Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jan-Wim Wesselius" <jwwesselius AT mail.thuk.nl>]

I see that Chris Kimball already reacted, but I have some things to
add, so I send my own mail about this fascinating subject also:

It is a bit technical, but not very difficult to activate L=>R text
entry and editing for Open Office or Word 2003 under Windows 2000
Professional (latest Service Pack) or Windows XP. You have to activate
the right keyboard and language module under the internationalization
module of the configuration screen (sorry, I do not have the right
terms in my mind, I am working on a Dutch-language system at the
moment). The help function should get you on your way, though you will
probably have to experiment with some functions. Then you get a small
menu in the taskbar which allows you to switch from EN to HE (and to
SY, JP, AR etc. etc.). Within Word 2003 or Open Office you can define
the main direction of each paragraph (this is important, because there
is a difference between English text embedded in a Hebrew paragraph
and Hebrew text embedded in English). Hope this helps, Jan-Wim
Wesselius

PS The SBL font has cantillation marks, and a good manua with all the 
positions

Jan-Wim Wesselius
Senior Lecturer in Semitic Studies
Theological University of Kampen
POB 5021, 8260 GA Kampen
The Netherlands

Phone: +31 38 3371 662
Fax: +31 38 3371 613
E-mail: jwwesselius AT mail.thuk.nl
Homepage: www.jwwesselius.nl


On 8/7/06, Larry Baden <llbaden AT sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> George,
>
> I am not certain, but I think the later versions of MS Word have that
> ability, with the Hebrew language font installed.
>
> Larry Baden
> 5122 Lenox Ave.
> St. Louis, MO 63119
>
> "I remember thinking at the end of those two hours, if all this is true and
> the power of God is available to heal the sick, to care for the broken, to
> comfort the sad, to encourage the broken, the defeated and so forth, then
> what else would one want to do between now and the return of
> st?"     ---- John Wimber
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of George Athas
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 4:33 PM
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Right to Left Processing
>
>
> Hi Folks!
>
> A student of mine has asked if I know of any devices which will enable
> right-to-left word processing on the Windows platform. Since I gave up years
> ago, for lack of finding anything which worked smoothly, I thought I'd refer
> the question to the list. Can anyone help out?
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College
> 1 King St, Newtown 2042, Australia
> Ph: (+61 2) 9577 9774
>
>
>
>
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