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Are You Ready To Move To Unicode-Encoded Greek Fonts? Now You Can Easily Convert Your ASCII-Encoded LaserGreek Files To Our Unicode-Encoded LaserGreek In Unicode Fonts With The LaserGreek Converter.

LaserGreek Converter will allow you to convert text typed with Linguist's Software LaserGreek and LaserGreek II (ASCII-encoded) fonts to the new Unicode-encoded fonts in LaserGreek in Unicode. The converter is a series of macros embedded in two Microsoft Word documents. You simply copy the appropriate macro(s) into each of your Word documents that contain LaserGreek text and run the macro(s) to convert the text to the Unicode-encoded values of the LaserGreek in Unicode fonts. The macros do not affect any other text in your documents except the LaserGreek (or LaserGreek II) text, allowing you to retain your document's original formatting. The LaserGreek Converter makes a daunting task simple.

In addition to the above, LaserGreek Converter for Macintosh can convert SuperGreek and first-generation Graeca and SymbolGreek text to the current generation of ASCII-encoded LaserGreek and/or LaserGreek II fonts. See below for more details on this Mac-only feature.

Complete instructions for setup and use are included in the LaserGreek Converter User's Manual.

LaserGreek Converter for Windows

LaserGreek Converter for Windows includes macros to convert LaserGreek and LaserGreek II (ASCII-encoded) text to LaserGreek in Unicode (Unicode-encoded) fonts. For example, you can convert all the Graeca II text in a Word document to GraecaU with a single click.

System Requirements:

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Operating System - The LaserGreek Converter requires Windows Vista, XP, 2000, NT 4.0, Me, 98, or 95. But note that LaserGreek in Unicode (the fonts to which you are converting the files) requires Windows Vista, XP, 2000, or NT 4.0 for keyboard support. So even though you may run the Converter in earlier versions of Windows you will need the later versions of Windows to work with the converted files. (See LaserGreek in Unicode for Windows for details.)

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Applications - Requires Microsoft Word 2007, 2003, 2002 (XP), 2000, or 97. The documents you are going to convert must be Word for Windows documents, since the macros are Word macros embedded in a Word file.

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Fonts - Requires one or more of the LaserGreek and/or LaserGreek II (ASCII-encoded) fonts from Linguist's Software and the corresponding Unicode-encoded font from the LaserGreek in Unicode for Windows product. Note: In some circumstances you must install both the ASCII-encoded (LaserGreek and/or LaserGreek II) font(s) that you used to type your documents and the corresponding Unicode-encoded (LaserGreekU) fonts to which you are converting the documents.

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The LaserGreek and/or LaserGreek II ASCII-encoded fonts used in your documents must be version 10.0 (for LaserGreek, dated April 25, 1997) or version 2.0 (for LaserGreek II, dated April 25, 1997) or newer to be successfully converted. If your fonts are older than version 10.0/2.0 you must first update LaserGreek and/or LaserGreek II and convert your documents to the new version of the ASCII-encoded fonts following instructions in the Troubleshooting Manual. Then the LaserGreek Converter can be used to convert your documents to the Unicode-encoded version of LaserGreek. How do I find the version number?

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All documentation is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, so Adobe Reader must be installed on your computer. If you do not already have it installed, you can download Adobe Reader free from the Adobe web site.

 

Cost: US$ 79.95 Order

LaserGreek Converter for Macintosh

LaserGreek Converter for Macintosh includes macros to convert LaserGreek and LaserGreek II (ASCII-encoded) text to LaserGreek in Unicode (Unicode-encoded) fonts. For example, you can convert all the Graeca II text in a Word document to GraecaU with a single click. In addition, if you receive a Word for Windows document with LaserGreek text in it, you can convert the Greek text to the LaserGreek for Macintosh arrangement.

In addition, LaserGreek Converter for Macintosh includes macros for converting SuperGreek and first-generation Graeca and SymbolGreek text to LaserGreek and/or LaserGreek II (ASCII-encoded) text. For example, you may convert either SuperGreek or Graeca text to either Graeca II or SymbolGreek II (part of LaserGreek), or to Odyssea (part of LaserGreek II), and you may convert SymbolGreek text to either SymbolGreek II or Odyssea. SuperGreek, Graeca, and SymbolGreek are obsolete and no longer sold. They had Mac System 6 arrangements, and LaserGreek Converter will allow users to convert those files either to the current generation of ASCII-encoded fonts (in a one-step process) or to the new Unicode-encoded fonts (in a two-step process).

(For more on the history of our Greek fonts, see here.)

System Requirements:

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Applications - Requires Microsoft Word 2004 to convert files to LaserGreek in Unicode fonts. Word 2008 does not support Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros and therefore will not work. You must have Word 2004. (Microsoft left VBA out of Word 2008.) The files you are going to convert must be Word for Macintosh files, since the macros are Word macros embedded in a Word file. (See LaserGreek in Unicode for Macintosh to be sure you understand the System Requirements for the Unicode-encoded fonts.)

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Fonts - You must install both the ASCII-encoded font used in your files and the ASCII- or Unicode-encoded fonts to which you are converting the files. For SuperGreek users, the LaserGreek Converter includes a version of SuperGreek which may be used for the conversion process. If you need to convert SuperGreek files to Unicode-encoded fonts you must have one of the LaserGreek or LaserGreek II ASCII-encoded fonts for the first step in the conversion from SuperGreek. If you do not own either LaserGreek or LaserGreek II you can purchase the Graeca II font for $39.95, as part of Graeca II & Hebraica II. Then you can convert SuperGreek to Graeca II and then convert Graeca II to the Unicode-encoded font.

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All documentation is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, so Adobe Reader must be installed on your computer. If you do not already have it installed, you can download Adobe Reader free from the Adobe web site.

Cost: US$ 79.95 Order

What others are saying about LaserHebrew and LaserHebrew II Here's what others are saying about the LaserGreek Converter:

"This is an amazing resource for me. Thanks so much!"
Jennifer Knust
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA

"Your LaserGreek Converter works fine, the accompanying manual is very clear, and everything was so straightforward that the whole thing had major repercussions upon my work: I've finally given up on WordPerfect and switched to Microsoft Word."
A. S., University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

 

 

 

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