Installing the Hebrew keyboard for Windows XP
The Windows operating system provides a keyboard that will allow you to type in Hebrew using the layout of the Israeli typewriter keyboard. For the purpose of illustration, the layout of the keyboard is provided below:
1) Go to the Start button at the bottom left of your screen and click on it. Go up to Settings and click on Control Panel. Then double-click on Regional and Language Options.
4) Click on the "Languages" tab and then look at the lower area called Supplemental Language Support (see image for step 5 below). If it is not already checked, check the box for "Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages. Then click Apply. Most installations of Windows do not include support for non-Latin alphabets, so you may be asked to insert your Windows XP CD to install these files and then reboot. Once you have rebooted, return to the same control panel. If the box is already checked, proceed to the next step. 5) Go to the Languages tab and click the Details... button under "Text Services and Input Languages".
6) Click Add under "Installed Services
6) Find "Hebrew" in the list.
7) At this point your Text Services and Languages window should look like the one below:
Congratulations, you have installed the Hebrew keyboard. Once the installation and activation are complete, you can switch back and forth between your foreign language and English keyboards by using the toggle indicator in the taskbar (circled in red below). If the toggle indicator (which by default should read "En" for English) does not appear in the lower right of your screen, click on the the Language Bar button at the bottom of the Settings tab (see above) and make sure that the "Show the Langauge bar on the desktop" box is checked. |
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