Non-Western Fonts
Nov82004
As our international customers can attest, one of the many reasons that Articulate Presenter is such a great tool is its ability to convert to Flash Unicode characters, including DoubleByte sets like Japanese and Chinese.
There are several important steps to successfully publish with Articulate Presenter a non-Western font from PowerPoint to Flash:
- Set your character set option to Non-western. Articulate -> Options -> Language.
- Ensure that you have the correct font installed on your system. Start -> Control Panel -> Fonts. Just because the font displays properly in PowerPoint does not mean that the font exists on your system. You’ll also want to double-check the font you’re using in PowerPoint by selecting the text — not just the box in which the text resides — and verifying the font in the PowerPoint font menu. If the font is installed on your system, you should also see a preview of the font in the menu.
- Set your Regional Options to correspond to the language you’re using. Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options.
- In most cases, you should now be all set. However, if you’re working with a language that reads from right to left, you’ll also want to check the corresponding box in the Languages tab of the Regional and Language Options control panel:
That’s it! What you see in PowerPoint should now properly convert to Flash via the magic of Articulate Presenter.
17 responses to “Non-Western Fonts”
Er, how do you get to the screen in item 1 above? Is that part of PowerPoint? There is no Articulate Presenter program showing on the desktop. It just shows up as a button on the PowerPoint menu bar on top. “Language” does not appear anywhere. It is not even part of of the HELP file!
I cannot publish my Chinese language slide, although I can see them in PowerPoint.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Good question, Danton. Step 1 is a screenshot from Articulate Presenter 4, but the same idea applies in Presenter 5. Go to Articulate -> Library and Options -> Other -> scroll to Character set and you’ll find the option to change your character set to Non-western.
More in the documentation right here, including screenshots of Presenter 5.
I am publishing an articulate presentation in Chinese. I am having trouble with the quiz results showing up as boxes instead of the Chinese characters. Does anyone know how to fix this?
I am having trouble with the quiz can’t show up the Chinese characters.
Hi FF- Have you submitted a support case so we can help you in closer detail?
I have an articulate V.6 pro, and i dont find this option that you show here.
I need to publish the presentation in chinese and some of the words i see coreect and the other in jybrish after i publish.
how can i fix it ?!
ok, i solve the language problam.(go to start->control panel->regional…..options)
but now i cant see the outline/notes/search in chinese and the mail option after i publish
how can i fix it ?!
ok, i slove it too.
i found the language in the articulate-> player tamplate->text labels->Languages scroll list.
there you can choose your wanted language !
have a great day 🙂
Is there anyway to publish western and non-western text in the same PowerPoint presentation? I am using Presenter ’09.
hi chris,
maybe you can do some of the text as a picture and than you dont need to deal with the peroblematic of the western and non-western text
i think it will look good too.
let me know if you have any diffculties:)
guy
Thanks, Guy. Great suggestion.
[…] Note: If you’re creating a non-Western version of your Player Template, be sure to refer to these guidelines. […]
I am using Articulate 09 and I am not able to find the fist screen to change the wstern fonts to Non-western fonts. Please help.
Hi Kirti,
You can change the character set from western to non-western by using the method below:
1. Click the Presentation Options button from the Articulate menu
2. Select the “Publish” tab
3. In the “Choose character set for the Articulate player”, change it to Non-western.
4. Click the OK button
I hope that helps!
I am starting a project that requires translation from English to Mandarin. The translated content will be provided in the form of a powerpoint, but do I need a special keyboard or keyboard overlay to be able to type the non-western characters that may be needed for the player / template setup?
Hi,
Though I have changed the language option to non western in presenter and Japanese fonts are already installed in my System, I am facing the same issue.
Some headings and some text in the presentation is coming in some weird codes.
I am using Presenter 5 and MS PGothic fonts all over the presentation.Please help.
Hi Nisha,
It may be best to go ahead and contact our support team about this issue. We’ll be able to take a closer look at what’s happening.
To contact our support team, please fill out the following form:
http://www.articulate.com/support/contact/submit.php
Thanks!
Christine
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