Shadowdh Posted January 12, 2006 at 03:10 PM Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 at 03:10 PM Hi there all... I have just about got everything up and running on the new ppc and I have been using plecodict (which rocks more than I thought possible) and I can see the chinese characters fine there, I have downloaded a couple of programs/fonts and put them on the ppc (like roschinese in another post) but when I log onto Chinese-forums the characters come up in little squares... any suggestions for an IT illiterate.. (thats me just incase)... Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted January 12, 2006 at 04:05 PM Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 at 04:05 PM Are you getting this problem on other websites, or just this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted January 12, 2006 at 06:20 PM Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 at 06:20 PM Hi Roddy, to be honest I havent tried other websites yet (this is my home for Chinese related info really) but will do tomorrow after my exam... (that knocking sound you hear is my knees...) I will let you know in about 18 hours... cheers mate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted January 12, 2006 at 07:38 PM Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 at 07:38 PM Hi there, Bit of an update, its also just showing squares for some excel files that have chinese characters... I did install some fonts on there but cant find them... (but thats not saying much as I really am pretty crap with new toys...) still I will learn, will load them again tonight and see if that works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltownfart Posted January 12, 2006 at 09:24 PM Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 at 09:24 PM ROSChinese will not render Chinese filenames properly, you will see garbage characters/squares instead of Chinese chars. For a complete solution (everything working seamlessly), you have to invest in something like Monster Chinese. For your case, since you are primarily using it for Plecodict (which I gather has Chinese input) the incremental value from this may not justify the extra $40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted January 12, 2006 at 10:17 PM Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 at 10:17 PM Hi STF, I also want to also use it for reading docs and web pages in Chinese and Russian... so may have to look at investing afterall..darn it thought there was something for free or that I could do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted January 13, 2006 at 02:44 PM Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 at 02:44 PM Hi there, ok I resolved the issue with excel... I found out that you had to also install the msgoth fonts... so that now shows chinese characters with no prob... but word doesnt (yet... still working on it) and I forgot to try the net (and this site) when I was at Uni today... I will have to do that monday now... brains werent working properly sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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