Apple Macintosh Hebrew User Manual

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Macintosh Hebrew
Language Kit

Installation and User’s Manual
Manuel d’installation et d’utilisation

K Apple Computer, Inc.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction A-1

About this manual A-1

About the Hebrew Language Kit A-1

Requirements A-2

Chapter 2 Setting Up A-3

Installing the Hebrew Language Kit from the compact disc A-3

Installing the Hebrew Language Kit from floppy disks A-3

Displaying Hebrew filenames correctly A-5

Installing SimpleText Hebrew A-6

Removing the Hebrew Language Kit from your system A-6

Chapter 3 Choosing a Language for Your

Application Program A-9

The Hebrew Language Register program A-9

Registering your program for Hebrew A-9

Creating a Roman Language Register A-10

Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages A-11

What are scripts? A-11

Primary and secondary scripts A-12

Choosing a keyboard layout A-12

Hebrew Language Kit keyboard layouts A-13

About the Hebrew transliterated keyboard layouts A-13

The standard Hebrew keyboard layout A-13

The Hebrew keyboard layout for PowerBook computers A-14

The Hebrew-QWERTY transliterated keyboard layout A-14

The Hébreu-AZERTY transliterated keyboard layout A-15

Transliteration guidelines A-15

The Keyboard control panel A-17

The Text control panel A-17

Specific features for right-to-left scripts A-18

The Hebrew Setting control panel A-18

The Hebrew characters encoding table A-19

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting A-21

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Chapter 1

Introduction

About this manual

This manual explains how to install your Hebrew Language Kit.
You will also learn how to designate which of your application
programs should be opened in Hebrew, and how to use the new
control panels and menus that the language kit adds to your
system software.

Here is how to use this manual:

1. Install the Hebrew Language Kit.

Follow the instructions in Chapter 2 to install Hebrew
language support in your computer.

3. Display Hebrew menus correctly in your Hebrew
application programs.

Most Hebrew application programs display Hebrew correctly
after you install the Hebrew Language Kit. Follow the
instructions in Chapter 3 to designate Hebrew as the
language for your Hebrew program.

4. To find out more about the Hebrew language support
you have installed, read Chapter 4 of this manual.

Chapter 4 explains how to use the new Keyboards menu, and
how to set your Text, Keyboard, and Hebrew Setting control
panels. It also displays the keyboard layouts provided with the
language kit.

About the Hebrew Language Kit

2. Display Hebrew file and folder names correctly.

Follow the instructions in Chapter 2 to adjust the Views
control panel so that you can read Hebrew filenames.

The Hebrew Language Kit contains all the software you need to
work in Hebrew on your computer. You can use your computer’s
Hebrew capabilities in two ways:

m If you have a Macintosh application program that has been

localized for use in Hebrew, the menus, dialog boxes, help
messages, and other elements will be displayed in Hebrew.

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m You can enter English, Hebrew, and Yiddish in a single

document, using any Hebrew or non-Hebrew application
program that takes advantage of WorldScript I. (Check with
the program’s manufacturer if you’re not sure your program is
fully compatible with WorldScript I.)

Requirements

The Hebrew Language Kit runs on any Macintosh computer
equipped with the following:

m Macintosh system software version 7.1 or later.

The Hebrew Language Kit includes:
m The Hebrew Language Register, a program that lets you

specify which of your application programs should be opened
in Hebrew. Programs registered for Hebrew will display
menus and dialog boxes in Hebrew.

m WorldScript I, an extension to system software version 7.1 or

later that enables your system to handle languages like
Hebrew, which are written from right to left.

m System software resources needed for Hebrew.
m Four Hebrew TrueType fonts:

Arial, Corsiva, New Peninim, and Raanana

m Two Hebrew bitmap fonts:

Eilat, Hermon

m A set of key caps labels with Hebrew characters to stick on

your keyboard.

m SimpleText Hebrew.

m At least 4 megabytes of RAM (8 megabytes if you are using

Macintosh System 7.5 with QuickDraw GX installed).

On a Power Macintosh at least 8 megabytes of RAM (16
megabytes if you are using System 7.5 and QuickDraw GX).

m An internal or external hard disk drive.
m A floppy disk drive capable of reading high-density

(1.4-megabyte) floppy disks, or a CD-ROM drive.

m A choice of keyboard layouts, including the standard Hebrew

layout, as well as phonetically transcribed keyboard layouts for
the standard QWERTY (English) and AZERTY (French)
keyboard layouts.

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Chapter 2

Setting Up

Before you can use the Hebrew Language Kit you must install the
software. You may also want to consider setting your Views
control panel to display Hebrew file and folder names correctly on
your screen.

Installing the Hebrew Language Kit from
the compact disc

If your computer has a CD-ROM drive, you can install the Hebrew
Language Kit from the Macintosh Hebrew Language Kit CD disc
that came with your kit. To use the CD-ROM for installation,
follow the instructions in the next section of this manual,
“Installing the Hebrew Language Kit from Floppy Disks.” The
procedure is the same, but you won’t have to swap disks.
Everything you need is contained on the CD-ROM disc.

Installing the Hebrew Language Kit from
floppy disks

The installation process automatically makes a backup copy of
your System Folder (to protect the contents during installation of
the Hebrew Language Kit). The backup copy uses approximately
3 megabytes of space on your hard disk. This space is made
available to you again after installation is completed.

Your Hebrew Language Kit includes four Installation disks. You
will need three of these disks for English installation, Install 1,
English, Install 2, and Install 3. Have these disks ready before you
begin.

The Installer provides you with two installation choices:
m Hebrew installation (includes the Hebrew keyboard layout,

the Hebrew-QWERTY [English] transliterated keyboard layout,
and four Hebrew TrueType fonts).

m Optional items (includes additional keyboard layout choices).
v Note: To find out more about the keyboard layouts included in

your Hebrew Language Kit, read Chapter 4 of this manual. v

Unless you’ve already installed Hebrew, you should select Hebrew
language support. You can choose as many of the optional
installation items as you want.

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1. Quit any open application programs.

If you have any virus-detection software, turn it off.

v Note: It’s best to start your computer with all extensions

turned off before doing the installation. To do so, hold the
Shift key down while your computer is starting. v

2. Insert the Install 1, English disk into your floppy drive
(or insert the Macintosh Hebrew Language Kit CD disc
into your CD-ROM drive).

You should see the Installer icon in the Install 1, English disk’s
window.

3. Open the Installer by double-clicking its icon.

After a few moments, you see a welcome screen.

4. Click Continue.

The Custom Install dialog box appears.

Click the

checkbox

of each

item you

want to

install.

Make sure this is
the name of the
disk where you
want to install
the language kit.

Click here to
switch to a
different disk
for installation.

Click here to
install the
Hebrew
Language Kit.

7. Click Install.

Messages tell you when you need to insert another disk. It
takes a few minutes to complete the installation.

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

5. Make sure that the hard disk named is the one where
you want to install Hebrew.

If a different disk name appears, click the Switch Disk button
until you see the name of the correct disk.

6. Click the items you want to install to select them.

Chapter 2: Setting Up

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v Note: If you installed on a disk different from your startup

disk, you will first be asked to quit the Installer application.
You must designate the hard disk where you installed the
Hebrew Language Kit, then restart your computer to activate
the Hebrew language support. v

Your computer now supports Hebrew.

Displaying Hebrew filenames correctly

If you have files and folders with Hebrew names on your compu­ter, you may find that your system can’t correctly display these
Hebrew names. This can happen if the font your system currently
uses for file and folder names is not appropriate for Hebrew.

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

The Hermon font installed with the Hebrew Language Kit con­tains Hebrew characters as well as the most commonly used
Roman characters. You can view Hebrew file and folder names
correctly by setting the Views control panel to Hermon.

4. Choose Hermon (or any other Hebrew font you
prefer).

Choose Hermon.

5. Close the Views control panel.

Follow these steps to set the Views control panel:

1. Choose Control Panels from the Apple (K) menu.

2. Open the Views control panel.

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

Most Hebrew application programs display Hebrew correctly after
you install the Hebrew Language Kit. Follow the instructions in
Chapter 3 to designate Hebrew as the language for your Hebrew
program.

v Note: If your computer’s primary language uses the Roman

character set, but is not English, specifying a Hebrew font in
the Views control panel may cause some difficulties in reading
file and folder names that use Roman characters. This is
because the Hebrew fonts do not contain umlauts, accents,
and some other non-English Roman characters and
symbols. v

If you have more than one language kit installed, you may want to
continue using the Geneva font, since a Hebrew font will not
contain the characters for other language kits.

Chapter 2: Setting Up

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