Setting up Hebrew in Open Office Writer
July 23, 2008
Once your computer is set up for Hebrew, you still have to set up Hebrew capablilities in Writer. (Right-to-Left is referred to as Complex Text Layout, or CTL.)
Open a new document and go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings -> Languages
Check off the “Enabled for Complex Text Layout (CTL)” box.
Set your Western Language for “English” and your CTL for “Hebrew”
Click OK and you’re good to go.
Hebrew on your computer
July 21, 2008
If you have a Windows XP computer your computer is capable of handling many languages. This is how you set up Hebrew. (The same is true for Windows 2000 and Vista, with variations on these directions)
Start –> Control Panel
Click on “Date, Time, Language, Regional Options”
Click on “Regional and Language Options”
Click on the “Languages” Tab
In the “Supplemental Language Support” box, Click on the check box for “Install complex script and right-to-left languages”
Click OK
Back to the “Languages” Tab
Click on “Details”
Click “Add”
Click “Input Language”
(Choose) Hebrew
Click “OK”
Click “Apply”
Click “OK” (Box will close)
Click “Apply”
Click “OK” (Box will close)
You may close the Date, Time, Language, Regional Options screen now
The good news is that you only have to do this once.
Down on the bottom on the Taskbar you will see a box with EN in it. To change to Hebrew, you may either
1. Hit Alt + Shift
2. Click the EN box and then click on HE
Do the opposite to switch back to English
Online .pdfs
July 6, 2008
As an addendum to the previous post, if you’re at a computer and don’t have PrimoPDF installed, you can go to the following address and create a pdf online and have it e-mailed to you.
Uploading .pdfs – The Final Frontier
July 1, 2008
In early posts we learned about Adobe Acrobat .pdf files – what they are and how to create them.
Today, we will practice inserting a link to a .pdf to your blog post for your students.
Watch the video tutorial, then practice on your own. Practice makes perfect.
