Yiddish Word Processing
Operating System: Windows 98/ME
Wordpad for Windows
| IMPORTANT: These instructions assume that you have already visited a Users' Guide to Yiddish on the Internet and followed the link for your operating system to set up your computer for Yiddish. If you use Windows, this assumes that you have installed the Yiddish Keyboard Layouts at <www.shoshke.net/uyip/win-installer.htm> and have followed all instructions there for configuring your system for Yiddish Unicode UTF-8. If you use Mac OS 9.1 or 9.2, this assumes you have installed the Hebrew Language Kit. |
Note that Microsoft Word in Win 95/98/ME does not go Right-to-Left unless you have installed Microsoft Office 2000 or 2002. Therefore, if you do not have Office 2000 or 2002, you may wish to use Wordpad. It comes free with all versions of Windows, so there is no additional installation or purchase required. Wordpad lacks sophisticated word processing functions, like columns, tables, indexing, automatic page numbering, etc. Wordpad does have basic word processing functionality like bold, italic, underline, word wrap, printing, user selection of Windows fonts and point size, etc.
- To open Wordpad, go to Start / Programs / Accessories / Wordpad. Change to Yiddish by clicking on the tiny blue box on the lower edge of your computer screen (the Task Bar).
- If you use Win 7 orVista, you can type Yiddish directly into Wordpad. First: You must change the Paragraph Direction (which simultaneously changes the keyboard from EN to HE and vice versa) by toggling on the Keyboard Shortcuts -- Right or Left Ctrl+Shift.
- If you use Win 98, ME, NT, 2000, or XP, you can type Yiddish directly into Wordpad. FIRST: Change from EN to HE for Yiddish. Click on the Right Alignment button on the top Toolbar in Wordpad (or click Format / Paragraph / Alignment / Right).
- If you use Win 95, using Wordpad will be problematic because it does not properly handle right-to-left paragraph direction. Try using Ding Dang Write (DRich) for Yiddish word processing in Windows 95.
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07/02/2006 10:14 PM
