Macintosh Arabic Language Kit Installation and User’s Manual Manuel d’installation et d’utilisation
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Contents 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 yo
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.
The Arabic Language Kit includes: m 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. m WorldScript I, an extension to system software version 7.1 or later that enables your system to handle languages like Arabic, which are written from right to left. m System software resources needed for Arabic and Persian.
Chapter 2 Setting Up Before you can use the Arabic Language Kit you must install the software. You may also want to consider setting your Views control panel to display Arabic file and folder names correctly on your screen. Installing the Arabic Language Kit from the compact disc If your computer has a CD-ROM drive, you can install the Arabic Language Kit from the Macintosh Arabic Language Kit CD disc that came with your kit.
v Note: It’s best to start your computer with all extensions turned off before doing the installation. To do so, hold the Shift key down while your computer is starting. v 2. Insert the Install 1, English disk into your floppy drive (or insert the Macintosh Arabic Language Kit CD disc into your CD-ROM drive). Click the checkbox of each item you want to install. You should see the Installer icon in the Install 1, English disk’s window. 3. Open the Installer by double-clicking its icon.
Displaying Arabic or Persian filenames correctly 4. Choose Geeza (or any other Arabic or Persian font you prefer). 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 file and folder names is not appropriate for Arabic script.
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.
2. 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. 3. Open the Installer by double-clicking its icon. A welcome screen appears. 4. Click Continue. The Install dialog box appears. 8. Click Remove. There is a short wait while the files are removed. 9. If you see a message telling you to restart your computer, click Restart.
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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 Arabic 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.
3. Select the application program you want to register. Creating a Roman Language Register If you register a program as Arabic by accident, you can change it back to your computer’s primary language by following these steps: If the program you want to register is not listed, use this menu to see files in other folders. Click the program you want to register. 4. Click the Register button. Now you can open your program and begin working in Arabic or Persian.
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.
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.
The standard Arabic keyboard layout Arabic keyboard layout for PowerBook computers This is the standard Macintosh Arabic keyboard. It lets you type all Arabic characters in Normal and Shift positions. The top keyboard row allows you to type Arabic numerals. They are displayed from right to left, as on an Arabic typewriter.
The Arabic-QWERTY transliterated keyboard layout Option 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. Press Option to obtain short vowels (Option + = ), or to obtain the phonetic alternative of a consonant.
The Arabe-AZERTY transliterated keyboard layout Option 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 Option to obtain short vowels (Option + = ), or to obtain the phonetic alternative of a consonant.
The Persian keyboard layout About the transliterated keyboard layouts 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 Control Panel” ). You should use the Arabic keyboard layout if you are already familiar with this layout.
QWERTY Keyboard Transliteration AZERTY Keyboard Transliteration Dhaa’ J, Y `, Y b cayn e e t t ghayn g g thaa’ [, T, N ù, T, N faa’ f f jiim j j qaaf q q Haa’ h h kaaf k k khaa’ x, H x, H laam l l daal d d miim m m dhaal D D nuun n n raa’ r r haa’ o o zaay z z waaw u u siin s s yaa’ i i shiin w, S w, S ’alif maqsurah I I Saad c c hamza \ ^ Daad C C hamza-under-alif option-1 option-! Taa’ y y QWERTY Keyboard Transliterat
The Keyboard control panel 3. Select the new default keyboard layout you want. 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.
Specific features for right-to-left scripts The Arabic Setting control panel 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. This control panel lets you select the Roman font you want to associate with Arabic fonts.
When an application allows you to justify text, you can do so in either of two ways: m enlarging spaces between words, when you select No Kashida m enlarging words using the stretch bar, in conformity with Arabic calligraphy rules For example: Enable Ligatures OFF: Enable Ligatures ON: m Arabic and Two types of numeric digits are possible European with the Arabic Language Kit: Arabic numerals numerals ( ) and European numerals (1, 2, 3).
The Persian Setting control panel The Arabic characters encoding table This control panel has features similar to the Arabic Setting control panel. The character encoding table used in the Arabic Language Kit is shown below. v 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.
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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting I changed my Views control panel to the Geeza or Tehran font, but I still see odd characters in my Arabic application program. This section contains solutions to some common problems you may encounter while working on a computer that supports Arabic or Persian. 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.
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 nonArabic names. I changed my Views control panel to the Geeza (or Tehran) font, but I still see odd characters in my Application menu.
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.
