diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 1a97c25ac2..38c782a8b2 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ icu4c/source/test/testdata/uni-text.bin -text
 icu4j/.classpath -text
 icu4j/.externalToolBuilders/ICU4J_Resources.launch -text
 icu4j/.project -text
+icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs -text
 icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs -text
 icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs -text
 icu4j/ee.foundation.jar -text
diff --git a/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..577e67ba26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#Wed Mar 07 11:23:32 EST 2007
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=US-ASCII
diff --git a/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index e6ad05dd59..8f449c26b2 100644
--- a/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
-#Wed Mar 07 10:14:35 EST 2007
+#Wed Mar 07 11:31:50 EST 2007
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.argumentPrefixes=
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.argumentSuffixes=
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.fieldPrefixes=
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.fieldSuffixes=
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.localPrefixes=
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.localSuffixes=
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.staticFieldPrefixes=
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.staticFieldSuffixes=
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.annotationSuperInterface=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.autoboxing=ignore
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.deprecation=warning
diff --git a/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index 9d5d2ec486..8f72db14bf 100644
--- a/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/icu4j/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-#Tue Mar 06 19:07:34 EST 2007
+#Wed Mar 07 11:31:50 EST 2007
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 formatter_profile=_ICU4J
 formatter_settings_version=10
 internal.default.compliance=user
-org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.custom_code_templates=<?xml version\="1.0" encoding\="UTF-8"?><templates/>
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.exception.name=e
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.gettersetter.use.is=true
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.javadoc=true
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.keywordthis=false
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.overrideannotation=true
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.custom_code_templates=<?xml version\="1.0" encoding\="UTF-8"?><templates><template autoinsert\="true" context\="gettercomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for getter method" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.gettercomment" name\="gettercomment">/**\r\n * @return the ${bare_field_name}\r\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="settercomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for setter method" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.settercomment" name\="settercomment">/**\r\n * @param ${param} the ${bare_field_name} to set\r\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="constructorcomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created constructors" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.constructorcomment" name\="constructorcomment">/**\r\n * ${tags}\r\n */</template><template autoinsert\="false" context\="filecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created Java files" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.filecomment" name\="filecomment">/*\r\n *******************************************************************************\r\n * Copyright (C) ${year}, International Business Machines Corporation and         *\r\n * others. All Rights Reserved.                                                *\r\n *******************************************************************************\r\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="typecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created types" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.typecomment" name\="typecomment">/**\r\n * @author ${user}\r\n *\r\n * ${tags}\r\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="fieldcomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for fields" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.fieldcomment" name\="fieldcomment">/**\r\n * \r\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="methodcomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for non-overriding methods" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.methodcomment" name\="methodcomment">/**\r\n * ${tags}\r\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="overridecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for overriding methods" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.overridecomment" name\="overridecomment">/* (non-Javadoc)\r\n * ${see_to_overridden}\r\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="delegatecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for delegate methods" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.delegatecomment" name\="delegatecomment">/**\r\n * ${tags}\r\n * ${see_to_target}\r\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="newtype_context" deleted\="false" description\="Newly created files" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.newtype" name\="newtype">${filecomment}\r\n${package_declaration}\r\n\r\n${typecomment}\r\n${type_declaration}</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="classbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new class type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.classbody" name\="classbody">\r\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="interfacebody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new interface type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.interfacebody" name\="interfacebody">\r\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="enumbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new enum type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.enumbody" name\="enumbody">\r\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="annotationbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new annotation type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.annotationbody" name\="annotationbody">\r\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="catchblock_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new catch blocks" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.catchblock" name\="catchblock">// ${todo} Auto-generated catch block\r\n${exception_var}.printStackTrace();</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="methodbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created method stubs" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.methodbody" name\="methodbody">// ${todo} Auto-generated method stub\r\n${body_statement}</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="constructorbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created constructor stubs" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.constructorbody" name\="constructorbody">${body_statement}\r\n// ${todo} Auto-generated constructor stub</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="getterbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created getters" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.getterbody" name\="getterbody">return ${field};</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="setterbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created setters" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.setterbody" name\="setterbody">${field} \= ${param};</template></templates>