User Manual

37 International Character Support (ICS) in
Avid Editing Applications
This chapter provides information on international character support (ICS) in your Avid editing
application.
• Choosing a Locale on an English Language Operating System
• Using a Local Language Operating System (Windows Only)
• Non-English Character Support (Macintosh)
• Non-English Character Support (Windows)
• Using Foreign Keyboard Mapping (Windows)
• Considerations for International Character Support
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Avid Interplay applications also support ICS. For more information, see the Interplay Help and
the Interplay ReadMe.
Choosing a Locale on an English Language
Operating System
You can display and input international characters within the English language version of your
operating system by choosing a locale for another language. This method is common on
Windows systems, and it is the only option on Mac OS
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X systems.
You need to instruct your operating system to display the appropriate language in menus and
dialog boxes and specify the language you want to use for keyboard layouts by following the
instructions for your operating system in either “Non-English Character Support (Macintosh)”
on page 1539 or “Non-English Character Support (Windows)” on page 1542
On Windows systems only, if you are using a language other than English, French, Italian,
German, or Spanish, you might need to adjust the mapping for the keyboard so the keys in the
Keyboard palette match the keys on your physical keyboard. See “Using Foreign Keyboard
Mapping (Windows)” on page 1546.