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The Hindi edition - a reader's guide.

Namaste!

You may experience difficulties in reading the Hindi edition at the outset.
Not to worry, just follow these steps, or download the fonts for trouble-free viewing:

Remember, this edition can be viewed only on Internet Explorer 4.0 or above and Netscape 4.03 or above. Download the latest versions of Internet Explorer or Netscape now.

For the Hindi edition, kindly wait for the page to download completely, clear 'Cache' and hit the 'Refresh' or 'Reload' button. Please wait for 'Document: Done' at the left of your status bar to view the headlines in Hindi.

Instructions for:
A. Internet Explorer 4.0 and above
B. Netscape 4.03 and above

Internet Explorer 4.0:
Go to View option at the top of your browser menu bar and click at 'Internet Options.' Thereafter, choose the 'Security' tab, select the 'Reset' button, click 'Apply' and the 'OK' button.

Internet Explorer 5.0:
Go to Tools at the top of your browser menu bar and click at 'Internet Options'. Thereafter, choose the 'Security' tab, select the 'Default Level' button, click 'Apply' and the 'OK' button.

Netscape 4.03 and above:
Go to Edit at the top of your browser menu bar and click at 'Preferences'. Then choose 'Fonts' under 'Appearances' in your Preferences window. Select, 'Use document-specified fonts, including Dynamic Fonts' and click the 'OK' button.

Netscape 6 Users:
Netscape has not included Bitstream's dynamic font technology in the release of Netscape 6. This decision by Netscape was based on the desire to keep the browser size small.

Netscape has encouraged Bitstream to develop a dynamic font plug-in for Netscape 6 and Bitstream is actively working to build such a plug-in.

Till the dynamic font plug-in for Netscape 6 is developed you will have to view Rediff.com's Hindi edition in any of the Netscape 4X versions.

However, if you would like to download the fonts for trouble-free viewing, please click here

Steps for Manual installation of fonts in Windows environment

1. Save the Shree708.exe file on your PC's hard disk.
2. Double click the self-extracting file to save the font file in a particular directory.
3. Go to Start Settings, Control Panel.
4. Click the Fonts Icon.
5. Go to File, Select the option Install new font.
6. Then select the directory where you have saved the self-extracted fonts file and click the 'OK' button.
7. This will Install the font in your system.

Caveat: The fonts can be downloaded only for the purpose of viewing rediff.com's Hindi edition and not for any other purpose, and on the understanding that the fonts will not be tampered with in any way.

If there's still a hitch to view the Hindi edition, do e-mail us.

Dhanyawad!