displaying Hebrew fonts

Discussion:

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Howard & Rivka Finkelstein

2009-05-07 13:04:30 UTC

I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks

Tom Ferguson

2009-05-07 15:46:02 UTC

Permalink

Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.

Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.

I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.

--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks

Suzanne S. Barnhill

2009-05-07 16:17:54 UTC

Permalink

My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since these fonts
may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin characters in the
keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be inserted via a
different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or from Insert |
Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for Hebrew through
Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and perhaps also through the
Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a Word
document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?) are
you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks

Howard & Rivka Finkelstein

2009-05-08 03:26:47 UTC

Permalink

This is it exactly. I did select Hebrew in Microsoft Office Language
settings, but when I tried to add the language through Control Panel,
Regional and Language Options, the "add language" option did not appear...

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin characters in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and perhaps also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks

grammatim

2009-05-08 12:12:20 UTC

Permalink

Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.

If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.

On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
This is it exactly. I did select Hebrew in Microsoft Office Language
settings, but when I tried to add the language through Control Panel,
Regional and Language Options, the "add language" option did not appear...

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks-

Howard & Rivka Finkelstein

2009-05-08 15:47:03 UTC

Permalink

I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked fine. I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the choice to
"add language"

"grammatim" <***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:57831190-bfc6-41b3-8c72-***@v4g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.

If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.

On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks-

grammatim

2009-05-08 16:09:30 UTC

Permalink

Once again: We can't help you if you don't tell us whether you have XP
or Vista.

On May 8, 11:47 am, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked fine. I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the choice to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks--

Howard & Rivka Finkelstein

2009-05-10 03:51:03 UTC

Permalink

Sorry, I keep leaving this out,it's a new computer,it's Vista....
Thanks
Rivka
"grammatim" <***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:12c302b0-9a4b-4d21-814e-***@q14g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...
Once again: We can't help you if you don't tell us whether you have XP
or Vista.

On May 8, 11:47 am, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and perhaps also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks--

grammatim

2009-05-10 13:58:45 UTC

Permalink

Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Keyboards and
Languages > Change Keyboards > Add...

Once you've added as many keyboards as you'd like, and you OK your way
out of all those panels, you'll find a square near the right end of
the desktop status bar that reads "EN." Click on that and you'll see
HE (and any other languages you just turned on). When your cursor is
in a Word document (or any other document), if you choose a keyboard
from that list, you will then be typing in that language in that
document.

If you go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Ease of Access you
can open the On-Screen Keyboard. When your cursor is in a document set
to Hebrew keyboard, when you move your cursor over the on-screen
keyboard, it changes to show you the Hebrew letters you can type (or
click on). You can add an OSK icon to the Start menu or to the status
bar for convenience.

There's a surprisingly useful guide to typing in Hebrew at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_keyboard

On May 9, 11:51 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
Sorry, I keep leaving this out,it's a new computer,it's Vista....
Thanks
Once again: We can't help you if you don't tell us whether you have XP
or Vista.
On May 8, 11:47 am, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and perhaps also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks---

Howard & Rivka Finkelstein

2009-05-11 18:09:13 UTC

Permalink

Thanks for all the info. Everything worked fine, except that the Hebrew
Keyboard did not come up, and everything is in English still
But I do have an "on screen keyboard" shortcut on my desktop.
Rivka
"grammatim" <***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:a8444371-6072-4a8a-98e4-***@z7g2000vbh.googlegroups.com...
Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Keyboards and
Languages > Change Keyboards > Add...

Once you've added as many keyboards as you'd like, and you OK your way
out of all those panels, you'll find a square near the right end of
the desktop status bar that reads "EN." Click on that and you'll see
HE (and any other languages you just turned on). When your cursor is
in a Word document (or any other document), if you choose a keyboard
from that list, you will then be typing in that language in that
document.

If you go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Ease of Access you
can open the On-Screen Keyboard. When your cursor is in a document set
to Hebrew keyboard, when you move your cursor over the on-screen
keyboard, it changes to show you the Hebrew letters you can type (or
click on). You can add an OSK icon to the Start menu or to the status
bar for convenience.

There's a surprisingly useful guide to typing in Hebrew at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_keyboard

On May 9, 11:51 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked fine. I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the
choice
to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and perhaps also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks---

grammatim

2009-05-11 18:52:16 UTC

Permalink

Do you mean the On-Screen Keyboard doesn't show as Hebrew? Your cursor
needs to be _in_ a document for which you've chosen HE from the icon
near the bottom right, and then you glide your mouse pointer over the
OSK and it switches to Hebrew.

On May 11, 2:09 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
Thanks for all the info. Everything worked fine, except that the Hebrew
Keyboard did not come up, and everything is in English still
But I do have an "on screen keyboard" shortcut on my desktop.
Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Keyboards and
Languages > Change Keyboards > Add...
Once you've added as many keyboards as you'd like, and you OK your way
out of all those panels, you'll find a square near the right end of
the desktop status bar that reads "EN." Click on that and you'll see
HE (and any other languages you just turned on). When your cursor is
in a Word document (or any other document), if you choose a keyboard
from that list, you will then be typing in that language in that
document.
If you go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Ease of Access you
can open the On-Screen Keyboard. When your cursor is in a document set
to Hebrew keyboard, when you move your cursor over the on-screen
keyboard, it changes to show you the Hebrew letters you can type (or
click on). You can add an OSK icon to the Start menu or to the status
bar for convenience.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_keyboard
On May 9, 11:51 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked fine. I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the
choice
to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and perhaps also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks----

Howard & Rivka Finkelstein

2009-05-11 20:18:56 UTC

Permalink

I just got it to work,,, yey!! There was a step that Iwas missing. There's
an icon in the task bar for keyboard. So you click on EN and change it to
HE, then you click on the keyboard icon, and select Hebrew Israel, and then,
it goes in Hebrew, and the on screen keyboard is in Hebrew...
Thanks so much.
Rivka
"grammatim" <***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:6cd4898b-01fd-454a-864e-***@h23g2000vbc.googlegroups.com...
Do you mean the On-Screen Keyboard doesn't show as Hebrew? Your cursor
needs to be _in_ a document for which you've chosen HE from the icon
near the bottom right, and then you glide your mouse pointer over the
OSK and it switches to Hebrew.

On May 11, 2:09 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked fine. I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the
choice
to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and perhaps also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers
to
a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain
further.
Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other
application
(?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear
in
the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks----

Howard & Rivka Finkelstein

2009-05-11 20:26:13 UTC

Permalink

P.S. I just tried it in Word Perfect x3, works there too. Great tool, thanks
again.
Rivka

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I just got it to work,,, yey!! There was a step that Iwas missing. There's
an icon in the task bar for keyboard. So you click on EN and change it to
HE, then you click on the keyboard icon, and select Hebrew Israel, and
then, it goes in Hebrew, and the on screen keyboard is in Hebrew...
Thanks so much.
Rivka
Do you mean the On-Screen Keyboard doesn't show as Hebrew? Your cursor
needs to be _in_ a document for which you've chosen HE from the icon
near the bottom right, and then you glide your mouse pointer over the
OSK and it switches to Hebrew.
On May 11, 2:09 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked fine. I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the
choice
to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support
for
Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and perhaps also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers
to
a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain
further.
Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other
application
(?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear
in
the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks----

grammatim

2009-05-11 21:28:19 UTC

Permalink

I don't have that second icon. Maybe you installed more than one
Hebrew keyboard.

(I used to have it when I had the Keyman accessory, which has largely
been replaced by greater capacity in Vista.)

On May 11, 4:18 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I just got it to work,,, yey!! There was a step that Iwas missing. There's
an icon in the task bar for keyboard. So you click on EN and change it to
HE, then you click on the keyboard icon, and select Hebrew Israel, and then,
it goes in Hebrew, and the on screen keyboard is in Hebrew...
Thanks so much.
Do you mean the On-Screen Keyboard doesn't show as Hebrew? Your cursor
needs to be _in_ a document for which you've chosen HE from the icon
near the bottom right, and then you glide your mouse pointer over the
OSK and it switches to Hebrew.
On May 11, 2:09 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked fine. I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the
choice
to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for
Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and perhaps also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers
to
a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain
further.
Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other
application
(?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine
exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear
in
the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct
this?
Thanks-----

Howard & Rivka Finkelstein

2009-05-11 22:14:08 UTC

Permalink

There was a selection, after you select Regional and Language Options, and
you go to Keyboards and Languages, and you go to Change Keyboards, theres a
tab for Show additional Language bar icons. I checked that and thats how I
got the keyboard icon. But now Ive lost my apostrophe and quotes. Going to
go find them
Rivka
"grammatim" <***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:9c349d89-6e8e-4f44-b907-***@q2g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...
I don't have that second icon. Maybe you installed more than one
Hebrew keyboard.

(I used to have it when I had the Keyman accessory, which has largely
been replaced by greater capacity in Vista.)

On May 11, 4:18 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I just got it to work,,, yey!! There was a step that Iwas missing. There's
an icon in the task bar for keyboard. So you click on EN and change it to
HE, then you click on the keyboard icon, and select Hebrew Israel, and then,
it goes in Hebrew, and the on screen keyboard is in Hebrew...
Thanks so much.
Do you mean the On-Screen Keyboard doesn't show as Hebrew? Your cursor
needs to be _in_ a document for which you've chosen HE from the icon
near the bottom right, and then you glide your mouse pointer over the
OSK and it switches to Hebrew.
On May 11, 2:09 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked
fine.
I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the
choice
to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for
Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and
perhaps
also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers
to
a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain
further.
Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other
application
(?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine
exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear
in
the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct
this?
Thanks-----

grammatim

2009-05-12 03:37:53 UTC

Permalink

You don't need that if you don't have more than one keyboard per
language. For instance, you might have an "intertational" kbd for
English, so you can easily get the pound or the euro sign, or you
might have a Dvorak keyboard (supposedly more efficient). For Hebrew,
you might have a Yiddish one with the extra vowel letters (including
the double-yud that's in every Hebrew font to accommodate Yiddish).

On May 11, 6:14 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
There was a selection, after you select Regional and Language Options, and
you go to Keyboards and Languages, and you go to Change Keyboards, theres a
tab for Show additional Language bar icons. I checked that and thats how I
got the keyboard icon. But now Ive lost my apostrophe and quotes. Going to
go find them
I don't have that second icon. Maybe you installed more than one
Hebrew keyboard.
(I used to have it when I had the Keyman accessory, which has largely
been replaced by greater capacity in Vista.)
On May 11, 4:18 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I just got it to work,,, yey!! There was a step that Iwas missing. There's
an icon in the task bar for keyboard. So you click on EN and change it to
HE, then you click on the keyboard icon, and select Hebrew Israel, and then,
it goes in Hebrew, and the on screen keyboard is in Hebrew...
Thanks so much.
Do you mean the On-Screen Keyboard doesn't show as Hebrew? Your cursor
needs to be _in_ a document for which you've chosen HE from the icon
near the bottom right, and then you glide your mouse pointer over the
OSK and it switches to Hebrew.
On May 11, 2:09 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked
fine.
I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the
choice
to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since
these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be
inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or
from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for
Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and
perhaps
also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what
"the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers
to
a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain
further.
Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other
application
(?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine
exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear
in
the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct
this?
Thanks------

Howard & Rivka Finkelstein

2009-05-12 17:12:56 UTC

Permalink

Now I have the HE showing up everytime I start typing, it's just there,
everything comes up in English, just strange,...
Thanks again, everything is working. It takes time when you set up a new
computer..
Rivka
"grammatim" <***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:f493dd0d-44c0-49c6-90a2-***@l28g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
You don't need that if you don't have more than one keyboard per
language. For instance, you might have an "intertational" kbd for
English, so you can easily get the pound or the euro sign, or you
might have a Dvorak keyboard (supposedly more efficient). For Hebrew,
you might have a Yiddish one with the extra vowel letters (including
the double-yud that's in every Hebrew font to accommodate Yiddish).

On May 11, 6:14 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I just got it to work,,, yey!! There was a step that Iwas missing. There's
an icon in the task bar for keyboard. So you click on EN and change it to
HE, then you click on the keyboard icon, and select Hebrew Israel, and then,
it goes in Hebrew, and the on screen keyboard is in Hebrew...
Thanks so much.
Do you mean the On-Screen Keyboard doesn't show as Hebrew? Your cursor
needs to be _in_ a document for which you've chosen HE from the icon
near the bottom right, and then you glide your mouse pointer over the
OSK and it switches to Hebrew.
On May 11, 2:09 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked
fine.
I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the
choice
to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since
these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be
inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or
from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support for
Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and
perhaps
also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what
"the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers
to
a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain
further.
Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other
application
(?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine
exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear
in
the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct
this?
Thanks------

grammatim

2009-05-12 20:39:29 UTC

Permalink

If Word thinks you're in Hebrew, then everything must be set for right-
to-left, such as your indents. You must have done something either to
Vista or to the Office defaults to make it think you're always in
Hebrew.

On May 12, 1:12 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
Now I have the HE showing up everytime I start typing, it's just there,
everything comes up in English, just strange,...
Thanks again, everything is working. It takes time when you set up a new
computer..
You don't need that if you don't have more than one keyboard per
language. For instance, you might have an "intertational" kbd for
English, so you can easily get the pound or the euro sign, or you
might have a Dvorak keyboard (supposedly more efficient). For Hebrew,
you might have a Yiddish one with the extra vowel letters (including
the double-yud that's in every Hebrew font to accommodate Yiddish).
On May 11, 6:14 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I just got it to work,,, yey!! There was a step that Iwas missing. There's
an icon in the task bar for keyboard. So you click on EN and change it to
HE, then you click on the keyboard icon, and select Hebrew Israel, and then,
it goes in Hebrew, and the on screen keyboard is in Hebrew...
Thanks so much.
Do you mean the On-Screen Keyboard doesn't show as Hebrew? Your cursor
needs to be _in_ a document for which you've chosen HE from the icon
near the bottom right, and then you glide your mouse pointer over the
OSK and it switches to Hebrew.
On May 11, 2:09 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked
fine.
I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the
choice
to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
This is it exactly. I did select Hebrew in Microsoft Office
Language
settings, but when I tried to add the language through Control
Panel,
Regional and Language Options, the "add language" option did not
appear...

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since
these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be
inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or
from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support
for
Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and
perhaps
also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know
what
"the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document"
refers
to
a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain
further.
Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other
application
(?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't
determine
exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007
in

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts
appear
in
the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I
correct
this?
Thanks-------

Howard & Rivka Finkelstein

2009-05-13 23:16:00 UTC

Permalink

Right again, I made Hebrew default by mistake. Thanks for all your help
Rivka
"grammatim" <***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:a337e28e-3923-48dc-bd10-***@g20g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
If Word thinks you're in Hebrew, then everything must be set for right-
to-left, such as your indents. You must have done something either to
Vista or to the Office defaults to make it think you're always in
Hebrew.

On May 12, 1:12 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
There was a selection, after you select Regional and Language Options, and
you go to Keyboards and Languages, and you go to Change Keyboards,
theres
a
tab for Show additional Language bar icons. I checked that and thats how I
got the keyboard icon. But now Ive lost my apostrophe and quotes. Going to
go find them
I don't have that second icon. Maybe you installed more than one
Hebrew keyboard.
(I used to have it when I had the Keyman accessory, which has largely
been replaced by greater capacity in Vista.)
On May 11, 4:18 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I just got it to work,,, yey!! There was a step that Iwas missing. There's
an icon in the task bar for keyboard. So you click on EN and change it to
HE, then you click on the keyboard icon, and select Hebrew Israel, and then,
it goes in Hebrew, and the on screen keyboard is in Hebrew...
Thanks so much.
Do you mean the On-Screen Keyboard doesn't show as Hebrew? Your cursor
needs to be _in_ a document for which you've chosen HE from the icon
near the bottom right, and then you glide your mouse pointer over the
OSK and it switches to Hebrew.
On May 11, 2:09 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
Sorry, I keep leaving this out,it's a new computer,it's Vista....
Thanks
Once again: We can't help you if you don't tell us whether you
have
XP
or Vista.
On May 8, 11:47 am, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked
fine.
I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the
choice
to
"add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you
want
to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters;
go
to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
This is it exactly. I did select Hebrew in Microsoft Office
Language
settings, but when I tried to add the language through Control
Panel,
Regional and Language Options, the "add language" option did not
appear...

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
My guess is that "the selection" means the Font dropdown. Since
these
fonts may (like MS Mincho and SimSun) include ordinary Latin
characters
in
the keyboard positions, the Hebrew characters would have to be
inserted
via a different keyboard layout/IME or using Unicode numbers or
from
Insert | Symbol. It would also be necessary to install support
for
Hebrew
through Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and
perhaps
also
through the Microsoft Office Language Settings.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know
what
"the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document"
refers
to
a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain
further.
Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other
application
(?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't
determine
exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007
in

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts
appear
in
the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I
correct
this?
Thanks-------

Suzanne S. Barnhill

2009-05-08 18:09:46 UTC

Permalink

If it's XP, the option is a bit buried. Control Panel | Regional and
Language Options | Languages | Details | Settings: Add. On my system,
however, Hebrew is not listed, even under Keyboard layout/IME, presumably
because I have not installed the required support. Advanced tab, however,
there's a listing for Hebrew under "Code page conversion tables."

I did find a Web page that might be helpful:
http://www.petri.co.il/install_hebrew_on_windows_xp.htm, which has a link to
a similar article for Vista.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked fine. I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the choice
to "add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks-

grammatim

2009-05-08 20:26:54 UTC

Permalink

If it's XP, IIRC on an early panel or tab inside the control panel,
there are boxes to check to allow "Asian fonts" or "complex fonts."
You need to check "complex fonts." Presumably then you find Hebrew
(and Arabic and Hindi and lots of other goodies) in the list where you
get to "add keyboards." You might need to have your installation disks
handy.

I think in Vista they did it the other way around, and everything is
made available until you tell it not to install it, or maybe
everything is ready-to-go after your basic installation. (I didn't
find out because of course I checked off all the options during the
installation procedure.)

Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
If it's XP, the option is a bit buried. Control Panel | Regional and
Language Options | Languages | Details | Settings: Add. On my system,
however, Hebrew is not listed, even under Keyboard layout/IME, presumably
because I have not installed the required support. Advanced tab, however,
there's a listing for Hebrew under "Code page conversion tables."
I did find a Web page that might be helpful:http://www.petri.co.il/install_hebrew_on_windows_xp.htm, which has a link to
a similar article for Vista.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I wanted to do both, I found the insert symbol, and that worked fine. I'm
having trouble working with the "control panel" as I don't get the choice
to "add language"
Do you actually want to type Hebrew language texts, or do you just
want a few decorative letters or words here and there? If you want to
actually write in Hebrew, right-to-left and maybe even with vowel
pointing, then you do need to install Hebrew through that control
panel, but how it's done is different depending on whether you use
Windows XP or Vista.
If you just need a little bit of Hebrew, a number of ordinary fonts,
including Times New Roman, Arial, and Tahoma, have the letters; go to
Insert Symbol and choose Hebrew from the drop-down at the upper right.
Times has the most traditional looking shapes, and Lucida Sans has
nice ones, too.
On May 7, 11:26 pm, "Howard & Rivka Finkelstein"

Post by Tom Ferguson
Perhaps it is totally me/my problem; however, I don't know what "the
selection" references. I am supposing that "the document" refers to a
Word document that is being displayed in Word, on the screen.
Is "the selection" from some other source? Please explain further. Also,
what language version(s) of Windows and Word and other application (?)
are you using.
I suspect it is an encoding/font problem but I can't determine exactly
which one it is from the information given.
--
Tom Ferguson
MSMVP 1998-2007

Post by Howard & Rivka Finkelstein
I recently started using Word - Office, and Hebrew fonts appear in the
selection, but they don't show on the document. How do I correct this?
Thanks--