Unicode is an encoding standard that lets you store and display multilingual text on your computer. It lets users exchange computer files across international borders more easily, and display computerized information written in many languages more accurately.
Unicode includes codes for the characters of the world’s major languages, including their classical forms. This lets users display and store characters that are not available from a typical codepage. (A codepage tells your computer which set of language characters to use as display characters.) (For example, if your computer uses the Russian codepage 866, it can display and store Russian characters but not French characters. Unicode allows your computer to display and store all language characters.)
Horizon can store and display MARC records in Unicode. However, your workstation must be able to handle Unicode. One Unicode font is available in Windows NT. Horizon ships with an additional Unicode font. Others are available online or from font companies.
You must be running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XP Professional to use Unicode. You must also specify a Unicode font when you log in to Horizon. (For instructions, see “Logging In to Horizon” in the “Getting Started” chapter of the Horizon Basics Guide.)
Horizon lets you create a browse index that lets you sort and display Unicode characters. (For more information, see Creating a Collation Key Index .)
This section explains these topics:
• | Saving Files in Unicode |
• | Displaying Data in Unicode |
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