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If you are typing a Modern Greek document from scratch, it is probably easiest to type it in Word and save it as HTML. In order for the Greek to be correctly displayed in a browser you must ensure that the <HEAD> section of the source code contains the following tag:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1253">
If, however, you merely wish to edit an existing HTML file in Notepad, there is a simple way of modifying the keyboard so that you can type encoded Greek directly. (Other editors, such as WordPad, may allow you to switch directly to the Greek keyboard, but this is possible in Notepad only if you "fool" the system as described below.)
- First ensure that your system is set up for Greek:
Start|Settings|Control Panel|Add/Remove Programs|Windows Setup|Multilanguage Support
Click on the "Details..." button, check (select) Greek and confirm (OK).
- Select:
Start|Settings|Control Panel|Keyboard|Language|Add|Afrikaans
then click OK.
The reason for choosing Afrikaans (which happens to be the first option) is that this language uses a standard European character set. This means that e-acute (é), for example, is displayed as é rather than the Greek Iota (ι)
- Click Properties, select Greek, then click OK. Now whenever you are working in "Afrikaans" the system will use the Greek keyboard layout. Thus S will be interpreted as [the code for] Sigma, U as [the code for] Theta, etc.
- Select a suitable method of Switching Languages (the simplest is Left Alt-Shift), and check the "Enable Indicator on Taskbar" option.
Click OK.
Now whenever you switch the indicator at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen from En to Af you will be able to type encoded Greek.
Example
To type θέλω να γυρίσω στην Ελλάδα, select Af, then press the following keys:
u;elv na gyr;isv sthn Ell;ada
This will generate the encoded Greek:
èÝëù íá ãõñßóù óôçí ÅëëÜäá
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