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Hebrew Jewish Resources for the PC

• Rabbi Moshe Shulman
• B.Sc., Computer Software Engineering
• Jerusalem College of Technology

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Hebrew Jewish Resources

• Part I HEBREW
• HEBREW in Windows (2K/XP) Office
• Turning WORD in VORT
• Hebrew Word-Processors
• Part II Programs Utilities
• Useful Computer Utilities
• Calendar converters, Zmanim, Vestos, etc.
• CD-ROM Databases
• The Palm Revolution
• Part III The Internet

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Part I ????? ?"??????" ?"?????"Hebrew in
Windows Office

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• This is an English paragraph with ????? inserted.
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• Email, Web-browsing, etc. all in Hebrew
• Insert right-to-left ????? in ANY Windows
  application (Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Dates in Hebrew or English format with built in
  Hebrew calendar
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Hebrew in Windows XP

• To install another language and keyboard layout
  in
• Windows XP, follow these steps
• (From the Windows Help File)
• Open Windows Control Panel
• Double-click Regional and Language Options.
• Click the Languages tab, and then click Details
  under "Text Services and Input Languages".
• Click Add under "Installed Services", and then
  click the language you want to add and the
  keyboard layout you want to use for that
  language.
• To configure the settings for the Language bar,
  click Language Bar under "Preferences".

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Hebrew in Windows XP (contd)

• Note If you dont see Hebrew listed, you may
  first have to click the checkbox under Install
  files for complex scripts and right-to-left
  languages, reboot, and then apply the steps
  above.
• Windows XP DEMONSTRATION

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Hebrew in Windows 2000

• Enable additional language
• Open Windows Control Panel.
• Double-click Regional Settings.
• Click the Input Locales tab.
• Click the appropriate language, and then click
  Properties.
• In the Keyboard Layout box, click the appropriate
  keyboard layout, click OK, and then click OK.
• W2K DEMONSTRATION

• Add additional language
• Open Windows Control Panel
• Double-click Regional Settings.
• Click the General tab
• Click to select the check box next to the
  appropriate language group you wish to install,
  and then click Apply.
• The system will either prompt for a Windows 2000
  CD-ROM or access the system files across the
  network. Once the language is installed, Windows
  2000 will prompt you to restart the computer.

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Turning Word into Vort

• Hebrew available in all MS programs for Windows
  2000 and above.
• Specific tools embedded into Office for
• right to left formatting and justification
• keyboard shortcuts for changing fonts /
  direction.
• Office 2000
• Office Tools Language Settings enable Hebrew
• Office XP, 2003
• AUTOMATIC (with Hebrew enabled in Windows)

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Using Hebrewin Windows / Office

• Language Bar shows all available languages!
• Within Windows application
• Language Toggle Alt-SHIFT (rt or lft)
• Insert Hebrew into English paragraphs, or format
  right-to left documents.
• Change Paragraph Direction
• Right to Left Ctrl-Right-SHIFT
• Left to Right Ctrl-Left-SHIFT
• ??????? - CAPS_LOCK-SHIFT-Number keys

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Understanding Complex Scripts

• Every font under Windows consists of two fonts
• Latin text font
• Complex Scripts font
• You can change the font associated with each!
• Experiment with fonts!! ???! ????

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Hebrew Keyboards

• Standard (Israeli) Hebrew keyboard layout!
• Microsoft Visual Keyboard
• Download free from http//office.microsoft.com

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Other Hebrew Word-Processors(for all Windows
platforms)

• Dagesh (2000/Pro)
• Buggy, unstable in Windows XP
• Limited file-name size (64 letters including
  directory pathname)
• DavkaWriter (4.0, 5.0, 6.0)
• Powerful, but less common
• file type incompatible with Word
• RTF (Rich Text Format)
• available in both for compatibility with WORD.

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Transferring Old Files to MS Word

• Dagesh ? Word
• Copy Paste (not consistent)
• Save as RTF file (better, but not perfect)
• DavkaWriter ? Word
• Copy Paste
• WordPerfect 5.1 (DOS) ? Word - ???
• WP5.1 files cannot be opened by Dagesh, but they
  CAN be opened by DavkaWriter 4.0
• All formatting is lost.

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Part II Utilities ProgramsHebrew Calendars

• Zmanim
• www.calendar-maven.com
• Halachic Zmanim
• Location dependent
• Halachic times by programmable formulas
• Daf Yomi
• Yahrtzeit charts
• Printable calendars with notes (shul bulletins?)

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Hebrew Calendar built into OS

• Available in all programs which access a system
  date
• English Hebrew Lunar calendars available
• English and Hebrew text for each calendar
  available.
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• DEMONSTRATION

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Hebrew Calendar functions in Outlook

• Microsoft Outlook Can incorporate full
  Hebrew-English Calendar
• Month / Week Views
• Outlook full list of Jewish Calendar Events
• Enters every holiday as untimed event
• Useful for SHUL BULLETINS!

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To Add Hebrew Calendar to Outlook

• To add Hebrew Calendar to Month/Week views
• Tools -gt Options
• Calendar Options -gt Advanced Options -gt check
  Enable Alternate Calendar and choose English or
  Hebrew text format.
• To add Jewish Holidays as untimed events
• Tools -gt Options
• Calendar Options -gt Add Holidays -gt scroll down
  to Jewish Religious Holidays and check it.

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VestosPersonal Calendar for Family Purity

• www.torahsoftware.org
• Complete calculation of all dates involved
  (including various halachic opinions).
• Very useful for sheelot

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CD-ROM Resources

• Bar Ilan Responsa
• (ver 13, ??????????? ???????)
• DBS ??????? ?????? (www.dbsus.com) v. 11
• Soncino Classics
• English translations of ??"?, ?"? ????, ??"?,
  ???? now with ???? ???
• Otzar Haposkim / Torah Bookshelf
• Techumin
• Encyclopedia Judaica
• Tradition/Hadarom (RCA)
• DVDaf (CD daf), and more
• See list from Israels Judaica

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The Palm Revolution

• Hebrew text/font Support
• www.penticon.com
• www.penreader.com - Paragon Software
• Document Reader e.g. TealDoc
• www.TealPoint.com
• Calendars
• Luach (with Zmanim) (www.penticon.com)
• Complete integration with Date Book, inserting
  Hebrew dates, accessing Zmanim, etc.
• Omer (www.penticon.com)
• Tamar
• (free, but no integration with Date Book)
• Integration with Outlook Outlooks Hebrew
  Calendar

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Hebrew Doc SoftwareResources for the Palm

• www.penticon.com/moadon.html
• ???? ?????, ????? ??"?, ???? ????, ????
• www.pilotyid.com
• Comprehensive collection of Jewish software for
  the Palm or WCE
• www.jewishcontent.org/palm
• ??"? ?????, ???? ???? ?????"?, ?"?, ???"? ??"?,
  ??"?, ??? ??????, ??"?...

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Putting any file on the Palm!

• TealDoc utility TDOCMAKER
• Take any file e.g. Bar Ilan teshuva
• copy to Word
• save as Text file
• Transfer using TDOCMAKER!

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Web Surfing Utilities for the Palm

• Avantgo download web-sites (free)
• www.Torah2Go.com weekly ???? ????
• Jewish Week headlines, and more
• Jerusalem Post (PalmPost)
• Roundpoint (paid subscription)

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Part III. THE INTERNETTORAH ON-LINE

• General Torah Resources
• www.vbm-torah.org
• www.shamash.org
• www.daat.co.il
• www.shiur.net
• www.torah.net
• www.dafyomi.co.il
• www.jlaw.com

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INTERNET - TORAH ON-LINE

• PARSHAT HASHAVUA RESOURCES
• http//www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha
• http//www.chiefrabbi.org/thoughts
• http//www.teaneckshuls.org/parsha

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INTERNET - TORAH ON-LINE

• Seforim On-line!!
• www.seforimonline.com
• http//www.halachabrura.org/alephlink.htm????????
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• Complete list of Hebrew books online in full text!

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DAF YOMI UTILITIES / RESOURCES

• Web-sites / shiurim
• Daf yomi Advancement Forum
• VBM, YU
• Dial-A-Daf
• CD-DAF / DVDaf Real Audio
• Transfer files from RA to MP3 play them on
  PDAs with MP3 capability.
• StreamBoxRipper
• Comes with DVDaf