ARCHIVED: In Windows, how can I view web pages using foreign language characters?
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Internet Explorer 7 and higher
Displaying languages correctly
Internet Explorer has an Auto-Select feature for displaying languages correctly. Some web pages include information about what encoding to use when displaying the page; the Auto-Select feature enables Internet Explorer to determine the appropriate language encoding for a web page even if the page itself doesn't specify which encoding to use. To turn on Auto-Select:
- From the
Note: To make the
, , and menus at the top visible, press theAlt
key. menu, select , and then
.
- You may be prompted to download a language support component; if so, click .
If Auto-Select cannot determine the correct language and you know what the language should be, to manually select it while viewing a web page:
- From the menu, select , and then .
- Select the appropriate language or character set/encoding. If prompted to download language support components, click .
Setting a preferred language
You can also specify which language you would like Internet Explorer to use when a web page is supplied in more than one language:
- From the menu, select .
- On the tab, click .
- In the
Language Preference
dialog box, click . Select the language you want, and then click .Note: Five different encoding methods are used to process Chinese characters. You must choose the appropriate encoding method for your situation. If you are not sure which method to use, you can click all five methods, and Internet Explorer will automatically choose the appropriate version for each web site. Three different encoding methods are used to process Japanese characters; all three are processed automatically.
- If you read several languages, you can click browser will display the content in the language you've given the highest priority. again to add other languages. Use the and buttons to arrange the languages in order of priority. For web sites that offer multiple languages, the
- In the
Language Preference
dialog box, click . - In the
Internet Options
dialog box, click .
You must close and restart Internet Explorer for the change to take effect.
Firefox
Displaying languages correctly
To set Firefox to try to automatically display the correct character encoding within a particular language for web pages:
- From the
If the menu bar is hidden, press
Alt
to make it visible. menu, select ,
and then .
- On the menu that appears, select the appropriate language.
To manually select the correct character encoding for a page:
- From the menu, select , and then .
- From the list that appears, select the correct language family, and then the correct character set.
Setting a preferred language
To specify which language you would like Firefox to use when a web page is supplied in more than one language:
- From the menu, select .
- On the tab, under "Languages", click .
- Click and select the language you want to add. Click .
- If you read several languages, you can click again to add other languages. Use the and buttons to arrange the languages in order of priority, and the button if you need to remove a language.
- Click .
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 12:14:33.