i am fairly certain that i installed the chinese language pack when i installed all of my OS's ... and i have checked off everything i could find in IE and in: system preferences>international>language & system preferences>international>input menu ...but i don't seem to be able to read chinese pages in my browser or on my system... this is important ....as i am currently working on a site that has a chinese component to it ...and i have to be certain that i am placing text and files that work as they should. i do have fonts old & new from the jaguar install.... i can't read or write it but i can recognize characters for placement and know when things are wrong. any suggestions? especially for browsing. thank you! /s ======================= Sharon Cooper Creative Art Link http://www.creativeartlink.com sc at creativeartlink.com