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Tags: Mac, Software

Here is a simple way to convert a Microsoft Word document with non-Unicode fonts like Preeti, Kantipur, etc to a text file with Unicode on Mac OS X.

Tools Needed

• TextEdit (TextEdit is a simple, open source word processor and text editor, that is distributed with Mac OS X)
• ConversionTool from Madan Paraskar Pustakalaya for converting Nepali text in non-Unicode fonts like Preeti, Kantipur, JagHimali, Kanchan and Himali etc. to Unicode compatible fonts and vice versa.

In TextEdit

• Open the Word document with TextEdit.
• Select Format > Make Plain Text (shift-command-t).
• Hit OK to convert the file.
• Select Save as (shift-command-t).
• Name the the file and save it with File Format: Western (Windows Latin 1).

In ConversionTool

• Start ConversionTool.
• Open the text file you just save as Western (Windows Latin 1).
• Select Input Encoding ISO-8859-1.
• Select Output Encoding Unicode-16.
• Select Input Font (e.g. Preeti)
• Click Convert.

Congratulations. The file is now converted to Unicode.

Tags: Mac, Unicode, Software