Nepali Keyboard Layout Installation Under Windows 2000::

Please follow the following instructions to install the keyboard layout under windows 2000.

STEP 1 :

• Enabling Indic Language Support in the system in Windows 2000
  - Click Start > Settings >Control Panel.
  - Click Regional Options.
  - On the General tab go to the 'Language settings for the system' and scroll down.
  - To enable the Indic Language Support , you must check the Indic language.
  - After you click ok ,you'll be asked for windows 2000 CD.(You will need Windows 2000 CD to complete the installation) .
  - When you finish the installation you'll be asked to restart the computer.
  - Click yes to restart your computer.
  
  
  STEP 2:

• After enabling the Indic language support you can install 2 keyboard Layout Drivers :

  1 . Nepali Unicode traditional
  - With this keyboard layout you can type normally as in old fonts but with some keys altered and rearranged with new typing style.
  - To view the keyboard layout of Nepali Unicode traditional layout, click here.
  - To download the Nepali Unicode traditional, click here.
  
  
  2 . Nepali Unicode Romanized
  - Nepali Unicode Romanized is the new Layout with the keys rearranged as the romanized keyboard like क in k and स in s ,  so as to facilitate the English users to type Nepali.
  - To view the keyboard layout of Nepali Unicode Unicode Romanized, click here.
  - To download the Nepali Unicode Romanized, click here.
   
• After you click any one of the keyboard layout driver above, it will ask you to save or open the program. when you click save, it will save the downloaded file to the specified folder. Please extract the zipped downloaded files to the new folder. Open the folder where you have extracted the zipped files. Run setup program from the folder to install the desired keyboard layout driver.
• Then the main setup program will start .
• Follow the instruction of the setup program .
• Click on the close to finish the installation.
  
  STEP 3:

• To configure the keyboard settings For Nepali Unicode (Traditional), Please follow the following instructions :
  
  - Go to the "Regional Options" on the control panel again.
  - Click on the Input Locale tab
  - Click on the Add button
  - In the Input Locale, select Sanskrit
  - In the Keyboard Layout/IME select Nepali Unicode from the selection box.
  - Click ok and ok on the Regional Option panel as well.
• To configure the keyboard settings For Nepali Unicode (Romanized) ,Please follow the following instructions :
  
  - Go to the "Regional Options" on the control panel again.
  - Click on the Input Locale tab
  - Click on the Add button
  - In the Input Locale, select Sanskrit
  - In the Keyboard Layout/IME select Nepali Unicode (Romanized) from the selection box.
  - Click ok and ok on the Regional Option panel as well.
• To learn new typing style with these keyboard layouts, please CLICK HERE .