To write in Thai.
4.a: If you use Windows 9X or Windows Me and already Update for Thai Language support
as in #1, 2 ,3 at the above, then
4.a.1: At Desktop, click at "My Computor", "Control Panel","Keyboard"
4.a.2: At "Keyboard Properties", Click " Language","Add"
4.a.3: Select "Thai","OK",
4.a.4: Mark at the first circle infront of "Switch Languages", and mark at " Indicater enable on taskbar " and click "OK" buttons
Now you can see "En" or "Th" at the lower right conner of the monitor. This is your "keyboard
switch" between English and Thai language by pressing "Shift" and "Alt" at the same time at your keyboard.
5. If you can not use Keyboard switch from Microsoft.
Then you go to the "Thai " folder, then double click at
"Thaikb.exe". ( Tor ta han and Alphabet E ). You will see 3 small squares
at the left upper corner of your monitor. This is a Thai-English keybord switch.
If you want to type in Thai, click at the 1 st square until you see Tor ta han.
( if you want to type in English click at the 1 st square until you see Alphabet E ).
Open your word processor or e-mail program
Then place your cursor where you want to type.
Some time you may have to change the "encoding " to "Western Widows "
or " User Defined " or " Thai Windows " so you can write in Thai.
You may seeTor Taharn alphabet when you write as a small square,
do not worry, your reader can read it without difficulty.
6.Do not forget to install Thai font to your word processor and e-mail program as the above.
7.If you want a picture of Thai Keyboard layout, please Print or Download thaikybd.jpg and print it later.
8.If you use Windows 95 and / or Netscape, you also can learn how to use Thai font at
http://www.ksc.net.th/Thaifont/
If you still have problem, please e-mail to Thai E-Mail Group at
thai-L@thaigate.rd.nii.ac.jp
If you would like to join Thai E-mail Group for free, please click here.
Then you can communicate in Thai with about 200 members.
MsOutlook Express ( for e-mail and Usenet Newsgroup )Free with Internet Explorer
At the menu bar. Go to "Tools","Options",
At "Read", click at "Font" , at " Font Setting ", select "Thai"
Select Tahoma font for " Proportional Font" and select a Phaisarn98
for a " Fixed font" , click at " Sets as default" and "OK"
At "Compose " tab, click at " Font setting" and use " Tahoma , size 10 "
then click at "OK",
At " Send " tab, click at " Internation setting", select " Thai Windows" "OK"
check at " Plain Text ", click at " Plain Text Settings ", check at
"Mime", at " Encode text Using " select " Quote Printable " ,then click at "OK"
and "OK".
If you wish not to use Internet Explorer , please
1. Download thai.zip file
and
unzip it to a new directory or folder and name it as " thai ".
After you Unzip, you will see several Thai fonts which you have to install all of them .
Follow instructions at # 2, 3, 4, 5 below
If you have problem or can not find Thaikbd.exe and thaihook.dll files after unzip the thai.zip file
then you have to go
"Start ", "MS DOS Prompt " and use the following command to get them:
cd \thai
expand Thaikbd.ex_ Thaikbd.exe
expand thaihook.dl_ thaihook.dll
If you have problem to download or unzip the " thai.zip " file, you can download each
individual files as the following:
A. Getting a free Thai font, "Dbttf_n.ttf " at:
ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/thaisys/software/dos/"
Dbttf_n.ttf is a " fixed "Thai font whose name is " Fixed DB Thaitext New ".
B. Getting free Thai True Type fonts (tttffont.zip )at:
ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/pc/font/
DBTT or DBThaitext font is a
"Proportional or Variable Width" .
C. Getting a free Thai keyboard switch and Thai word processor program, "CWW.zip " at:
ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/thaisys/software/dos/cu-writer/
Unzip the " CWW.zip " file and install it to your Windows 3.X
If you use Windows 95 or 98 , you need only 4 files from CWW.
They are Thaikbd.exe, Thaikbd.ex_, thaihook.dl_, thaihook.dll
If you can not find Thaikbd.exe and thaihook.dll files after unzip CWW.zip
then you have to go to DOS and use the following command to get them:
expand Thaikbd.ex_ Thaikbd.exe
expand thaihook.dl_ thaihook.dll
After you have all of the above files, then
D. Make a new folder and name it as "Thai"
Put all of 6 files, "Dbttf_n.ttf" Dbtt.ttf, Thaikbd.exe, Thaikbd.ex_,
thaihook.dl_, thaihook.dll in the new "Thai" folder.
2. Install Thai fonts to your Windows 95 or 98 .
Click at "Start", "settings", "Control Panel ", "Fonts" "File" "Install New Font",
look at the "Thai" folder and click it, highlight all of the fonts, and install them to your Winndows 95/98
3. Install the Thai fonts in your programs ( MsWord, Netscape, Internet Explorer
MsOutlookExpress etc.. ) which you want to use Thai
AOL user, please contact AOL Technical support and request the " AOL Netmail " program
so you can read e-mail in Thai language.
Eudora E -Mail Program:
From my experience, Eudora is the best and easiest for e-mail in Thai language.
You can get it for free at http://www.eudora.com or at http://eudora.qualcomm.com/eudoralight/
At the menu bar: Click at : "tools", "Options", "Font & Displays " "Screen Fonts"
then change font to "DB Thai Text, size 16 ", click OK.
At " sending mail", check at all options.
When compose a new mail, push the bottons " QP "
B. Netscape Navigator , Communicator & Netscape Mail.
At the menu bar. Go to " Edit ","Edit". "Preferences", "Appearances", "Fonts"
For the Encoding, select " User Defined "
At Variable Width Font, select DB Thai Text, size 16
At Fixed Width Font, select Fixed DB Thai Text New, size 12
Check at "Use my default fonts overriding documente- specified fonts
Check at "OK"
Go to "View", "Character Set" and Select " User Defined "
Go to Netscape Mail and repeat the above procedures.
After it is done but you still can not read Thai alphabet. Please go back to
"Edit". "Preferences", "Appearances", "Fonts"
For the Encoding, try to select between " Western " or " User defined " and Click "OK"
to see which one is working for that site.
Or you can try http://www.learningthai.com/thaikeyboard/
For Royal Scholar Institute dictionary , please click here .