![]() ![]() Go to the gray area when you open this Forum and go through “BibleWorks Customer Support FAQs” à “Troubleshooting” à “Fonts and Keyboard Issues” and read and follow “How Can I Key Hebrew Text into BibleWorks or a Word Processor?” Fortunately BW8 uses SBL Hebrew fonts, and I am now using it along with normal English in MS Word 2007.īasically this is what to do. This way you can map out all the Hebrew letters, vowel points included.īecause of the awkwardness of typing a Hebrew word backward, I decided to use Unicode Hebrew. I made a keyboard layout table by first typing English alphabet QWERT, for example, and on the next line qw ert, and so on. And I forgot all the details now, but I think you might try this.īwhebb is alright but you have to type the words backward in your MS Word 2007, and that can be vexing. I think I had the same experience some time ago as you are having now. Windows and Word are designed for using Unicode and you'll get the best results using a Unicode Hebrew font. But you need to make sure that if you are using one of those older fonts, you copy/paste using the older encoding. ![]() I know they moved forward with the times, but I don't know the names of the various newer Unicode BibleWork fonts. As I recall, there is a setting in preferences to do that.īibleWorks, being one of the pioneers in Bible software, had (has?) older fonts before the advent of Unicode. Then you can edit the pasted text for what you want.Īlso, I'm no expert on BibleWorks since I don't normally use Windows, but some one here for sure can tell you exactly how: copy and paste from BibleWorks into Word making sure your copy is using Unicode encoding for Hebrew. If your purpose is to type biblical Hebrew words, especially with vowels and accents, then.don't! It's already been done for you! Just go to find the verse/words you want and copy and paste (or download the files to your local machine). You'll find not only the font, but keyboard drivers and detailed documentation.ģ. My personal favorite is SBL Hebrew, because that font was professionally built specifically for the Hebrew Bible. There are a bunch of fonts out there that you can use. You may have to turn on Hebrew language support from the control panel.Ģ. For Windows XP, Vista and 7, this is the default. Always use Unicode encoding (utf-8) for your documents. My day job includes using biblical Hebrew in all kinds of programs and operating systems. ![]()
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