New Microsoft Globalization Resources

Microsoft has greatly expanded its globalization resources Web site over the past few years. Although much of it is geared toward software developers, Web developers will also find useful nuggets of information. If you haven’t been, it’s definitely worth a look: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev.

According to last week’s newsletter, here are a few of the latest additions to the site:

    A new section called Perspectives (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/perspectives/default.mspx) features articles highlighting different topics and issues that are of interest to users from different parts of the world.

    Language Collection and Fonts in Windows XP: Article on the fonts that ship with Windows XP (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/dev/font_install_xp.aspx).

    International Support in Outlook Express: How to set up Outlook Express to support other languages in your e-mails or newsgroup communications (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/user/OE_setting1.mspx).

John Yunker
John Yunker

John is co-founder of Byte Level Research and author of Think Outside the Country as well as 19 editions of The Web Globalization Report Card.

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