Or you could just order a keyboard from an online Israeli computer store. I guess it is possible to find Hebrew caps for your keyboard (with both the English and Hebrew characters on them) - to replace your regular keyboard caps - as they sell with every keyboard in Israel. Miriam: it's not very common for us Miriams to find namesakes! (if you're not counting all the Maria's, of course.) You can see that in Word: on the Help menu, click "about Microsoft Office Word". If it types Hebrew in Notepad, but not in Word, I'll need to know what your Office version is. Notepad can be found under Start-All Programs-Accessories.
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It'll be best if you try to find Notepad and see if there it gives you Hebrew (that way I'll know if the problem is in Windows or only in Office). They're supposed to be there even in Office '95. Do the same for the icon called "Right-to-Left". In the right-hand menu, scroll down and find the icon called "Left-to-Right", click on it and drag it onto your toolbar. Try to type something - do you see Hebrew? Open a blank document, then right-click on the language bar and select Hebrew.
Madeline: Great that you have the little box (=the "language bar").įirst let's try and go back to Word. Switch to Hebrew, open Notepad and try to type while on your taskbar the Does it give you Hebrew text? When you left-click that box, you get a menu giving you the option to switch to HE (Hebrew). Now, after you restart the computer you're supposed to see a little blue box on your taskbar (usually it's on the lower right side of the screen - near the clock) that says EN (for English).
Now you're back to the "Text Services and Input Languages" window, click the "Advanced" tab there.Ĭheck the first box that says "Extend support of advanced text services to all programs". Under "Hot keys for Input Languages", make sure that for the action "Switch between input languages" the key listed is "Left Alt+Shift". Make sure that Hebrew appears in the "Installed Services" list.Ĭheck the option that says "Show the Language Bar on the desktop". Go back to Regional and Language Settings - Language tab - Details.
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I hope this helps, let me know if you encounter problems! (I should add that I'm not a professional computer person, only someone who has been working on computers in Hebrew for years).
In order to vocalize a letter, place the cursor after the letter (that is, on its left side), press CapsLock, Shift+the vowel you need. I tried such stickers once, years ago, and found it very annoying, since the text on them fades out quickly, the stickers come off, gather dust under them, etc.ġ3. I saw some places online who sell stickers for your keyboard. The standard Hebrew keyboard layout can be found here: (it takes a while to get used to working with two text directions).ġ2. If you just want to enter a Hebrew word or phrase into an English text, don't change the text direction, just press left Alt+Shift to change into Hebrew, type the word, and press left Alt-Shift again to return to English. You can change it back anytime.Ĭhange the text direction of a whole line or passage only when you are writing an all-English or all-Hebrew text.ġ1. Once you click the right-to-left icon, your cursor will jump to the right side of the page. In Word, look for the directional icons on the toolbar. The one you choose is the key combination that will switch your keyboard between languages. You get a list of key combinations to choose from. Still on the Languages Tab, under "references", click "key settings".Ĩ. Back on the Languages Tab, click "apply".ħ. Scroll to Hebrew on the list of languages and click "OK".Ħ. On the right side of the list of "Installed services", click "add".ĥ. On the Languages Tab, under "Text services and input languages" click "Details".Ĥ. On the Languages Tab, check "install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai)".ģ. Go to control panel, Regional and Language Options.Ģ.