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1. za CETTE Pr wh Installation and Users Manual Manuel d installation et d utilisation Apple Computer Inc This manual and the software described in it are copyrighted by Apple with all rights reserved Under the copyright laws this manual or the software may not be copied in whole or in part without the written consent of Apple except in the normal use of the software or to make a backup copy of the software The same proprietary and copyright notices must be affixed to any permitted copies as were affixed to the original This exception does not allow copies to be made for others whether or not sold but all of the material purchased with all backup copies may be sold given or loaned to another person Under the law copying includes translating into another language or format You may use the software on any computer owned by you but extra copies cannot be made for this purpose The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries Use of the keyboard Apple logo Option Shift K for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of Apple may constitute trademark infringement and unfair competition in violation of federal and state laws Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate Apple is not responsible for printing or clerical errors 1995 Apple Computer Inc 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino CA 95014 2084 408 9962. Disk until you see the name of the correct disk If the wrong disk name appears click Switch Disk until you see the name of the correct disk Click to select the items you want to remove Click Remove There is a short wait while the files are removed If you see a message telling you to restart your computer click Restart Arabic is not removed until you restart your computer eo Note If your language kit was installed on a disk different from your startup disk you will only be asked to quit the Installer application Click the checkbox of the items you want to remove a prabic Language Kit Check features to be removed pJ Arabic installation C Persian installation O Optional items LJ Arabic keyboard EJ Arabic keyboard for PowerBook Press this pop up menu and choose Custom Remove O Persian keyboard CI AZERTY transliterated keyboard O QWERTY transliterated keyboard Disk space available 103 223K Selected size 5 977E Eject Disk Hard Disk Switch Disk Remove Len Destination Disk Make sure this is the name Click here to Click here to remove of the disk where the switch to a the selected files language kit is installed different disk Chapter 2 Setting Up A 7 Chapter 3 Choosing a Language for Your Application Program Now that your computer can work in more than one language it must have a way to determine which programs must be opened in Arabic The Arab
3. enlarging spaces between words when you select No Kashida a enlarging words using the stretch bar in conformity with Arabic calligraphy rules No Kashida Double Triple Large The Single option adds Kashida equally to the appropriate initial and medial characters Kashida are recommended for initial characters The Double option adds two Kashida to appropriate initial characters and one Kashida to medial characters The Triple option adds three Kashida to appropriate initial characters and one Kashida to medial characters The Large option adds up to ten Kashida to appropriate initial characters and one Kashida to medial characters a Ligatures Some combinations of Arabic letters have special optional forms that include ligatures The Enable Ligatures option enables you to select these as default forms A 20 Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages For example Enable Ligatures OFF wo Enable Ligatures ON a Arabic and Two types of numeric digits are possible European with the Arabic Language Kit Arabic numerals numerals Y and European numerals EAJ The Use Arabic Numerals option displays numbers entered from the numeric keypad as Arabic numerals except when the numbers are entered within a series of Roman characters In that case European numerals will be displayed The following chart shows the results you can expect when you enter numbers using the main keyboard or numeric keypad Use Arab
4. 1010 Apple the Apple logo Macintosh Power Macintosh and QuickDraw are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries Truelype and WorldScript are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Adobe and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Times is a registered trademark of Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries Simultaneously published in the United States and Canada Mention of third party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance or use of these products Chapter 1 Introduction A 1 About this manual A 1 About the Arabic Language Kit A 1 Requirements A 2 Chapter 2 Setting Up A 3 Installing the Arabic Language Kit from the compact disc A 3 Installing the Arabic Language Kit from floppy disks A 3 Displaying Arabic or Persian filenames correctly A 5 Installing SimpleText Arabic A 6 Removing the Arabic Language Kit from your system A 6 Chapter 3 Choosing a Language for Your Application Program A 9 The Arabic Language Register program A 9 Registering your program for Arabic 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 Arabic Language Kit keyboard layouts A 12 The
5. System file in the System folder Select the unnecessary keyboard layouts and drag them to the Trash or into a temporary folder I installed both the Arabic and the Persian resources Now dialog boxes are coming up in Persian when I would really prefer Arabic Or dialog boxes are coming up in Arabic when I would really prefer Persian If you install both Arabic and Persian language kits the one that you install last will be the one on which dialog boxes are based To change this preference reinstall the language kit for your preferred language Chapter 5 Troubleshooting A 25
6. file Note Your existing version of SimpleText will also support Arabic and Persian text entry SimpleText Arabic is not required to use the Arabic Language Kit Removing the Arabic Language Kit from your system If you wish to remove Arabic or Persian from your system use the Installer to remove all the files that provided the 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 To remove Arabic or Persian language support you need the Install 1 English disk 1 Quit any open application programs If you have any virus detection software turn it off Note It s best to start your computer with all extensions turned off before doing the removal To do so hold the Shift key down while your computer is starting Insert the Install 1 English disk into your floppy drive or insert the Macintosh Arabic Language Kit CD disc into your CD ROM drive You should see the Installer icon in the Install 1 English disk s window Open the Installer by double clicking its icon A welcome screen appears Click Continue The Install dialog box appears Installer Press the pop up menu at the upper left corner of the dialog box and choose Custom Remove Make sure that the disk named is the disk from which you want to remove your Arabic or Persian language software If the wrong disk name appears click Switch
7. file and folder names is not appropriate for Arabic script 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 Geeza font installed with the Arabic Language Kit contains Arabic characters as well as the most commonly used Roman characters You can view Arabic or Persian file and folder names correctly by setting the Views control panel to Geeza Follow these steps to set the Views control panel 1 Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu 2 Open the Views control panel era We ws 3 Press the Font for views pop up menu 4 Choose Geeza or any other Arabic or Persian font you prefer Chicago Font for views Geneva Choose Geeza E Show disk info SW comments 5 Close the Views control panel Most Arabic script application programs display Arabic correctly after you install the Arabic Language Kit Follow the instructions in Chapter 3 to designate Arabic as the language for your Arabic program Note If your computer s primary language uses the Roman character set but is not English specifying an Arabic or Persian font in the Views control panel may cause some difficulties in reading file and folder names that use Roman characters This is because the Arabic and Persian fonts do not contain umlauts accents and some other non
8. you won t have to swap disks Everything you need is contained on the CD ROM disc Unless you ve already installed Arabic or Persian you should select at least one of these choices You can choose as many of the optional customized installation items as you want Note To find out more about the keyboard layouts included in your Arabic Language Kit read Chapter 4 of this manual Installing the Arabic Language Kit from floppy disks 1 Quit any open application programs The installation process automatically makes a backup copy of li you have any virus detection software turn it off your System Folder to protect the contents during installation of the Arabic Language Kit The backup copy uses approximately A 3 Note It s best to start your computer with all extensions TT turned off before doing the installation To do so hold the custom insta Shift key down while your computer is starting Click the J Arabic installation checkbox z aae a E Optional items 2 Insert the Install 1 English disk into your floppy drive of each C Arabic keyboard n f item you O Arabic keyboard for PowerBook or insert the Macintosh Arabic Language Kit CD disc C Persian keyboard want to O AZERTY transliterated keyboard into your CD ROM drive install amp QWERTY transliterated keyboard Disk space available 103 350K Destination Disk You should see the Installer icon in the Install 1 English disk s wind
9. Choosing a Language for Your Application Program Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages Now that you have installed the Arabic Language Kit your system supports at least two languages your primary language and Arabic or Persian When you add another language to your computer you have new choices about how text should appear on your desktop and in documents The more languages your computer supports the more choices you have This chapter explains choosing a keyboard layout from the Keyboards menu and setting the Keyboard and Text control panels to tailor how your computer displays text It also provides information about the different keyboard layouts provided with your Arabic Language Kit What are scripts Your Macintosh supports multiple languages and their writing systems through software known as a script system A script system tells your computer what characters the script contains and which keystrokes produce them The script system also specifies the direction of text flow left to right or right to left and other information such as sort order and date time number and currency formats For instance if you are working in English your system uses the Roman script The Roman character set is available and text flows from left to right If you are working in Arabic or Persian your system uses Arabic script The Arabic or Persian character set is available and text flows from right to left The same scr
10. English Roman characters and symbols If you have more than one language kit installed you may want to continue using the Geneva font since an Arabic or Persian font will not contain the characters for other language kits Chapter 2 Setting Up A 5 Installing SimpleText Arabic SimpleText Arabic is a basic multilingual text editing program that supports Arabic or Persian characters as well as all other available writing systems This program is not automatically installed with your language kit If you wish to install it follow these steps 1 Do one of the following If you have a CD ROM drive insert the CD Install disc into the CD ROM drive Otherwise insert the Install 1 English floppy disk into your floppy drive 2 When the floppy disk or CD ROM disc icon appears on the screen double click it to open it 3 Locate the SimpleText Arabic icon Simple Text Arabic If you don t see the SimpleText Arabic icon in the window resize the window to make it larger or scroll the window to see more 4 Drag the SimpleText Arabic icon to your hard disk If you have more than one version of SimpleText on your computer for instance SimpleText Arabic and an English version the wrong version may start when you try to open a SimpleText file Instead of opening a SimpleText file directly first A 6 Chapter 2 Setting Up open the version of SimpleText you want to use then choose Open from the File menu to open your
11. a program in Arabic I can t work in Arabic with my usual application program Your application program may not be completely compatible with WorldScript I If it isn t it won t automatically switch to an Arabic font when you select an Arabic keyboard or it may not let you see the Arabic fonts in the font menu or it may not support right to left text entry To determine if your application program is WorldScript I compatible please consult the dealer from whom you purchased the program or the program s manufacturer Since I installed the Arabic Language Kit I can no longer work with some of my other application programs even in Roman This may be caused by a lack of memory The Arabic Language Kit when installed is automatically loaded in memory at startup along with system software Your system software takes up more space in memory and the amount of memory available for programs decreases If you are sure that you have enough memory this problem may be due to an incompatibility between non Roman languages and your program You may need to deactivate the Arabic Language Kit while you are using the application You can do so by disabling the WorldScript I extension in the Extensions Manager control panel included with Macintosh System 7 5 and later Since I installed the Arabic Language Kit unwanted keyboard layouts appear in my Keyboards menu How do I remove them To remove unnecessary keyboard layouts open the
12. ftware version 7 1 or later that enables your system to handle languages like Arabic which are written from right to left System software resources needed for Arabic and Persian Seven Arabic fonts in a variety of formats including AlBayan TrueType PostScript Baghdad Truelype PostScript Geeza Truelype PostScript Kufi TrueType PostScript Nadeem TrueType PostScript Thuluth PostScript bitmap Cairo bitmap Six Persian fonts in a variety of formats including Amir PostScript TrueType Asfahan PostScript TrueType Mashad PostScript TrueType NadeemFarsi PostScript TrueType Kamran TrueType Tehran bitmap A 2 Chapter 1 Introduction A choice of keyboard layouts including standard Arabic and Persian layouts as well as phonetically transcribed keyboard layouts for the standard QWERTY English and AZERTY French keyboard layouts A set of key caps labels with Arabic characters to stick on your keyboard A set of key caps labels with Persian characters to stick on your keyboard SimpleText Arabic Requirements The Arabic Language Kit runs on any Macintosh computer equipped with the following Macintosh system software version 7 1 or later 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 mega bytes if you are using System 7 5 and QuickDraw GX An internal or exte
13. ge Kit Follow the instructions in Chapter 3 of this manual to designate either Arabic or Persian as the language for your Arabic script program 4 To find out more about the Arabic 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 Arabic Persian Setting control panels to customize your computer s Arabic script capabilities It also displays the keyboard layouts provided with the language kit About the Arabic Language Kit The Arabic Language Kit contains all the software you need to work in Arabic or Persian on your computer You can use your computer s Arabic script capabilities in two ways Ifyou have a Macintosh application program that has been localized for use in Arabic the menus dialog boxes help messages and other elements will be displayed in Arabic You can enter English Arabic and Persian in a single document using any Arabic or non Arabic 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 A 1 The Arabic Language Kit includes The Arabic Language Register a program that lets you specify which of your application programs should be opened in Arabic Programs registered for Arabic will display menus and dialog boxes in Arabic WorldScript I an extension to system so
14. ian Choose a default keyboard layout from this list 4 Close the Keyboard control panel The Text control panel As explained at the beginning of this chapter the same script can be used by more than one language Two languages that share the same script may have different rules for such things as sorting order or capitalization When more than one set of rules exists for the script you are using you can use the Text control panel to specify which rules you want to apply For your primary script the rules determine how file and folder names are sorted on your desktop For example if your primary script is Roman and you ve installed support for both French and U S systems you could set the Roman script to follow U S rules for sorting Specific features for right to left scripts If your system has a right to left script installed such as Arabic or Persian your Text control panel has some additional features as shown below The Text control panel determines the direction left to right or right to left in which the system presents text and other on screen elements such as buttons and menus The Text control panel also allows you to choose split caret insertion so you can see insertion points at each of two possible locations when you are typing at a boundary between left to right and right to left text This box illustrates the effects of the insertion point Persian rules selected options chosen below Te
15. ic Language Register program Application programs contain a region code that tells your system which language and font should be used for menus dialog boxes help balloons and other items Some programs however contain region codes that don t specify the preferred language Suppose you open an Arabic script program whose region code does not specify Arabic With your Arabic Language Kit you can work in the program but you won t be able to read the menus dialog boxes and help balloons To remedy this problem an Arabic Language Register program is supplied with your Arabic Language Kit You can use the Language Register to register the programs you want to use in Arabic You may not need to register all your Arabic programs only those in which menus don t appear correctly in Arabic Registering your program for Arabic You need only register a program once After it is registered a program always opens in the language you specified unless you reinstall it or re register it in a different language or use it with a different system To register a program 1 Open the Arabic Language Register Double click here to open the Arabic Arabic Language Register Language Register You ll find the Arabic Language Register in the Apple Extras folder on the hard disk where you installed the kit 2 Click the Register Application button To set the language that you want an application program to use choose a language from
16. ic Numerals Use Arabic Numerals Selected Unselected Input from Numeric Keypad vY 123 Input from Main Keyboard YY YY The Persian Setting control panel This control panel has features similar to the Arabic Setting control panel Caution If both Arabic and Persian scripts are installed in your system you will not be able to select different settings for each script The settings will default to the most recent selection in the Arabic or Persian Setting control panel Persian Setting Font Kashida E Persian digits The Arabic characters encoding table The character encoding table used in the Arabic Language Kit is shown below Column rank represents the first code digit and row rank represents the second code digit Rank starts from 0 For example letter b is in the 6 column and the 2 row so its hexadecimal code is 62 Important The Arabic space character code is SAO This is not the same as the Roman space character code which is 20 Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages A 21 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This section contains solutions to some common problems you may encounter while working on a computer that supports Arabic or Persian I see odd characters that I can t read in some of my file and folder names The font your system is using for file and folder names does not contain any Arabic characters Arabic or Persian names can t be properly displayed unless your
17. ipt can be used by several languages if they share most of the same characters and behaviors For example Roman script is used for English French German and Spanish Examples of Macintosh scripts and corresponding languages Roman English French German Italian Spanish Cyrillic Russian Ukrainian Bulgarian Serbian Macedonian Belorussian Hebrew Hebrew Japanese Japanese Traditional Chinese Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Simplified Chinese Korean Korean Arabic Arabic Persian A 11 Primary and secondary scripts The script used by your system software the language in the menus dialog boxes and other items on the screen is your computer s primary script If you install a language kit that uses a different script that script becomes a secondary script for your system For example if your system is English and you install the Arabic Language Kit your system s primary script is Roman and its secondary script is Arabic Choosing a keyboard layout a E Hbout Keyboards Se British Bi French U S 4 Arabe AZERTY Arabic 4 Arabic for PowerBook Arabic QWERTY YA Persian In the upper right of your screen you ll see a Keyboards menu in the menu bar The Keyboards menu is available on any system with more than one language installed If you work in two languages you can switch from one language to another by choosing the appropriate keyboard layout from the Keyboards menu For exa
18. l your files and folders even those that contain Arabic A 23 Setting the Views control panel to Geeza or Tehran is necessary only to read Arabic file and folder names If you don t set the Views control panel you will still see Arabic correctly displayed within your Arabic or multilingual application programs You can write and print in Arabic remember to give your files non Arabic names I changed my Views control panel to the Geeza or Tehran font but I still see odd characters in my Application menu Not all the problems of working in multiple languages on one computer have been solved Unfortunately the Application menu cannot display Arabic names even after you set your Views control panel to an Arabic font The names of your Arabic applica tion programs will not be correctly displayed in the Application menu and in certain dialog boxes Icons that appear in the Application menu next to each program s name will help you to identify your Arabic programs I can t edit an Arabic file or folder name You may have a non Arabic keyboard selected in the Keyboards menu Pull down the Keyboards menu and select an Arabic keyboard For more information on the Keyboards menu see Chapter 4 A 24 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting I reinstalled one of my Arabic application programs Do I need to re register it in Arabic If the name of your program changes you must re register it See Chapter 3 for instructions on registering
19. me of Letter Dhaa cayn ghayn faa qaaf kaaf laam miim nuun haa waaw yaa alif maqsurah hamza hamza under alif G nN QWERTY Keyboard Transliteration J Y I A option 1 AZERTY Keyboard Transliteration option Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages A 17 The Keyboard control panel Use the Keyboard control panel to choose which keyboard layout is the default the one automatically selected in your Keyboards menu for each script on your system The keyboard layouts displayed in the Keyboard control panel correspond to the script and language currently selected in your Keyboards menu For instance if the U S keyboard is currently selected in your Keyboards menu the Keyboard control panel lists all the keyboard layouts available for the Roman script If you want to set the default keyboard layout for the Arabic script choose an Arabic keyboard in the Keyboards menu Then follow the instructions given here To set the default Arabic keyboard layout 1 Choose Control Panels in the Apple menu 2 Open the Keyboard control panel The current default keyboard is highlighted A 18 Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages 3 Select the new default keyboard layout you want Keyboard Key Repeat Rate OOO ao Slow Fast Delay Until Repeat O O 8OO Off Long Short Keyboard Layout amp Arabic E amp Arabic for PowerBook a Arabic QWERTY ku Ya Pers
20. mple using an Arabic application A 12 Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages program or a program that takes advantage of WorldScript I you can type a document in Arabic that includes passages in English all using the correct fonts and characters To choose a keyboard layout while working in an application program you can do one of the following Pull down the Keyboards menu and choose the keyboard layout you want to use You can now type in the language corresponding to the layout you selected a If you know what s listed in the Keyboards menu press 8 Space Bar to switch to the next section of the list without opening the menu Press Option Space Bar to switch to the next choice within the same section You may also need to change keyboard layouts while working on the desktop However if you want to edit an Arabic file or folder name you need to select an Arabic font in the Views control panel see Chapter 2 and an Arabic keyboard layout Arabic Language Kit keyboard layouts The Arabic Language Kit offers five different keyboard layouts m the standard Arabic keyboard layout a the Arabic keyboard layout for PowerBook computers a the Arabic QWERTY transliterated keyboard layout a the Arabe AZERTY transliterated keyboard layout m the standard Persian keyboard layout The standard Arabic keyboard layout This is the standard Macintosh Arabic keyboard It lets you type all Arabic characters in Normal and Shif
21. ntrol Panel Normal A 16 Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages About the transliterated keyboard layouts You should use the Arabic keyboard layout if you are already familiar with this layout Otherwise you may want to choose one of the transliterated keyboard layouts The transliterated keyboard layouts phonetically map the Arabic characters to a standard English QWERTY transliterated or French AZERTY transliterated keyboard layout Transliteration guidelines The chart on the next page lists the names of all the letters of the Arabic alphabet and the key caps on the Arabic QWERTY and Arabe AZERTY keyboards to which they correspond The keyboard mapping matches where possible the pronunciation of the corresponding Roman character For example alif is mapped to the letter a and miim is mapped to the letter m The Persian Transliteration Guide below can be used in addition to the Arabic Transliteration Guide on the following page QWERTY AZERTY Name of Persian Keyboard Keyboard Letter Form Transliteration Transliteration peh Z option P option P tcheh d option C or H option C or H zheh 5 option option gaf cS option G option G Name of Letter valif baa taa thaa jiim Haa khaa daal dhaal raa zaay siin shiin Saad Daad Taa Arabic Form C amp AAA amp e b 5 5 a OWERTY Keyboard Transliteration AZERTY Keyboard Transliteration Na
22. ow Hard Disk a Make sure this is Click here to Click here to Installer the name of the switch to a install the Arabic disk where you different disk Language Kit 3 Open the Installer by double clicking its icon ao for installation the language kit After a few moments you see a welcome screen 8 If you see a message telling you to restart your 4 Click Continue gt 5 gy y computer click Restart D e a AUA Note Ifyou installed on a disk different from your startup 5 Make sure that the hard disk named is the one where disk you will first be asked to quit the Installer application you want to install Arabic or Persian You must designate the hard disk where you installed the Arabic Language Kit as your startup disk then restart your computer to activate the Arabic or Persian language support 4 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 7 Click Install Your computer now supports Arabic or Persian Messages tell you when you need to insert another disk It takes a few minutes to complete the installation A 4 Chapter 2 Setting Up Displaying Arabic or Persian filenames correctly If you have files and folders with Arabic or Persian names on your computer you may find that your system can t correctly display these names This can happen if the font your system currently uses for
23. rnal hard disk drive A floppy disk drive capable of reading high density 1 4 megabyte floppy disks or a CD ROM drive Chapter 2 S tti U 3 megabytes of space on your hard disk This space is made C Ing p available to you again after installation is completed Your Arabic Language Kit includes five installation disks You will Before you can use the Arabic Language Kit oat install the need four of these disks for English installation Install 1 English software You may also want to consider setting your Views and Install 2 3 and 4 Have these disks ready before you begin control panel to display Arabic file and folder names correctly on your screen The Installer provides you with three installation choices a Arabic installation includes the Arabic keyboard layout the Installing the Arabic Language Kit from the Arabic QWERTY keyboard and five Arabic TrueType fonts compact disc Persian installation includes the Persian keyboard layout and five Persian TrueType fonts If your computer has a CD ROM drive you can install the Arabic a waa Language Kit from the Macintosh Arabic Language Kit CD disc a Optional items includes Arabic and Persian PostScript fonts that came with your kit To use the CD ROM for installation and additional keyboard layout choices follow the instructions in the next section of this manual Installing the Arabic Language Kit from Floppy Disks The procedure is the same but
24. standard Arabic keyboard layout A 13 Arabic keyboard layout for PowerBook computers A 13 The Arabic QWERTY transliterated keyboard layout A 14 The Arabe AZERTY transliterated keyboard layout A 15 The Persian keyboard layout A 16 About the transliterated keyboard layouts A 16 Transliteration guidelines A 16 The Keyboard control panel A 18 The Text control panel A 18 Specific features for right to left scripts A 19 The Arabic Setting control panel A 19 The Persian Setting control panel A 21 The Arabic characters encoding table A 21 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting A 23 A iii Chapter 1 Introduction About this manual This manual explains how to install your Arabic Language Kit You will also learn how to designate which of your application programs should be opened in Arabic and how to use the control panels and menus that the language kit adds to your system software Here is how to use this manual 1 Decide which parts of the Arabic Language Kit you want to install You can install Arabic and Persian Follow the instructions in Chapter 2 of this manual to install Arabic or Persian 2 Display Arabic file and folder names correctly Follow the instructions in Chapter 2 of this manual to adjust the Views control panel so that you can read Arabic filenames 3 Display Arabic menus correctly in your Arabic application programs Most Arabic application programs display Arabic correctly after you install the Arabic Langua
25. system uses a font that contains Arabic characters Choose Geeza or Tehran for Persian in your Views control panel see the section Displaying Arabic or Persian Filenames Correctly in Chapter 2 The Geeza font contains Arabic characters as well as the most commonly used Roman characters You can usually view Arabic and Roman file and folder names correctly by setting the Font for views to Geeza If you still see odd characters on your screen read on I changed my Views control panel to the Geeza or Tehran font but I still see odd characters in my Arabic application program Your system may not recognize your Arabic program as Arabic Follow the instructions in Chapter 3 of this manual to register your program as Arabic I changed my Views control panel to the Geeza font and now I can t read some of my non Arabic file and folder names If you have file or folder names that contain non English Roman characters such as accents or umlauts they will not be correctly displayed after you change the Views control panel to either the Geeza or Tehran font A few other characters such as typographic quotation marks and ellipses will also not be correctly displayed This is because the Geeza and Tehran fonts do not have a complete set of Roman characters only the most commonly used ones In the Views control panel choose a font that will correctly display your non Arabic file and folder names Then use non Arabic names for al
26. t positions The top keyboard row allows you to type Arabic numerals They are displayed from right to left as on an Arabic typewriter The numeric keypad lets you type Arabic or European numerals according to your settings see the section The Arabic Setting Control Panel They are displayed from left to right Normal Arabic keyboard layout for PowerBook computers This layout is similar to the previous one except that it lets you type European numerals from the top keyboard row when Use Arabic Numerals is not selected in the Arabic Setting control panel It is recommended for use with Apple PowerBook computers which do not have a keypad integrated with their keyboard Normal Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages A 13 The Arabic QWERTY transliterated keyboard layout This keyboard layout displays Arabic characters on a QWERTY keyboard the default in English speaking countries in the same position when possible as the corresponding Roman characters with similar pronunciation It is recommended for people who are not familiar with the Arabic keyboard Normal Pressing the Shift key gives access to graphic alternatives of a consonant In particular Shift adds or removes some dots Examples Shift ye 54 Shift Ome Shift Es amp A 14 Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages Seni im Co E E E Press Option to obtain short vowels Option 1 or to obtain the phonetic alterna
27. the pop up menu Language Click ae Register egister Application i i PP ication A list of application programs and folders appears A 9 3 Select the application program you want to register Creating 4 Roman Language Register To set the language that you want an application If you register a program as Arabic by accident you can change it eee back to your computer s primary language by following these Language steps set nnn tee Hthe progam 4 Open the Arabic Language Register Er 2 Pull down the Language menu listed use this AERE Worlawrite menu to see 3 Choose Roman folders 4 Click OK Click the program you Your Arabic Language Register changes to a Roman Language want to register Register You can now use it to re register programs as Roman 4 Click the Register button Hint As a convenience you can create additional language registers for any of the languages installed on your system and then use the short cut method described at left to register your programs Now you can open your program and begin working in Arabic or Persian Tip You can use a short cut method to register your pro grams If the program you want to register is open quit it Then drag the program s icon to the icon for the Arabic Language Register When the Language Register icon is highlighted release the mouse button A message confirms that the program is registered 4 A 10 Chapter 3
28. tive of a consonant Examples Option s Option a Option Shift SM po Il Press Option Shift to obtain tanwin vowels Option Shift or to get Persian consonants following English Persian phonetic rules Option Shift p W The Arabe AZERTY transliterated keyboard layout This keyboard layout displays Arabic characters on a French AZERTY keyboard in the same position as the corresponding Roman characters with similar pronunciation It is recommended for people who are not familiar with the Arabic keyboard Normal Press Shift to obtain the graphic alternative of a consonant In particular Shift adds or removes some dots Examples Shift ye 54 Shift tae Shift cs Option Press Option to obtain short vowels Option or to obtain the phonetic alternative of a consonant Examples Option 4 42 Option J d Option Shift Press Option Shift to obtain tanwin vowels Option Shift 7 or to get Persian consonants following French Persian phonetic rules Option Shift p Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages A 15 The Persian keyboard layout This is the standard Persian keyboard It lets you type all Persian characters in Normal and Shift positions The top keyboard row allows you to type Arabic numerals The numeric keypad lets you type Arabic or European numerals according to your settings see the section The Persian Setting Co
29. xt Behaviors Insertion Point EnglisHOOOO Choose the Script Arabic Ra noir Cursor sS Behavior blinking speed Rate of Blinking M O Split Single Slow Fast Affects sort order case conversion and word definitions Choose if you want a split system Direction _ icin insertion point The Left to right KI upper half of the Insertion Point shows where the next Choose the writing direction for dialog boxes System character of messages and so the current forth script will appear The Arabic Setting control panel This control panel lets you select the Roman font you want to associate with Arabic fonts It also allows you to select your preferred Kashida behavior to enable or disable Arabic ligatures and to choose Arabic or European numerals Double click the Arabic Setting control panel The following window appears Arabic Setting Font Kashida EJ Enable Ligatures E Use Arabic Numerals This pop up menu allows you to choose the default Roman font whenever you type Roman characters in an Arabic context This is especially useful if you are using an application that allows only one text font per section m font a Kashida Use this pop up menu to select your preferred Kashida behavior when you want to justify text Chapter 4 Working in Multiple Languages A 19 When an application allows you to justify text you can do so in either of two ways
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