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Microsoft Global Input Method Editors (IMEs)

US software giant Microsoft will unveil two Korean versions of its Windows operating system this week in compliance with the local anti-trust body’s decision, company officials said.

The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has set August 24 as a deadline for Microsoft to sell Windows software either unbundling Media Player and Messenger or carrying Web links for downloading competitors’ software.

We are bringing out two new (Windows XP) versions for Korea that comply with the Korean FTC’s order,” Oliver Roll, spokesman for Microsoft, told Agence France-Presse.

“The new versions, all these compliant versions of XP Home and Professional, will be made available
from August 24

Microsoft’s two new Window XP products for Korea are the “K version” of Windows XP Home and the “KN version” of Windows XP Professional.

The “K version” carries Media Player, Messenger and a website link for downloading competing versions of such software, and on the “KN version” the Media Player and Messenger are removed.

Microsoft : By launching any language version of Word 2000, Internet Explorer 5.01 or greater, or Outlook Express—then selecting Global IME 5.02 from the taskbar, you can write the language you choose.

And now, you can input Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text into any Microsoft Office XP applications, Web forms, and e-mail messages on any language version of Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium, Windows 98, and Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (SP6) or later. And it’s easy. After you have installed the Global IME for Office XP, you just start your Office XP program, select the language from the Language bar, and you can type the language you choose, regardless of the language version of Office XP or Windows you are using.

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