Arabic
pages in this site are presented as text, not images, In order to
view Arabic text you need to use the right combination of operating
system and internet browser.
Please
read the following options and choose the one that suites
you.
If you
are using MS Windows 95, 98 or 2000 [Arabic and non-Arabic
versions]:
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Microsoft
[Arabic] Internet Explorer 5.0 or Higher is the
preferred choice for you if you are looking for a smooth Arabic
browsing on different versions of Arabic and non-Arabic MS Windows.
Currently our pages are designed to be best viewed using this
browser. We recommend that you keep watching Microsoft Internet
Explorer homepage to make sure that you have the latest version of
this browser.
IMPORTANT: Please
read the following note to make sure that you install the
Arabic support correctly:
Steps to
Add Arabic Text Display Support for Internet Explorer
5
If you are installing
IE5 for the first time:
·
Please Choose Custom
Setup, then follow steps from 7 to 9 below.
If you have IE5 already
installed, please follow these steps:
1. From the Start menu
chose Settings. 2. Select Control Panel 3. Select Add/Remove
Programs 4. Select Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet
Tools 5. Click Add/Remove Programs. 6. Check the "Add
Component" radio button, then press OK. 7. Scroll until you find
the "multi language support" option. 8. Check "Arabic text
display support”, then press next 9. Press finish, then your
computer will restart.
To smooth your screen
fonts if you are running Explorer 4.0 or Later on Windows 98 or
later
1. Make sure that your
display card is configured to use 64K
colors 2. Double click on my computer 3. Choose view
from the toolbar menu. 4. Choose "folder Options..." 5. Click
on "view" tab. 6. Scroll down on the dialog box that will appear
until you see a check box with the label: smooth edges of
screen fonts. 7. Check this box. 8. Click
OK.
If you
are using MAC OS
·
Microsoft Internet
Explorer can be used on Arabic Mac systems to view our pages. visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie
and download the latest Mac version of the browser. Please note that
this option was not tested on most of the Mac
versions.
If you
are using UNIX
·
Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.0 is on option for this platform. Please visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie
and download the latest browser available. This option has not been
tested.
Why
Arabic Text?
Now you
may ask: why do not you just display the Arabic pages in your site
as images?
The
reasons are compelling:
·
Loading
time for the Arabic text is much faster than
images
·
Using text
will help you copy and paste Arabic web content into your
documents.
·
You can
search Arabic web pages for items you are looking
for.
·
Printing
text gives much better quality than images.
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Finally,
this is the natural way of doing things!
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