Simple on Interface, Big on Features NJStar Communicator enables Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) language input, display, print and conversions on your English or other western Windows. There is no need to reboot or install a separate Microsoft Chinese/Japanese/Korean Windows any more! NJStar Communicator Includes: NJStar CJK Multilingual Viewer NJStar Chinese Input Method Editor NJStar Japanese Input Method Editor NJStar Korean Input Method Editor NJStar Universal Code Convertor NJStar Express Mail - Send CJK message as Picture NJStar SMTP local server for Express Mail NJStar Communicator Unique Features: Automatically view Traditional Chinese website in Simplified Chinese Automatically view Simplified Chinese website in Traditional Chinese System Requirements: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/2003/XP/Vista (Mac/Unix/Linux version not available) 15MB hard disk space.

NJStar Communicator Enables Asian Communications across the Globe

View Simplified Chinese website in Traditional There are half of the Chinese websites are in simplified Chinese characters. If you prefer to read only in traditional Chinese characters, NJStar communicator is here to help you automatically. Please use 'Chinese Auto Traditional' viewer mode.

View Traditional Chinese website in Simplified There are half of the Chinese websites are in traditional Chinese characters. If you prefer to read only in simplified Chinese characters, NJStar communicator is here to help you automatically. Please use 'Chinese Auto Simplified' viewer mode.

Chat in CJK Read and type Chinese/Japanese/Korean text in your favourite ICQ or MSN / AOL / Google / Yahoo Instant Messenger; making Chinese, Japanese and Korean friends has never been easier!

Send CJK Email Read and write Chinese, Japanese and Korean email messages in Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail or any web based email client etc...

View CJK Audio/Video Title View Chinese, Japanese and Korean Audio/Video Titles in Winamp, Real-Player, Windows-Media-Player, etc.

Search/Browse CJK Web Sites Find useful Chinese, Japanese and Korean resources online for your research project; search with CJK native language characters on Yahoo/Google search Engine.

Read & Write CJK anywhere! Compose Word documents, Excel spreadsheet in Japanese, Chinese or Korean language, and Correspond with your clients in Japan, China/Taiwan/Hong Kong and Korea.

What's New in Version 2.73  (Release Date: 2008-04-18)

1. New: Windows Vista Compatible;
2. New: Better display fonts for small size characters (10x10 and 12x12);
3. Improved: Send Input to windows via alternative input queue instead of via Clipboard;
4. Improved: Unicode to Big5 and to GB conversion;
5. Fix: Unable to Input into Ultra Editor, Scintella/N++ Editor & Pidgin 2.2.x;
6. Fix: Closing bug on Windows XP Media Center Edition;
7. Fix: Other minor bugs reported.

What's New in Version 2.70:

1. Auto-Correct the Unicode and DBCS code on the clipboard, no more '?????' when pasting.
2. Updated Support for HKSCS 2004 and Unicode 4.1;
3. Updated Cangjie, JianYi, Jyutping and Cantonese IME for HKSCS;
4. Updated PSAPI.dll to work with Internet Explorer 7;
5. Improved convertion of Twinbridge's Unicoded DBCS code;
6. Converts EACC (Eastern Asian Character Code) to/from DBCS/Unicode;
7. All other reported minor problems in 2.6 are fixed.

What's New in Version 2.60:

1. Smart copy between Unicode and DBCS Text / Applications;
2. Works around SpywareDoctor's prevention of input into IE;
3. Options for detect Line Drawing characters in Terminal programs;
4. Alternative way to send Unicode characters into Unicode Applications;
5. IMEs now store user modified dictionaries in %AppData% folder;
6. Smaller installation package makes download faster;
7. Other minor fixes and improvements.

What's New in Version 2.51:

1. Added Chinese GB18030 in Viewer/IME and Code Convertor;
2. Runs native CJK programmes/games on English Windows;
3. Added Cantonese Input for Chinese IME;
4. Added Command Line Options for Universal Code Convertor;
5. SMTP stand alone smart mail server;
6. English Tip of the day when in English Interface;
7. Improved UTF8 detection;
8. Korean KSC now support all Unified Hangul Codes of Microsoft Codepage 949;
9. Korean Auto-Detect of KSC and UTF8.

• What's Cool
  • read Simplified Chinese web site, email and document from China in Traditional Chinese characters 
  • read Traditional Chinese web site, email and document from Taiwan/Hong Kong in Simplified Chinese characters
     
• Auto-detection: auto-detect Chinese, Japanaese and Korean text
  • Chinese (GB, GBK, GB18030, GB_HZ, Big5, Big5-HKSCS, Unicode, UTF8/UTF7, ISO-2022, MIME..)
  • Japanese (Shift-JIS, EUC-JIS, New-JIS, Unicode, UTF8/UTF7, ISO-2022, MIME)
  • Korean (KSC, Unicode, UTF8/UTF7, ISO-2022, MIME)
     
• Any Windows: works on all Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/2003/XP ;
   
• Any Language: works on any language version of Microsoft Windows - Western (English/European), Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese, Korean ...
   
• CJK Input: easy Chinese, Japanese and Korean input methods with "Virtual Keyboard" for easy CJK key-mapping on western keyboard
   
• Radical Lookup: input Chinese, Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja with character components lookup 
   
• Internet Support: support the latest Mozzila Firefox 1.5 and 2.0, IE5, IE6 and IE7, and communication programs such as Eudora, Outlook Express and the popular Netscape AOL AIM chat, MSN Messenger, etc.
   
• Ease of Use: smart "Tip of the Day", user-friendly interface design and context-sensitive "Help" menu system get you started easier and faster!
   
• NJStar ExpressMail: allows you to send Chinese, Japanese or Korean emails as GIF picture so that the receiver won't need a viewer to read your email in CJK language!
   
• SMTP Smart Server: allows you to send CJK email messages without worrying about the SMTP server address of your own ISP;
   
• Output Code Switch: not only output CJK language codes based on the language (viewer) used, but also has the flexibility of
  • typing simplified Chinese to output GB/GBK/Big5/HZ/Unicode/Japanese/Korean;
  • typing traditional Chinese and output GB/GBK/Big5/HZ/Unicode/Japanese/Korean;
  • typing Japanese to output Chinese/Korean;
  • typing Korean to output Chinese/Japanese
     
• Work with Word 97/2000/XP/2003: type CJK characters directly into Microsoft Word using Microsoft free Far East unicode fonts
   
• Universal Code Convertor: this powerful tool supports all CJK codes format and converts text from either clipboard or file(s) -
  • Convert Chinese/Japanese/Korean HTML file with correct "charset=" meta tag in HTML header!
  • Making your switch to NJStar from other CJK enabler software a breeze;
  • Unique "CJK => GIF" conversion can convert a whole Chinese/Japanese/Korean book into picture format!     [ Click here to read more on "Universal Code Convertor" ]