Charlie
11-27-2006, 01:05 PM
There are two options here.
1. Use the standard Windows Israeli Hebrew keyboard layout in both places.
2. Use the BibleWorks Hebrew keyboard layout. (See the keyboard diagram for BWHebb posted here (http://www.bibleworks.com/fonts.html).)
For the the first option, you don't need to do anything in your word processor. Once you install the Hebrew language support for Windows the Israeli keyboard is used by default. (For help installing Hebrew language support for Windows see the second step below.) However, you will need to change a setting in BibleWorks. Click Tools|Options|Option Flags|Command Line Configuration Options|Use Israeli keyboard on command line.
For the second option, you don't need to do anything in BibleWorks since this is the layout used on the command line by default. However, you will need to install the Unicode Hebrew keyboard before you can use the BibleWorks keyboard in your word processor. For instructions on how to install this keyboard driver see step 1 below.
To key Hebrew in Unicode (this link has an article explaining BibleWorks Unicode offerings/plans (http://www.bibleworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2193)), some additional steps are required, as follows.
To use the standard Israeli keyboard layout for typing Hebrew (ABC types שנב), simply install Windows support for right-to-left languages (see below) and use the standard Windows Hebrew keyboard. Alternatively, to enter Unicode Hebrew text just as had been done using the customary BibleWorks non-Unicode Hebrew font (http://www.bibleworks.com/fonts.html) (ABC types אבצ), do the following:
1. Install the BibleWorks Unicode keyboard driver:
a. Create a folder named i386 in the BibleWorks\keyboards folder.
b. Copy the file BWHeb.dll from the BibleWorks\keyboards folder to the i386 folder.
c. Double click the keyboard driver installation program named BWHeb.msi (found in the BibleWorks\keyboards folder).
2. Install Windows support for right-to-left languages:
a. Open the Control Panel, double click "Regional and Language Options", and select the "Languages" tab.
b. Check the box labeled "Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages" (if it is not already checked) and then click Details.
c. Click "Add" to open the "Add Input Language" window; select "Hebrew" as the Input Language.
d. Then under "Keyboard layout/IME" select "Biblical Hebrew (BibleWorks)" from the menu and click OK all the way out.
Useful Tips for using multiple keyboard layouts:
A. Switching between installed keyboards can be simply accomplished as follows:
i. Open the Control Panel, double click "Regional and Language Options", and select the "Languages" tab.
ii. Click the "Details" button under "Text Services and Input Languages."
iii. On the "Settings" tab. click "Language Bar" under "Preferences."
iv. Check the box labeled "Show the Language Bar on the desktop."
This "language bar" will then appear next to the System Tray and will permit you easily to change keyboard layouts.
B. To avoid accidentally changing keyboards via keyboard shortcuts, you may want to turn off the shortcuts as follows:
i. In the Control Panel, open "Regional and Language Options."
ii. Click the “Languages” tab.
iii. Click the "Details" button under "Text Services and Input Languages."
iv. On the "Settings" tab, click "Key Settings" under "Preferences."
v. Change the "Key Sequence" for each action to “None.”
Last Update: ELM/February 21, 2007
1. Use the standard Windows Israeli Hebrew keyboard layout in both places.
2. Use the BibleWorks Hebrew keyboard layout. (See the keyboard diagram for BWHebb posted here (http://www.bibleworks.com/fonts.html).)
For the the first option, you don't need to do anything in your word processor. Once you install the Hebrew language support for Windows the Israeli keyboard is used by default. (For help installing Hebrew language support for Windows see the second step below.) However, you will need to change a setting in BibleWorks. Click Tools|Options|Option Flags|Command Line Configuration Options|Use Israeli keyboard on command line.
For the second option, you don't need to do anything in BibleWorks since this is the layout used on the command line by default. However, you will need to install the Unicode Hebrew keyboard before you can use the BibleWorks keyboard in your word processor. For instructions on how to install this keyboard driver see step 1 below.
To key Hebrew in Unicode (this link has an article explaining BibleWorks Unicode offerings/plans (http://www.bibleworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2193)), some additional steps are required, as follows.
To use the standard Israeli keyboard layout for typing Hebrew (ABC types שנב), simply install Windows support for right-to-left languages (see below) and use the standard Windows Hebrew keyboard. Alternatively, to enter Unicode Hebrew text just as had been done using the customary BibleWorks non-Unicode Hebrew font (http://www.bibleworks.com/fonts.html) (ABC types אבצ), do the following:
1. Install the BibleWorks Unicode keyboard driver:
a. Create a folder named i386 in the BibleWorks\keyboards folder.
b. Copy the file BWHeb.dll from the BibleWorks\keyboards folder to the i386 folder.
c. Double click the keyboard driver installation program named BWHeb.msi (found in the BibleWorks\keyboards folder).
2. Install Windows support for right-to-left languages:
a. Open the Control Panel, double click "Regional and Language Options", and select the "Languages" tab.
b. Check the box labeled "Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages" (if it is not already checked) and then click Details.
c. Click "Add" to open the "Add Input Language" window; select "Hebrew" as the Input Language.
d. Then under "Keyboard layout/IME" select "Biblical Hebrew (BibleWorks)" from the menu and click OK all the way out.
Useful Tips for using multiple keyboard layouts:
A. Switching between installed keyboards can be simply accomplished as follows:
i. Open the Control Panel, double click "Regional and Language Options", and select the "Languages" tab.
ii. Click the "Details" button under "Text Services and Input Languages."
iii. On the "Settings" tab. click "Language Bar" under "Preferences."
iv. Check the box labeled "Show the Language Bar on the desktop."
This "language bar" will then appear next to the System Tray and will permit you easily to change keyboard layouts.
B. To avoid accidentally changing keyboards via keyboard shortcuts, you may want to turn off the shortcuts as follows:
i. In the Control Panel, open "Regional and Language Options."
ii. Click the “Languages” tab.
iii. Click the "Details" button under "Text Services and Input Languages."
iv. On the "Settings" tab, click "Key Settings" under "Preferences."
v. Change the "Key Sequence" for each action to “None.”
Last Update: ELM/February 21, 2007