> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Patrick Andries
> Is there any plan for Microsoft to support Unicode 4.0, distribute with > its > operating system the corresponding fonts and update the corresponding > Character Map tools/charts (Office and OS) ? Of course, there is a certain vagueness to the question surrounding the issue of what it means to say "product X supports Unicode 4.0." However you understand it, we are making steady progress in that direction, in that we are continuing to broaden support in all kinds of services the OS provides. Note that that might mean that we'll provide underlying support for a particular script if fonts and input methods are supplied from somewhere else. I don't know when Character Map will be updated. What happens in Office - e.g. Insert|Symbol - someone else would have to answer, though I think that the Insert|Symbol dialog follows what's in the selected font for the characters it shows and for the scripts it lists as subsets (following the Unicode bitfield in the OS/2 table -- I'd need to do some testing to be sure). Peter Constable
