Apple Indian Language Kit User Manual

Introduction

About this manual

This manual explains how to install and use your Indian Language Kit.

The kit offers the choice of three Indian scripts: Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and Gujarati. Devanagari is used for four languages: Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit; Gurmukhi for the Punjabi language; and Gujarati for the Gujarati language.

The manual describes how to work with the Indian scripts and tells you about the menus that the language kit adds to your system software.

Here is how to use this manual:

1 Install your language kit.

To install your language kit from a CD-ROM disc or floppy disks, follow the instructions in Chapter 2, “Setting Up.”

2Familiarize yourself with the keyboard layouts.

To learn to use the different keyboard layouts provided with the language kit, and to work in multiple languages, read Chapter 3, “Working With Indian Languages”. The keyboard layouts are displayed in that chapter.

3Troubleshoot.

If you have problems while working with the Indian Language Kit, go to Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting,” where many commonly asked questions are addressed.

About the Indian Language Kit

The Indian Language Kit contains all the software you need to work in three different scripts and six different languages on your computer. You can use your computer’s language capabilities in the following ways:

m You can enter English, Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and Gujarati together in a

single document, using any application program that takes advantage of Wo rldScript I. (Check with your program’s manufacturer if you are not sure your program is fully compatible with WorldScript I.)

m If you have an application program localized for use in any of the Indian

languages offered by the kit, the menus, dialog boxes, help messages, and other elements will be displayed in that language.

m If your computer has QuickDraw GX installed, you can take advantage of

several advanced typographic features for Indian languages in applications that use QuickDraw GX.

The Indian Language Kit includes the following items: m Wo rldScript I, a system software extension that enables your system to

handle the special requirements of Indian languages

m System software resources needed for Devanagari, Gujarati, and Gurmukhi

m Three TrueType fonts for the three Indian language scripts presently

supported by the kit:

Devanagari MT

Gujarati MT

Gurmukhi MT

m A choice of keyboard layouts for each of the Indian language scripts

supported by the kit:

Inscript (the default layout)

QWERTY

m A Quick Reference Card to familiarize you with the Indian language

characters represented by your keyboard

m A typing tutorial for the Inscript keyboard

Chapter 1

m HyperCard alphabet learning stack, with interactive flashcards that can

teach the letters and the most common conjuncts of the Devanagari alphabet

m SimpleText

System Requirements

You can use the Indian Language Kit on any Mac OS–based computer that has the following:

m Mac OS system software version 7.5 or later m At least 5 megabytes (MB) of RAM m An internal or external hard disk drive with at least 10 MB of free

disk space, where the active system resides

m A floppy disk drive capable of reading high-density (1.4 MB) floppy disks,

or a CD-ROM drive

Introduction

Installing the Indian Language Kit from the compact disc

Setting Up

This chapter shows you how to install the software you need to use the Indian Language Kit. It also tells you how to set your Views control panel to display Indian language file and folder names onscreen in the language of your choice.

If your computer has a CD-ROM drive, you can install the software from the

Indian Language Kit CD that comes with your kit. The installation procedure is the same as that for floppy disks. (See the next section, “Installing the Indian Language Kit From Floppy Disks.”) The only difference is that you don’t have to swap disks, as everything you need is contained on the compact disc.

Installing the Indian Language Kit from floppy disks

The Installer offers you three installation choices:

m Devanagari m Gujarati m Gurmukhi

You should select at least one of these choices. You can also select more than one at the same time.

Each choice also offers an option of keyboard layouts. You can find out more about the keyboard layouts in Chapter 3 of this manual.

Follow these steps to install the Indian Language Kit:

1 Turn off virus-detection software.

If you have any virus-detection software installed on your computer, turn it off. Some virus-detection programs may interfere with the installation process. Remember to turn on your virus-detection software when you’re done with the installation.

2 Quit any open application programs.

If you haven’t quit all programs, a message appears when you attempt to install the kit, telling you that some applications remain open and need to be closed.

3 Turn off all extensions except system 7.5 extensions.

Some extensions that are not part of the current system software may interfere with the installation process. To turn off these extensions, open the Apple () menu and choose Control Panels, then double-click the Extensions Manager control panel. In the window that appears, open the Sets pop-up menu and choose System 7.5 Only. (If you are using system software version

7. 5. 3 or later, choose System 7.5.3 from the pop-up menu.) Click the close box and choose Restart from the Special menu. Your computer restarts with only System 7.5 extensions on.

Chapter 2

4 Insert the

Kit

Install 1

CD into your CD-ROM drive)

disk into your floppy drive (or insert the

The Install 1 disk window (or the CD window) appears.

5Double-click the Installer icon to open it.

The software license agreement appears.

Macintosh Indian Language

6Click Agree.

The installation dialog box appears.

7Make sure the disk named in the Destination Disk section is the one where you want to

install your language kit.

If a different disk name appears, click Switch Disk until you see the name of the correct disk. Remember, you must install the kit on the hard disk you use as your startup disk in order to activate the Indian language support.

Setting Up

8Click to put an X in the checkbox next to each item you want to install.

9 Click Install.

Click the checkbox

next to each item you

want to install.

Make sure this is the

disk where you

want to install the

language kit.

10 If you see a message telling you to restart your computer, click Restart.

Click here to install the Indian Language Kit.

Click here to switch to a

different disk or installation.

A message tells you when you need to insert the other disks. It takes only a few minutes to complete the installation.

Note: If you installed your language kit on a disk different from your startup disk, you are asked to quit the Installer application. To activate the Indian language support, you must designate the disk where you installed the Indian Language Kit as your startup disk using the Startup Disk control panel, then restart your computer. Your computer now supports the Indian language or languages you have selected.

RECOMMENDED

The Indian Language Kit is not compatible with LaserWriter drivers earlier than version 8.3. For best results, install the LaserWriter 8.4.1 software included on the Indian Language Kit CD on your computer.

Chapter 2

About SimpleText

SimpleText is a basic multilingual text-editing program that supports Indian language characters as well as other available writing systems. If you do not have a version of SimpleText on your computer, it is automatically installed with the Indian Language Kit.

Displaying Indian language filenames correctly

If you have files and folders with Indian language names on your computer, you may find that the names don’t appear correctly on screen. This can happen if the font your system currently uses for file and folder names is not appropriate for an Indian language.

For example, many systems use the Geneva font for file and folder names, but Geneva contains characters meant only for English and other languages that use the Roman character set (such as French, Spanish, and German).

You can view Indian language file and folder names correctly by setting the Views control panel to the font that matches the Indian language you’ll use most often.

To do so, follow these steps:

1Choose Control Panels from the Apple (

2 Open the Views control panel.

) menu.

Setting Up

3 Open the “Font for views” pop-up menu.

Open the pop-up menu to choose your font.

4Choose an Indian language font from the pop-up menu.

5 Close the Views control panel.

Once you have reset the Views control panel, Indian language file names are displayed correctly onscreen. File names that use Roman fonts continue to be displayed with Roman characters.

Note: If your computer’s primary language uses the Roman character set, but is not English, specifying an Indian language font in the Views control panel may cause some difficulties in reading file and folder names that use Roman characters. This is because the Indian fonts do not contain umlauts, accents, and some other non-English Roman characters and symbols.

If you have more than one language kit installed on your computer, you may want to continue using the Geneva font, since the Indian language fonts do not have characters for other language kits.

Chapter 2

Removing the Indian Language Kit from your system

If you wish to remove the Indian languages from your system, use the Installer to remove all the files that provided Indian language support.

If you have other language kits on your system, don’t worry. The Installer will not remove any support needed for your other languages.

1 Turn off any virus-detection software.

If you have any virus-detection software installed on your computer, turn it off before you remove the Indian Language Kit. Remember to turn on your virus-detection software when you’re done.

2 Quit any open application programs.

If you haven’t quit all programs, a message appears when you attempt to remove the Indian Language Kit, telling you that some applications remain open and need to be closed.

3 Insert the

your CD-ROM drive).

Install 1

disk into your floppy drive (or insert the

The Install 1 disk window (or the CD window) appears.

Indian Language Kit

CD into

Setting Up

4Double-click the Installer icon to open it.

The software license agreement appears.

Chapter 2

5Click Agree.

Click the checkbox

next to each item you

want to remove.

The installation dialog box appears.

Open the pop-up menu and choose Custom Remove.

Make sure this is the

name of the disk

where the language

kit is installed.

6 Open the pop-up menu at the upper-left corner of the dialog box and choose Custom

7Make sure that the disk named in the Destination Disk section is the one from which you

8Click to put an X in the checkbox next to each item you want to remove.

9Click Remove.

10 If you see a message telling you to restart your computer, click Restart.

Click here to remove the selected files.

Click here to switch to a different disk.

Remove.

want to remove the Indian language software.

If the wrong disk name appears, click Switch Disk until you see the name of the correct disk.

There is a brief wait while the files are removed from your system.

If your language kit was installed on a disk different from your startup disk, you will only be asked to quit the Installer application.

Setting Up

Working With Indian Languages

With the Indian Language Kit installed on your computer, you have at least two languages to work with: your primary language, which is used in the Finder and other system software, and one of the Indian languages supported by this kit. You also have more choices about how to display text in your documents and on the desktop. This chapter tells you how to take advantage of all these choices.

The following pages explain how to choose a keyboard layout from the Keyboards menu, and set the Keyboard control panel to display the keyboard layout of your choice as the default. You will also learn about the different keyboard layouts provided with your Indian Language Kit.

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