Yes, in general edit-on Pro supports Unicode. However, there might be some limitations because of the settings and the overall installation of the operating system you use.

Following you will find 3 cases that might be characteristic for any operating system. BTW, we experienced this with our online demo by using a real Japanese workstation. By running edit-on Pro with Japanese characters from a Windows client three cases might arise.

a) You are using a non-Japanese OS/machine without Japanese character support installed. In such case you won%u2019t be able to edit or view Japanese text within the editor. Within the WYSIWYG view you will only see rectangles or other typesets, but no Japanese characters. You won%u2019t even be able to view the text in your standard browser and most likely the OS/browser requests the OS installation CD-ROM.

b) You are using a non-Japanese OS/machine with Japanese character support installed. You can e.g. copy/paste Japanese text within the WYSIWYG view of the editor, but only rectangles or other typesets might be shown. After you have saved the text as a HTML file you will be able to view the original Japanese text by using a browser. So, the editor preserves the Japanese characters although you might not see them in the WYSIWYG view.
In general edit-on Pro is able to display Japanese/Chinese characters. First of all you have to set the applet parameter "ENCODING" to "UTF8", see also chapter 2.1 of the edit-on Pro integration manual. Whether Japanese/Chinese characters can be properly displayed also depends on the Java VM, the country settings and the operating system. It shall work if you e.g. set "Chinese"  as standard within the OS "Country Scheme".

For more info please see the screen shots for the country settings using Windows 2000 (German), Windows XP(German), Windows 2000 (English) and Windows XP (English). After restarting your workstation, edit-on Pro should properly display the Japanese/Chinese characters. This was tested using IE 5.5, Sun Java VM 1.4.1 as well as a German and English Windows 2000 and Windows XP OS.

c) You are using a Japanese OS/machine with a Japanese keyboard etc. Now edit-on Pro will fully support Japanese characters. You can edit/type any Japanese text within the WYSIWYG view, save the document in a HTML file and re-open it.