Character Sets Supported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0i

ID: Q146218

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0 for Windows 95

SUMMARY

International Extensions for Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 (Internet Explorer 2.0i) lets you view HyperText Markup Language (HTML) documents that were created in different languages in any language version of Microsoft Windows 95.

For information about obtaining Internet Explorer 2.0i, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q146217
   TITLE     : International Extensions for Internet Explorer 2.0
               Available

MORE INFORMATION

The following table lists the character sets you can view in Internet Explorer 2.0i, the requirements to view the character sets, and the languages the character sets support.

Character set        Requirements                 Languages

Western (ANSI 1252)  Base feature of Internet     English, French, German,
                     Explorer 2.0. Not necessary  Italian, Spanish
                     to use Internet Explorer
                     2.0i, but it is viewable
                     in Internet Explorer 2.0i.

Eastern European     Multilanguage support for    Czech, Croatian, Polish,
(ANSI 1250)          Windows 95                   Hungarian, Rumanian,
                                                  Slovak, Slovene

Eastern European     Multilanguage support for    Czech, Croatian, Polish,
(8859-2)             Windows 95                   Hungarian, Rumanian,
                                                  Slovak, Slovene

Cyrillic (ANSI 1251) Multilanguage support for    Bulgarian, Russian,
                     Windows 95                   Serbian, Ukrainian

Cyrillic (KOI8-R)    Multilanguage support for    Russian
                     Windows 95

Greek (ANSI 1253)    Multilanguage support for    Greek
                     Windows 95

Hangeul (KSC_5601)   Download Korean support for  Korean
                     Internet Explorer 2.0i

Japanese (EUC)       Download Japanese support    Japanese
                     for Internet Explorer 2.0i

Japanese (JIS)       Download Japanese support    Japanese
                     for Internet Explorer 2.0i

Japanese (SJIS)      Download Japanese support    Japanese
                     for Internet Explorer 2.0i

Turkish (ANSI 1254)  PanEuro Windows 95 or        Turkish
                     certain Eastern European
                     localized versions

Baltic (ANSI 1257)   PanEuro Windows 95 or        Estonian, Latvian,
                     certain Eastern European     Lithuanian
                     localized versions

Character Set Notes

• ANSI stands for American National Standards Institute. This set is an 8-bit character set used by Microsoft Windows that allows you to represent up to 256 characters (0 - 255) using your keyboard.
• 8859-2 is a non-Windows character set used in Eastern Europe.
• KOI8-R is a non-Windows character set used for Russian Web pages.
• EUC and JIS are non-Windows character sets used in Japanese Web pages.

Keywords          : win95 msiew95 
Version           : 95
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: September 3, 1997