | Czech | French | Hungarian | Norwegian | Spanish |
Basque | Danish | German | Italian | Polish | Swedish |
Catalan | Dutch | Greek | Japanese | Portuguese | Turkish |
Chinese | Finnish | Hebrew | Korean | Russian | Thai |
Windows 95 does not provide support for multiple Windows code pages. Just as with earlier versions of Windows, all international versions of Windows 95 are based on a single Windows code page of 256 code points. The following international versions of Windows 95 are available.
United States.
This version of Windows 95 is based on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Windows code page (1252). This is the code page used for most of the single-byte language versions in North America, South America, Western Europe, Scandinavia, South Pacific, Africa, and Asia. This version will be available in English, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, language editions. This version also forms the base for all other versions.
Far East.
This version of Windows 95 is available in Japanese (932), Simplified Chinese (936), Traditional (Taiwan) Chinese (950), and Korean (949). These are the only versions of Windows 95 that support the large character sets and input methods these languages require. They also support a vast array of the unique hardware used in the Far East.
PanEuropean.
This version of Windows 95 allows the user to select the correct Windows code page for their particular language during Setup. After it is installed, the Windows code page cannot be changed. Choices include Cyrillic (1251), Central Europe (1250), Turkish (1254), Greek (1253), and Baltic (1257). This version will be available in Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish, and other languages.
Middle East.
This version of Windows 95 is available in Arabic (1256) and Hebrew (1255). These are the only versions of Windows 95 that support mixed right-to-left and left-to-right text processing. The Arabic version also includes support for Farsi (Persian).
Thai.
This version of Windows 95 is based on the Thai code page (876).
For information about ordering a local edition of Windows 95, contact your software vendor or your local Microsoft office.
The Win32 Software Development Kit for Windows 95 and Windows NT and the Microsoft Developer Network provide complete information about the architecture, APIs, and other needs for developers who are creating or modifying applications to run on local editions of Windows 95. For information about joining the Microsoft Developer Network, see Appendix J, "Windows 95 Resource Directory."
The Windows 95 Resource Kit is being made available in at least the following local versions: Croatian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish. For information about ordering a local edition of this book, contact your local bookseller or your local Microsoft office.
Developing International Software for Windows 95, a Microsoft Press® book by Nadine Kano, provides details about using the Windows 95 National Language Support (NLS) API and other information about developing software for use in multiple locales. To order this publication (ISBN 1-55615-840-8), contact your local bookseller. You can also order it directly in the United States by calling (800 ) 677-7377 or through CompuServe® (go msp).