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Staff Desktop XP

International Web Addresses

Introduction

This page shows you the steps you need to take to visit web sites which use International characters in their web addresses e.g. (http://拉夫堡大学.com/). These are called IDNs (Internationalised Domain Names).

Download and Install Arial Unicode font

You must be logged on an account with Administrators rights, such as Administrator or username-admin, to do this. If you do not have access to an Administrator account, contact your local IT Support staff for them to do this.

Create a folder, say Fonts, in My Documents to store the font.
Right-click the following link, select Save Target As..., enter your username and password if requested.

Download Font.

In the Save As... dialogue, navigate to your Fonts folder, and click Save.
From the Start button, select Settings, and the select Control Panel.
If there is an option on the left-hand side Switch to Classic View, click it. Double-click the Fonts option.
In the Fonts folder, from the File menu select Install New Font....
The Add Fonts dialogue will be displayed:

Under Folders, double-click C:\. Then double-click Documents and Settings. Then double-click your user name. Then double-click My Documents. Then double-click fonts.

Under List of fonts select Arial Unicode MSD (TrueType). Ensure that the Copy fonts to Fonts folder checkbox is selected.

Click OK.

Change Language Settings for your computer

Again, you must be logged in to an account with Administrative rights.

From the Start menu, select Settings, and then Control Panel.
Double-click Regional and Language Options.
Select the Languages tab.
Under Supplemental language support ensure that both Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai) and Install files for East Asian languages are selected.
As you click the Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai) checkbox, the following screen will be displayed:

Click OK.
As you click the Install files for East Asian languages checkbox, t he following screen will be displayed:

Click OK.
Click Apply.
The following screen will be displayed, asking if you wish to restart your computer:

Click Yes.

Modify Internet Explorer International Settings

You must be logged in with your normal user account for the remaining steps.

Start Internet Explorer.
Press Alt to see the menu, then select Tools then Internet options.
Select the Advanced tab.
Under Settings scroll down to International. Select all of the checkboxes, i.e.:
- Always show encoded addresses.
- Send IDN server names.
- Send IDN server names for Intranet addresses.
- Send UTF-8 URLs.
- Show Information Bar for encoded addresses.
- Use UTF-8 for mailto links.
Click Apply.
Click OK.
Close Internet Explorer. You must close Internet Explorer for the changes to take place.

Add Particular Languages to Internet Explorer

You must be logged in with your normal user account for the remaining steps.

Start Internet Explorer.

Press Alt to see the menus. Select Tools then Internet Options.

Ensure that the General tab is selected.
Click the Languages button.

The Language Preference dialogue will be displayed:
Click the Add button.

The Add Language dialogue will be displayed:
Select from the Language list and click OK.
Click OK.
Click OK.

Alternate Instructions for adding a Language to Internet Explorer

You must be logged in with your normal user account for the remaining steps.

When you browse the web you may find when you visit a foreign language web site that the following is displayed:

Information Bar.

You can click on Close.

The information bar will still be displayed:

Information Bar.

If this contains This web address contains letters or symbols that cannot be displayed with the current language settings. Click here for options..., then you need to add a language.

Information Bar.