Ankur General FAQs

1. What is a script processor?
Script processor is basically a program, which allows you type in various Indian languages. All the characters, conjuncts and compositions etc. of the various Indian languages are coded in it. Indian languages have more characters than English does. To enter conjuncts, vowel signs, etc. keyboard support is required. The script processor supports various keyboard layouts and allows the user to enter text in user friendly manner.
2. Ankur office software is available on which media?
Ankur office is available on CD-ROM only. It is not available on floppy disks.
3. Can we run Ankur office software from the CD without installing it on the hard disk?
No. Ankur office should be installed and run from the hard disk only.
4. While running the application, error message 'Unauthorized operation' is displayed and application exists. What to do?
This error message comes due to improper installation or connection of the hardware lock. Try to reinstall the package to solve the problem. If the problem persists please contact company distributor.
5. What are hardware and system requirements for Ankur Office?
PC-AT Pentium 133MHz, 32 MB RAM, Color VGA Monitor, 300 MB Hard Disk
Space, CD-ROM Drive, Keyboard, Mouse.
6. What are the languages available in Ankur Office?
Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi (Gurumukhi), Bengali, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malyalam, Assamese and English.
7. What is transliteration?
Transliteration utility allows you to transliterate text entered in one Indian language to another. If you have some text in Hindi, and you also want it in all Indian languages, you can get it by using the Transliteration utility.
8. What is activation key?
Activation key is a switch key using which you can switch between English and Indian languages. You can set Scroll Lock (Default), Caps Lock or Num Lock as the activation key. When this key is ON, you can type in Indian languages and when it is if OFF, you can type in English..
9. What is escapement key?
Escapement is the new utility added in Shree-Lipi 5.0 to make the Alter key programmable.
If somebody finds it difficult to use Alter key (i.e. currently Control + Space key combination) he/she can change it to any of the options available in the list of escapement keys. The key combination selected becomes the active Alter key.
10. How to change the language of the menu options?
Pressing key F12 or by selecting the particular language using select language option you can change the language.
11. What is keyboard setup?
Here we can change the current script. And we can also change the keyboard layout according to the script. In this setup only we can set the activation key and escapement key.
12. Is different type of keyboard layouts provided for different languages?
Yes. For different languages different keyboard layouts are provided.
13. How to start keyboard tutor for language ?
Either using keyboard tutor option from language setup option or by pressing F5 we can start the keyboard tutor.
14. We are not able to type in the PageMaker, Corel Draw and other application?
Currently Ankur supports typing in Word, Excel and PowerPoint but PageMaker, Corel Draw etc. are not supported. .
15. How to use the document created in other vendor packages?
Using the Exchange facility that provided in Ankur office you can use the documents created in other vendor packages.
16. How to use old Ankur1.1 document in new version?
Using the Exchange facility that provided in Ankur office you can use old Ankur 1.1 document in new version.
17. How to upgrade the Ankur office with installed Modular Product?
This upgradation will be done only when other Modular products are installed on your machine.If other Modular products are already installed on your machine then to make Ankur office compatible to those packages the form for upgradation will be displayed at the end of Ankur office installation.