UniKey 2000
Copyright (C) 2000 Fanix Software.
All Rights Reserved

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Readme.txt content:

1. Overview
2. Requirement
3. Installation
4. Price/Order
5. Contact
6. History

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OVERVIEW:

UniKey is a unique Unicode keyboard utility that helps you type any Latin-based 
*UNICODE* characters on US keyboard in almost all Windows 2000 applications by 
using only thirteen diacritic keys.

With introducing of Windows 2000 operating system, you are now able to include 
all different characters from the World in your document - thanks to the Unicode 
support.

But if you want to type a foreign character (other than English, for example, the
 (C-cedilla) or  (u-diaeresis)), you may need to install a keyboard driver for 
the language containing that character.  The keyboard driver will re-assign your 
keyboard layout in order to let you type the language specific characters that 
are not available directly on the US keyboard.  However, it also interferes with 
your habit: you may get now a quite strange character instead of a certain 
expected character after a familiar keystroke.  
For example, you will get "Y" character when you type "Z" key and vice versa on 
the French layout of your US keyboard. Therefore you must switch back and forth 
between English layout and the layout of your foreign language all the time.

Different keyboard drivers have different layouts, so you have to remember quite 
a lot of different key assignments if you are working with more than two 
languages at a time.  As a result, your typing speed is decreased significantly, 
and your life is unhappy.

UniKey is written to help you overcome this kind of inconvenience: UniKey lets 
you type all UNICODE characters with only thirteen unique diacritic keys.  Once 
you are familiar with these keys (after about 10-minute training), you can type 
any foreign language in the same way, same speed and as comfortable as you do 
in English! 

Other features include:

* Easy-to-remember and easy-to-use because it uses only 13 unique diacritic keys 
  for all characters.
* Provide a simple, intuitive and fast way to enter accented characters by 
  simulating handwriting (type as you write: base characters first and then the 
  diacritic keys -- no Alt key, no dead key is needed)
* Fully support Unicode
* Hotkeys for turning it on or off quickly.

Characters that UniKey supports include: 

* Western European characters which covers most West European languages, such as 
  French, Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Portuguese, Italian, Albanian, Rhaeto-Romanic,
  Dutch, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, 
  Scottish...
* Central European characters which covers the languages of Central and Eastern 
  Europe, such as Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian,
  Sorbian...
* Baltic characters which covers the Baltic languages, such as Latvian, 
  Lithuanian, Greenlandic, Lappish...
* Turkish characters which covers the Turkish language.
* Celtic characters which covers the Celtic languages, such as Gaelic, Welsh...
* Nordic characters which covers the Nordic languages.

13 diacritic marks using uniquely in UniKey are:

* "breve" mark           - assigning to the "~ and `" key
* "acute" mark           - assigning to the "! and 1" key
* "grave" mark           - assigning to the "@ and 2" key
* "ring/dot" mark        - assigning to the "# and 3" key
* "tilde" mark           - assigning to the "$ and 4" key
* "diaeresis" mark       - assigning to the "% and 5" key
* "circumflex" mark      - assigning to the "^ and 6" key
* "cedilla/ogonek" mark  - assigning to the "& and 7" key
* "caron" mark           - assigning to the "* and 8" key
* "stroke" mark          - assigning to the "( and 9" key
* "special" mark         - assigning to the ") and 0" key
* "macron" mark          - assigning to the "_ and -" key
* "double acute" mark    - assigning to the "+ and =" key

To type an accented Unicode character, type the base character first and then the
diacritic key above.

Please see the "Online Help" for more detail.

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REQUIREMENT

UniKey requires Windows 2000. It is not running on Windows 9x.
See the online help for details.

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INSTALLATION

If you received this version of UniKey on a floppy disk or a CD-ROM, follow the 
instructions on the disk label for installation.

* If you received this version of UniKey through a self-extracting ZIP file (for 
  example, UNIKEY~.EXE), you may install it by:

   1. Selecting "Run" from the Taskbar Start menu;
   2. Typing the full name of the file (for example, C:\DOWNLOAD\UNIKEY~.EXE);
   3. Pressing the ENTER key, and following the prompts.

* If you received this version of UniKey through a normal ZIP file (for example, 
  UNIKEY.ZIP), you may install it by:
   1. Extract it to a directory of your choice using PKUNZIP, WINZIP 
      or other ZIP program.
   2. Run SETUP.EXE file for complete the installation.

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PRICE/ORDER

Customer information is considered confidential and will not be shared or 
distributed to any third party.  All orders are subject to the UniKey License 
Agreement.  Please see the LICENSE.TXT for details.

* Distribution

This product is distributed electronically - after your payment is confirmed, you
can download full version of purchased software from our web site.  That also 
means you do not receive diskette or printed manuals (you can copy the downloaded
file to a diskette if you wish, also you can print out online help if you prefer 
printed documentation).

* Prices

    single user license     $19.95 each
    2-9 user license        $16.95 each
    10-24 user license      $13.95 each
    25-49 user license      $10.95 each
    50-100 user license     $7.95 each
    100+ site license	    $4.95 each

    Please note: 
       * Prices are subject to change.
       * Latest prices are listed in our web site at the price page 
         http://www.fanix.com/price.htm.
       * Prices listed here are guaranteed until Sep 31, 2000.

* Immediate Online Delivery

Immediate online delivery of registration code of UniKey is available for credit 
card orders placed via the Internet using the Order link on our web site at 
http://www.fanix.com/order.htm.

* How to Order

We have a special ordering section in our web site at 
              http://www.fanix.com/order.htm.  
After entering in quantities and your address, you will be connected to our 
secure web site where you will enter in your credit-card information securely, 
-OR- you will be able to order by FAX or PHONE without placing your credit-card 
number on the Internet.  We also accept check and corporate purchase orders.

Please connect to our ordering section: http://www.fanix.com/order.htm

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CONTACT

The latest information about UniKey is available online at 
http://www.fanix.com/unikey.  

If you have any questions, and/or suggestions, please write us to 
unikey@fanix.com.

Thank you for your continuing support.


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HISTORY

Version 2000 Release 0103: 
   The initial release 


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