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Mac OS 9 language support installation
Tools needed:
Mac OS 9 System Installation Disk
Supported web browser, i.e. Internet Explorer
Overview:
The Mac OS 9 system disk comes with a number of optional language packages,
sometimes called "language kits" that, once installed, allow you to
both read and type text in a particular language. For example, installing
Chinese language support on your Macintosh allow you to
browse Chinese-language web pages and, via a specific keyboard
setting, type Chinese documents.
Although an installed language kit can be used to both read and write documents in a particular language, the most important function used by the placement test is the former because you will not be required type in a non-roman script on the placement tests.
The only tasks required to prepare your computer for the placement test, then, is to install the language kit(s) you will need, and any web browsers recommended by the matrix of supported configurations.
Finding the Mac OS 9 language kits:
Begin by locating the most recent Mac OS 9 system disk that was used to
install the Mac OS on your computer. If the Mac OS was pre-installed on your
computer,
locate
the System Install disk that was also packaged with your computer.
Place the disk in your CD-ROM drive. And locate the "Software Installers" folder, you might have to scroll down from the view pictured in Figure 1, or change the view to "list view" as depicted in Figure 2. You are looking for the "Install language kits" program; the icon is shown in Figure 3.
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Figure 1. Find the "Software
Installers" folder
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Figure 2. A list view of
the OS 9 installation CD
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Figure 3. Double click the
"Install Language Kits" program to install a language kit.
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Install the language kit you need:
From the list of available language kits (Figure 4), mark the checkboxes
of the languages you will need and click the "Install" button. The
installation process is similar to other system installations. You
will be required to restart the computer before you can begin using
the features of the language kit. After the language kit is installed,
visit the online text samples to be sure that you will be able to display
text in the language.
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Figure 4. The procedure for
adding Traditional Chinese support: Check the box; click Install.
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If it doesn't "just work":
The procedure outlined here should typically work for
test takers using the software indicated in the supported configurations
matrix.
If you
are experiencing difficulties installing
the language kit software, or are still not able to see the language
in the supported web browser after the language kit is installed,
please address e-mail the technical support
address, providing as much information as you can:
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