Conversion Utility

   UniGeez now includes a conversion utility that can convert Phonetic (GeezTypeNet) and Tfanus (GeezTimesNew) encodings into GF Zemen Unicode.  It can also convert Unicode back to Phonetic or Tfanus.  To use it, you simply 'click'   , then open the document that you want to convert and press F6.  You can also convert selections from a document by highlighting the text with the mouse and pressing SHIFT + F6.  The conversion utility can convert many different file types including .txt, .rtf, .htm, .doc, .xls, .mdb, and .ppt.  

 If you go to Options on the menu bar, then to ConvUtility, the following dialog box appears:

    If you are converting from either Phonetic or Tfanus to GF Zemen Unicode, then select the first radio button.  If you are converting from GF Zemen Unicode, then select the second radio button along with the desired encoding (i.e., either GeezTypeNet or GeezTimesNew).  You may be wondering about the Advanced button.  In some instances, automatic detection of font definitions inside of a file are not possible.  When this is true, the settings from the dialog box are used to determine how the file should be converted.  By clicking the Advanced button, you can choose a default to convert from when converting to Unicode.  Whenever the settings are used for conversion instead of auto-detection, a message box appears informing you of the settings that will be used to convert the text.  By pressing the CANCEL button, the conversion is aborted, so that you can adjust your settings as needed, and pressing OK allows the conversion process to complete.

   Say, for example, that you have a file that uses the GeezTypeNet font and that you have the To Unicode radio button selected.  If the utility can not determine that the GeezTypeNet font is present in the file, then it uses the default font setting to determine what font you want to convert to Unicode.  So, if the Phonetic radio button is selected from within the advanced button, the entire file will be converted from GeezTypeNet to GF Zemen Unicode.  Use the Advanced button to set the font that you work with most of the time.  Every time you use UniGeez, it remembers the default font setting.  If you have occasion to work with the other font, then simply click on the Advanced button and select that font.