Elango Menu Commands

01. File Menu
02. Language Menu
03. Keyboard Layout Menu
04. Font Encoding Menu
05. Import/Export Menu
06. Application Menu
07. Option Menu
08 Utility Menu
09. Help Menu

a. Save Default - Here you can save your selected Language, Keyboard Layout, Font Encoding and Application Settings. If you are a Typewriter keyboard user and regularly use PageMaker, you need not change the settings every time. Once you have selected the settings, click on 'Save Default' from "File Menu". These selected settings will be permanently stored. Whenever you reopen the Elango interface, the saved setting will be appear as default.

b. Exit - You can come out of Elango Windows Interface.

02. Language Menu:

Here you can select the Language. (Tamil or Other Indian Languages are available as options.) Other Indian Languages option will work only in Elango Multilingual Bundles.

03. Keyboard Layout Menu:

Here you can select your favourite keyboard choice from among the available keyboard options available in the respective packs.

(i) Elango Tamil 2000 - Personal (Mini) Pack: Tamil '99 and Transliteration Keyboards.

(ii) Elango Tamil 2000 - Office (Normal) Pack - Typewriter, Tamil '99 and Transliteration Keyboards.

(iii) Elango Tamil 2000 - Professional (Jumbo) Pack - Elango Phonetic, Typewriter, Tamil '99 and Transliteration Keyboards.

(iv) Elango Tamil e-Tutor - Tamil '99 and Transliteration Keyboards.

(v) Elango Tamil 2000 - NT Pack - Elango Phonetic, Typewriter, Tamil '99 and Transliteration Keyboards.

(vi) Elango Tamil 2000 - 2000 Server Pack - Elango Phonetic, Typewriter, Tamil '99 and Transliteration Keyboards.

(vii) Elango Tamil 2000 - MAC Pack - Elango Phonetic, Typewriter and Tamil '99 Keyboards.

04. Font Encoding Menu:

Here you can select either Monolingual (TAM) or Bilingual (TAB) encoding depending on the need. If you select TAM encoding, you have to use TAM fonts and if you select TAB encoding, you have to use TAB Fonts.

TAM (Monolingual): In the Monolingual mode, you will get all the Tamil characters as separate characters. This is ideal for print and publishing and wherever aesthetics is very important. This has all Tamil characters as a single entity. So, there won't be any problem between the character and mathra. For example, ki is stored as a single character and not as ka and kokki (as in bilingual encoding). Hence there is no chance for the combined characters to break while line-break or hyphenation or while applying kerning which sometimes result in an unusual look. In TAM encoding, if you want to type English in between Tamil text, you need to change the font to English font in the respective application and switch OFF Scroll-Lock or Num-Lock key.

TAB (Bilingual): In the Bilingual mode, you will get both English and Tamil characters in the same TAB font. In case you want to type °ð¢¹ê£ñ¤, you need not change the font for 'K' & '°ð¢¹ê£ñ¤'. You can choose any of the TAB font, switch OFF Scroll-Lock (or Num-Lock), type English character ('K') and switch ON Scroll-Lock (or Num-Lock) that will allow you to type Tamil characters (°ð¢¹ê£ñ¤). During this operation, your Elango keyboard interface should be running behind the application.

However, in the Bilingual mode, if you type ki, it will be stored as two characters i.e, ka and kokki. You won't get a single character ki.  Sometimes this causes a problem when this character is in the end of the line (or) when you increase character space. The TAB-Bilingual mode is very useful for Mail & Internet communications. For print and publishing, it is advisable to use Monolingual (TAM) fonts.

05. Import/Export Menu:

Import Menu :

There you can convert the text file from one encoding to another encoding scheme using Import Menu e.g. an old version of Elango encoding to a new version of TAM or TAB encoding. Also reverse conversion of new encoding (TAM or TAB) to older encoding is possible using Export Menu. If you have old Tamil text typed in any of the old versions of Tamil software in any application like PageMaker, you can convert the old text to new format without the need to retype the whole text into the new package.

The following options are available under IMPORT and EXPORT menus.

Now in PageMaker, go to Place option in the File menu.

Select the (.TM) file and click OK. Sometimes the .TM files may not display in the above dialogue box. To make the .TM files to display, select 'All files' from "Files of type".  Now you will see the .TM files. When you select the file and click OK the following dialogue box will appear.

In the above dialogue box select "Text only" option and click OK. The following dialogue box will appear.

Here you can select your Applications like Word/Wordpad or PageMaker or MS Access or MS PowerPoint or Outlook Mail or MS Excel or Flash/Dreamweaver or QuarkXPress or CorelDraw/Photoshop. If your favourite package is not listed, please select  "Other Windows Applications". If you have not chosen the correct application in the application menu before opening the relevant package, you may notice some Tamil characters are not typing properly.

07. Option Menu:

1. Typewriter Keyboard Map
2. Typewriter with A combination (Extended Typewriter) Map
3. Tamil '99 Keyboard Map
4. Tamil '99 with ^combination (Extended Typewriter) Map
5. Transliteration (Romanised) Table
6. Transliteration Keyboard Map
7. Transliteration with ^ Combination Keyboard Map
This map will be displayed only on the screen. By default Typewriter or Tamil '99 or Transliteration Table keyboard maps are displayed on your monitor. If you want to see the "Typewriter with A combination" keyboard or "Tamil '99 with ^ combination" keyboard or "Transliteration with ^ combination" Keyboard Map, you have to enable this option in the Options Menu.

For example, if you want to type © symbol using Tamil '99, go to Onscreen Keyboard Map, select Tamil '99 with ^ option, see the key position and press ^ plus c key. This will be useful for typing Quarter, Half, and Three-quarter symbols.

08 Utility Menu:

Here you can choose the the following additional Utility software or additional software which are available on certain Elango packs. For detailed operational procedures refer to the help or read me file in the respective programs.

8.1. Tamil Database Sorting : Using this facility, you can import Tamil data from Access database in TAB encoding and sort them in either Ascending or Descending order as per the Tamil alphabetical order. You can sort the data using three levels of fields at a time. After sorting the data can be exported to the Access database.

8.2. Tamil e-Dictionary : This will open the Pals e-Dictionary, an exclusive English-english-Tamil electronic dictionary. Here you can browse the dictionary for Tamil or English meanings and use the powerful search facility to search for words in Tamil or English. Even partial words can be searched.

8.3. Tamil e-Tutor Ezhutthu : This will open the ThaenMozhi-Ezhutthu, an artificial intelligence game to learn about all Tamil alphabets.

8.4. Tamil e-Tutor Sol :. This will open the ThaenMozhi-Sol, an artificial intelligence game to learn about Tamil words.

8.5. Tamil e-Tutor Vinaichchol : This will opens the ThaenMozhi-Vinaichchol, an artificial intelligence game to learn about Tamil Verbs and basic grammar.

8.6. Tamil Learn to Speak : This will open the India Speaks, a multimedia Indian language learning to speak package. To use this you need to insert the India Speaks CD in the CD drive. You can learn Tamil speaking through any Indian language or English. Similarly you can also learn other Indian languages through Tamil.

8.7. Indian Language E-Mail : This will open the Mailjol, an exclusive Indian language E-Mail software for Tamil and other Indian languages.

09. Help Menu:

There are three sub-menus here - Elango Manual&Help, Fonts Catalogue-PDF and About Elango Tamil 2000

9.1 Elango Manual&Help :theHere the full Elango Installation and User manual are provided in a user friendly  Help format. You can also print the Elango Manual from this for ready reference.

9.2 Font Catalogue (PDF): When you select Font Catalogue (PDF), the Font Catalogue will be displayed in PDF format in Adobe Acrobat Reader. For this, you have to install Acrobat Reader 3.0 in your Hard Disk. Acrobat Reader 3.0 is a freeware and is available in Elango Tamil 2000 CD for installing in your system. You can also print the entire catalogue from any LaserJet or Inkjet printer from Acrobat Reader.

9.3 About Elango Tamil 2000: When you select this from the 'Help' menu, you will get the following screen. When you click on the screen, it will shut off.

Here you will get the contact address of M/s. Cadgraf Digitals Private Limited - the producers of Elango Tamil 2000 software. For all trade enquiries, technical clarifications, copyrights, licensing policy, etc;
please contact :

        M/S CADGRAF DIGITALS PRIVATE LIMITED
        No.2, Wheatcrofts Road
        Nungambakkam
        Chennai - 600 034
        INDIA
        Tel: 0091 44 8269021, 8256812,
        8223814, 8223824, 8223825
        Fax: 0091 44 8232290
        E-mail: elango@cadgraf.com
        Website: www.cadgraf.com