Note: you will need to have your XP CD handy. You can copy and paste what you write in Wikipedia. This lets you type Sinhala documents in Microsoft Word.If you don't have Windows XP SP2 but have an older version of Windows and Microsoft Office XP, you can download the Sinhala Pack for Office XP here.You can type in Unicode just as easily as you do with any other Sinhala or English font.It lets you toggle seamlessly between typing English and Sinhala using the language button on the task bar.
Read the instructions before you install it.If you have Windows XP Service Pack 2, install the Sinhala Enabling Pack for XP by clicking here (this has been developed by Microsoft and endorsed by the Sri Lankan government).Remember to choose Kaputa.Com or Malithi or other Sinhala Unicode font you have installed, when you do this. After following the above steps, you can use the Windows character map program to type in Sinhala.Change Character Encoding to UTF-8 Unicode in your browser ( VIEW->ENCODING in most browsers).In Windows, right click on your Desktop, choose Properties, go to Advanced tab, click on Effects and choose Cleartype as the method to smooth edges of screen fonts.Restart your computer (not necessary on Windows XP).Refer to system documentation for other operating systems.
For Windows, simply copy the font to your Windows\Fonts folder.
To see them displayed correctly, follow the steps below.
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