How to register Azhagi Basic version after receiving the activation password?
- After you receive the 'activation password', start Azhagi application (NOT the setup/installation file). To start Azhagi application, you have to click on its shortcut icon [named 'Azhagi (Free version)' and blueish green in color] in the Desktop or Quicklaunch-bar or Startmenu.
- Once the application is started, it will display a screen with a password box in it.
- Enter the activation password given to you carefully in the password box and click on 'OK'. Please do not cut & paste your password from the email. Type it out. Please note that the password is just 8 characters only. Do not enter the registration number also along with the password.
- If you entered the password correctly, the password screen will go off and Azhagi will get registered in your system. It will start working with Basic version features, without restrictions of any sort.
- After entering password once and registering Azhagi, the password screen will still appear everytime you start Azhagi. But, no need to enter the password. Just click 'OK' (Do not click on 'Cancel') to proceed ahead.
- The screens which pop up while you close the 'free' version of Azhagi will not appear if you make payment and register with us.
- The 'Did you know?' pop-up screen which gets displayed while you exit Azhagi explains the various capabilities of Azhagi. Do read and get benefitted.
Differences between the various versions of Azhagi Azhagi is available in different versions - Ami, Basic, Standard and Professional. Of these, the 'Basic' version (comprising the features of Ami version also) is Free. The fundamental difference between the various versions of Azhagi is as given below. A detailed comparison chart explaining feature-by-feature difference is at http://azhagi.com/diffs.html.
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[Standard] - Basic version features PLUS: |
[Professional] - Standard version features PLUS:
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With the Basic version, you can:
- Effect Dual Screen Transliteration - 'First of its kind'.
- Effect Single Screen Transliteration.
- Efffect Unicode Input using Azhagi's in-built Unicode Editor. So, in effect, you can type/save/print/publish/email/chat/blog and build websites in Unicode Tamil.
- 3 input modes - phonetic, typewriter and tamilnet99.
- Fast and Easy Unicode conversion in plain text mode.
- 'Find' utility.
- Create documents in Tamil, which are readable and printable from MS-Word.
- Email in Tamil. One-click button to email thru Outlook Express etc.
- Print and Publish in Tamil.
- Copy/Paste the Tamil text to any other application like Excel, Powerpoint etc.
- Effect Mixed-text typing (English and Tamil inter-mixed).
- Learn/Teach Tamil with a Tamil keypad.
Other frequently asked questions : - Can I send email in Tamil using Basic version (Or) What all is possible with Basic version?
Yes, you can. In fact, you can do all the following with the basic version
- Type phonetically in English in a top screen and see the corresponding Tamil text appear in a bottom screen. Both the English and Tamil texts can be separately saved in MS-Word readable RTF format.
- Type phonetically in English in a Single screen and see the corresponding Tamil text alone appear which you can save in MS-Word readable RTF format.
- Type in Unicode in an in-built and separate Unicode Editor.
- Email your Tamil text/document
(The corresponding English text/document too can be emailed, if you generated your text in 'Dual Screen' mode)
- Print and Publish in Tamil.
(All the documents you create with Azhagi are readable and printable from Ms-Word)
- Copy and paste the Tamil text to any other application like Excel, Powerpoint etc.
- Effect Mixed-text typing (English and Tamil inter-mixed)
- Learn/Teach Tamil with a Tamil keypad
- Unicode conversion in plain text mode.
- Tamil'Typewriting and Tamilnet99 input modes.
- Find 'Utility'
- What additional features are available in standard/professional versions?
The fundamental difference between the 4 versions is as follows. (For a detailed comparative features list, always visit http://www.azhagi.com/diffs.html)
- Ami version provides a 'Dual Screen' interface alone. i.e. you type in a top screen in English and the corresponding Tamil text appears in the bottom screen. You do all your typing and editing in the English text area only. And, the Tamil text area gets edited automatically, instantly and synchronisedly. We find that for a section of our users, this is the most comfortable and easiest way to type out Tamil text.
- Basic version - you have all the features of the ami version. i.e. Dual screen transliteration is still possible. Additionally, you can make azhagi 'full screen'. As you type in English in the full screen, you obtain only the corresponding Tamil text. The English text you type will never be visible or available later. You can efffect Unicode Input. i.e. Type/Save/Print/Publish/Email/Chat/Blog and Build websites in Unicode Tamil. Unicode conversion of your typed plain Tamil text (in Tscii) is possible. Tamil Typewriting and Tamilnet99 modes also possible during Tscii input.
- Standard version - you have all the features of basic version. Additionally, you can transliterate in Tamil directly in ANY windows application like MS-Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Pagemaker, Photoshop, Hotmail, Yahoo! Messenger etc. Unicode conversion of files (*.html, *.txt and *.js) possible. Auto-insertion of user-defined Tamil phrases.
- Professional version - you have all the features of standard version. Additionally, you can do Direct Unicode Typing in ALL unicode-aware windows applications like MS-Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook Express, Notepad, Wordpad etc. Plus, a host of other features like Unicode batch conversion (converting multiple files at the same time), Auto-transliteration of existing texts in Excel sheets, Word documents, Web pages etc, Reverse Transliteration (convert Tamil to English) etc. Availing the power of Unicode, one can sort in Unicode Tamil in Excel, Access etc., Find & Replace in Unicode Tamil in MS-Word, Excel etc., Have file names in Tamil, etc. etc.
Advantages of "Unicode"- If you email/chat/share documents in Unicode Tamil, your WinXP/Win2K recipients do not require any Tamil font at their end to view your Tamil text.
- You can straightaway start typing in any application in Tamil without setting/changing to any Tamil font initially.
- Unicode is the Universal Standard recognised by Microsoft for now and the future. (Azhagi is both 'state-of-the-art' & 'future-ready' that way).
- For more details on Unicode and its immense advantages (like Sorting in Tamil, Find & Replace in Tamil, File Names in Tamil etc.), see http://azhagi.com/azUnicodeHelp.html for our Unicode Faq/Guide (or) click on 'Help'->'Unicode Help' after starting Azhagi.
For a detailed tabulated list of features of each version, click here. To view the highlights/features of Azhagi comprehensively, visit http://azhagi.com/highs.html.
- Where can I get information on azhagi in one single window as to how to download, install, operate, pay, register etc. ?
We have a comprehensive FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page at http://www.azhagi.com/azFaq.html. Apart from this, you can notice a menu bar appearing at the TOP (below the azhagi banner) of every web page of azhagi.com. Every menu has a host of menu items to explain all your possible doubts. For your specific query on installation, operation etc., move your mouse over 'Help & Support' menu item. A list of items will pop up to answer your common queries.