How to Use DBCS Characters in Web Forms and E-mail Messages

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 98
• Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 98
• Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Windows 98

SUMMARY

You can use Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters (also known as double-byte character set, or DBCS characters) in Web forms and e-mail messages in any language version of Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 95, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.

MORE INFORMATION

To use DBCS characters, download and install Microsoft Global IME from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/features/ime.asp

1. Please the insertion point in an entry edit area in Internet Explorer, or in the message body of an e-mail message in Microsoft Outlook Express.



2. Click the Global IME icon in the taskbar, and then switch to the IME keyboard layout.
   
   A floating toolbar should appear on the screen. IME is selected, but inactive (off).



3. Press ALT+SHIFT to activate IME. (Pressing ALT+SHIFT again deactivates IME.)

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Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,4.01 Service Pack 1,4.01 Service Pack 2,5
Platform : WINDOWS
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