Biblical Hebrew (Tiro) keyboard manual

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Installation
Thc insLallaLion proccdurc or Lhis vcrsion o Lhc kcyboard dicrs rom
prcvious vcrsions, so plcasc rcvicw Lhcsc insLrucLions carcully. Thc
good ncws is LhaL Lhc insLallaLion is considcrably casicr. Thc ncw vcr-
sion includcs scvcral dicrcnL kcyboard drivcrs or usc wiLh dicrcnL
vcrsions o Windows, and a singlc scLup lc LhaL auLomaLically sclccLs
and insLalls Lhc appropriaLc drivcr or your sysLcm conguraLion. This
ncw insLallaLion proccdurc also auLomaLically adds Lhc kcyboard Lo your
insLallcd TcxL Scrviccs, rcmoving Lhc nccd Lo do Lhis manually. [InsLruc-
Lions or manual addiLion o Lhc kcyboard Lo insLallcd scrviccs arc sLill
documcnLcd in Lhis manual, sincc Lhcy will bc o usc in managing such
scrviccs i you nccd Lo disablc or rc-cnablc Lhc kcyboard drivcrs. Scc
Managing kcyboards on pagcs :] Thc kcyboard drivcr can bc unin-
sLallcd using sysLcm Lools, as documcnLcd on pagc :, so Lhis vcrsion o
Lhc kcyboard docs noL ship wiLh an uninsLall lc.
Thc kcyboard drivcrs and insLallcr arc dclivcrcd as a scl-cxLracLing
zippcd archivc, BHebTiro(v1.5).exe. To unzip Lhc archivc, simply dou-
blc-click on Lhis lc. Thc conLcnLs will bc unzippcd Lo a dirccLory sLruc-
Lurc in Lhc samc locaLion as Lhc archivc:
/Biblical Hebrew keyboard (Tiro) v1.5
/amd64
/i386
/ia64
/wow64
BHebTiro_amd64.msi
BHebTiro_i386.msi
BHebTiro_ia64.msi
setup.exe
To insLall Lhc kcyboard drivcr appropriaLc Lo your opcraLion sysLcm,
simply doublc-click on Lhc setup.exe lc. This will Lriggcr Lhrcc auLo-
maLic opcraLions: copying o Lhc appopriaLc drivcr lc Lo your Windows
sysLcm oldcr, adding a rcgisLry cnLry or Lhc ncw kcyboard, and adding
3ohn Hudson, :oo, :oo,. For kcyboard drivcr vcrsion .
Scc bclow or upgradc insLrucLions
Introduction
This manual and kcyboard charLs arc dcsigncd Lo hclp you makc usc o
Tiro Typcworks Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard drivcr (v.). This kcyboard
drivcr has bccn dcvclopcd Lo aciliLaLc Lyping o Biblical LcxLs includ-
ing teamin (acccnLs/canLillaLion marks) and nikudot (vowcl poinLs). Thc
drivcr works wiLh Lhc Windows :ooo, xr and VisLa opcraLing sysLcms,
and is bcing madc availablc or download rom Lhc SocicLy o Biblical
IiLcraLurc wcbsiLc (www.sbl-site.org) as a scrvicc Lo scholars using
Lhc ncw SBI Hcbrcw onL. Thc kcyboard layouL was dcvclopcd by 3ohn
Hudson, Lhc dcsigncr o Lhc SBI Hcbrcw Lypcacc.
NoLc LhaL Lhc kcyboard drivcr can only bc insLallcd on Windows :ooo
and laLcr. Bccausc Lhc kcyboard drivcr, likc Lhc SBI Hcbrcw onL, rclics
on Unicodc characLcr cncoding, iL cannoL bc insLallcd on oldcr opcraL-
ing sysLcms and will noL work wiLh non-Unicodc applicaLions LhaL rcly
on 8-biL characLcr scLs.
Upgrading
Vcrsion . o Lhc Tiro Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard supporLs characLcrs
addcd in vcrsion .o o Lhc Unicodc SLandard and addiLional characLcrs
or Dcad Sca Scrolls LranscripLion. IL supcrccdcs Lhc prcvious rclcasc
vcrsion, .:, which addcd supporL or ncw characLcrs in Unicodc ..
I you havc a prcvious vcrsion o Lhc kcyboard insLallcd on your sys-
Lcm, and wish Lo upgradc, you will nccd Lo uninsLall Lhc old onc bcorc
insLalling Lhc ncw onc. Bccausc Lhc insLallaLion proccdurc or prcvious
vcrsions was morc complicaLcd Lhan or Lhis ncw onc, Lhc uninsLall pro-
ccdurcs arc also. Bcorc Lhc old kcyboard drivcr can bc uninLallcd, iL
musL bc manually rcmovcd rom Lhc insLallcd TcxL Scrviccs. Follow Lhc
uninsLall insLrucLions or prcvious vcrsions on pagc o Lo pcrorm Lhis
opcraLion and Lo nish uninsLalling Lhc old vcrsion. Oncc Lhc old vcr-
sion is uninsLallcd, you arc rcady Lo insLall vcrsion ..
:

Lhc kcyboard Lo your insLallcd TcxL Scrviccs. Thcsc opcraLions may Lakc
a couplc o minuLcs, during which your compuLcr may noL appcar Lo bc
doing anyLhing. Bc paLicnL. Whcn Lhc insLallaLion is complcLc, you will
rcccivc a conrmaLion mcssagc:
Using the language bar
You arc now rcady Lo sLarL using your Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard driv-
cr. Thc kcyboard has bccn insLallcd Lo your TcxL Scrviccs along wiLh
oLhcr kcyboard drivcrs or dicrcnL languagcs LhaL you mighL usc. Your
dcaulL kcyboard, e.g. US Fnglish, is auLomaLically acLivc in all applica-
Lions, oLhcr kcyboards arc acLivaLcd in individual applicaLion scssions
using Lhc languagc bar.
Thc languagc bar displays, in minimiscd modc, as a Lwo-lcLLcr lan-
guagc icon in your Laskbar. I your dcaulL inpuL languagc is Fnglish,
you will scc a small squarc wiLh Lhc lcLLcrs cN: I you lcL-click oncc
on Lhis icon a lisL o all LcxL scrviccs supporLcd languagcs will pop up.
To usc your Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard, sclccL Lhc Hcbrcw languagc (nc)
rom Lhc pop-up lisL. NoLc LhaL Lhis kcyboard sclccLion will only apply
Lo Lhc applicaLion you arc using whcn you swiLch Lo Lhc Hcbrcw kcy-
board, oLhcr applicaLions will conLinuc Lo usc your dcaulL kcyboard or
whichcvcr onc you havc bccn using in Lhcm. I you wanL Lo usc Lhc Hc-
brcw kcyboard in morc Lhan onc applicaLion, you will nccd Lo acLivaLc
iL or cach applicaLion. I Lhc Tiro Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard is Lhc only
kcyboard you havc associaLcd wiLh Lhc Hcbrcw languagc, you arc now
rcady Lo sLarL Lyping Biblical Hcbrcw.
I you havc morc Lhan onc kcyboard associaLcd wiLh Lhc Hcbrcw lan-
guagc, Lhc languagc bar should display a small kcyboard icon ncxL Lo
Lhc nc languagc icon whcn Hcbrcw is sclccLcd: I you hovcr your
mousc poinLcr ovcr Lhc kcyboard icon, iL will display Lhc namc o Lhc
kcyboard currcnLly sclccLcd. I iL is noL Lhc kcyboard you wanL, click on
Lhc kcyboard icon and sclccL Lhc prccrrcd kcyboard rom Lhc pop-up
lisL. [NoLc LhaL duc Lo a display problcm Lhc kcyboard icon mighL noL ap-
pcar immcdiaLcly whcn you sclccL Lhc Hcbrcw languagc icon. To corrccL
Lhis, righL-click on Lhc languagc icon and sclccL RcsLorc Lhc Ianguagc
Bar rom Lhc pop-up mcnu. This will display Lhc ull languagc bar on
your dcskLop. Click Lhc small minimisc buLLon in Lhc Lop righL o Lhc
languagc bar Lo rcLurn iL Lo Lhc Laskbar: Lhc kcyboard icon should now
bc displaycd ncxL Lo Lhc Hcbrcw languagc icon.]

Using the keyboard

Normal state. Thc Tiro Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard maLchcs Lhc posi-
Lioning o consonanLs in Lhc modcrn Isracli sLandard kcyboard. Un-
likc somc Hcbrcw kcyboard, Lhis sLandard docs noL phoncLically rclaLc
Hcbrcw lcLLcrs Lo Fnglish cquivalcnLs (e.g. = q, = v), buL insLcad maps
Hcbrcw lcLLcrs in a manncr mosL convcnicnL or ccicnL Louch-Lyp-
ing. This mcans LhaL iL may Lakc somc Limc and pracLicc Lo amiliarisc
yourscl wiLh Lhc layouL, buL in Lhc longcr Lcrm you should bc ablc Lo
achicvc dcccnL Lyping spccds. Only Lhc consonanLs and Furopcan num-
bcrs sLricLly ollow Lhc layouL o Lhc Isracli sLandard kcyboard: many
modcrn puncLuaLion characLcrs LhaL arc noL ound in Biblical LcxLs havc
bccn rclocaLcd rom Lhc normal and ShiL sLaLcs Lo Lhc lcss commonly
acccsscd ShiL+AlLCr sLaLc.
Shift state. This sLaLc is o Lhc Tiro kcyboard is complcLcly givcn ovcr
Lo combining marks. Thcsc arc arrangcd by Lypc and by Lhcir dcaulL po-
siLion rclaLivc Lo a consonanL. For cxamplc, canLillaLion marks such as
telisha gedola LhaL arc posiLioncd abovc and aL Lhc righL o a consonanL
arc groupcd in Lhc Lop righL corncr o Lhc kcyboard. Similarly, all canLil-
laLion marks LhaL arc posiLioncd bclow a consonanL arc groupcd in Lhc
boLLom row o Lhc kcyboard. Thc vowcl poinLswiLh Lhc cxccpLion o
holum, which is groupcd wiLh Lhc abovc marks in Lhc Lop rowarc all
arrangcd or mosL convcnicnL acccss on Lhc homc row o kcys whcrc
Lhc ngcrs rcsL.
AltGr state. Somc kcyboard hardwarc makcs a disLincLion bcLwccn
Lhc lcL and righL AlL kcys, idcnLiying Lhc laLLcr as AlLCr. Fvcn i your
kcyboard docs noL havc Lhc righL AlL kcy labcllcd as AlLCr, somc applica-
Lions will LrcaL iL as disLincL. This mcans LhaL, alonc and in combinaLion
wiLh Lhc ShiL kcy, Lwo addiLional sLaLcs can bc uLiliscd or LcxL inpuL. If
you nd that holding down the right Alt key does not provide access to this
state, you can press a combination of Ctrl+Alt instead. Thc mosL imporLanL
kcys in Lhc AlLCr sLaLc o Lhc Tiro Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard arc Lhc con-
Lrol characLcrs in Lhc numbcr row aL Lhc Lop o Lhc kcyboard. Thc usc o
Lhcsc characLcrs Lo accL rcndcring is dcLailcd in Lhc SBI Hcbrcw onL
manual. NoLc LhaL Lhis sLaLc conLains Lhrcc doublc-consonanL charac-
Lcrs LhaL arc includcd in Lhc MicrosoL sLandard Hcbrcw kcyboard, Lhcsc
arc Yiddish digraphs and should noL bc uscd in cncoding Hcbrcw LcxL.
Shift+AltGr state. This sLaLc conLains modcrn puncLuaLion characLcrs
noL ound in Biblical LcxLs, rcmappcd rom Lhcir posiLions in Lhc ShiL
sLaLc o Lhc MicrosoL sLandard Hcbrcw kcyboard.
The keyboard charts
Thc charLs on Lhc ollowing our pagcs show Lhc layouL o Lhc dicrcnL
sLaLcs o Lhc Tiro Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard. Fach kcy is rcprcscnLcd by
a diagram conLaining an imagc o Lhc characLcr, a kcy idcnLicr, a mnc-
monic namc and Lhc characLcrs Unicodc valuc. Thcrc arc Lhrcc Lypcs o
kcys:
Base character key
Thc largc black glyph shows Lhc characLcr. Thc rcd lcLLcr or
oLhcr characLcr in Lhc Lop lcL corncr indicaLcs Lhc Fnglish
kcyboard idcnLicr (e.g. Lhc alef is locaLcd on Lhc T kcy). Thc
grcy LcxL bclow Lhc glyph namcs Lhc characLcr and givcs iLs
Unicodc valuc.
Combining character key
Thc black glyph shows Lhc dcaulL posiLioning o Lhc mark on
a consonanL, rcprcscnLcd by a grcy doLLcd circlc. Thc oLhcr
inormaLion is Lhc samc as on Lhc basc characLcr kcy.
Control character key
ConLrol characLcrs arc noL normally displaycd in LcxL, and
havc no advancc widLh, so Lhcy arc rcprcscnLcd in Lhc kcy
charLs by a grcy idcnLicr in a doLLcd squarc. Thc oLhcr in-
ormaLion is Lhc samc as on Lhc basc characLcr kcy.
NoLc LhaL Lhc namcs on Lhc kcy diagrams arc mcanL only as an aid Lo
idcnLicaLion. In somc cascs Lhcy havc bccn abbrcviaLcd Lo L on Lhc
T

alef
obo
R

qar. para
ojr
5
I
zero width
joiner
ioob

kcy diagram, and noL all namcs corrcspond dirccLly Lo Unicodc SLandard
characLcr namcs or any oLhcr nomcnclaLurc. Thc Hcbrcw canLillaLion
marks havc dicrcnL namcs in dicrcnL LradiLions (Lhc Scphardic and
Ashkcnazic LradiLions cvcn usc Lhc samc namcs or dicrcnL marks) so
uscrs should bc guidcd by Lhc appcarancc o Lhc glyph and Lhc Unicodc
valuc raLhcr Lhan Lhc namc.
Known input issues
Thc Tiro Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard has bccn LcsLcd wiLh a varicLy o ap-
plicaLions. Thc kcyboard uncLions corrccLly in all LcsL siLuaLions, inpuL-
Ling Unicodc characLcr valucs as spccicd in Lhc charLs on Lhc ollowing
pagcs. Howcvcr, a numbcr o bugs havc bccn idcnLicd in LcsL applica-
Lions. MosL scriously, somc shiL-sLaLc kcys on Lhc Tiro Biblical Hcbrcw
kcyboard Lriggcr an unwanLcd onL changc LhaL brcaks corrccL LcxL rcn-
dcring in MicrosoL Occ Xp, including Word :oo: (Lhis bug has bccn
xcd in Word :oo and :oo,). Also, somc applicaLions, including Word,
usc Lhc AlLCr sLaLc o somc kcys as shorLcuLs Lo applicaLion uncLions,
and Lhcsc may ovcrridc characLcr cnLry rom Lhc Tiro Biblical Hcbrcw
kcyboard. Plain LcxL applicaLions such as NoLcpad do noL havc Lhcsc
problcm, so iL is possiblc Lo work around Lhc bug by Lyping LcxL in a
plain LcxL cdiLor and Lhcn pasLing iL inLo Word or anoLhcr applicaLion.
6
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sof pasuq
oc
1
1
one
oo:
2
2
two
ooi
3
3
three
oo
4
4
four
oo
5
5
ve
oo
6
6
six
oo6
7
7
seven
oo,
8
8
eight
oo8
9
9
nine
ooj
0
0
zero
ooo
-

maqaf
osc
=

bullet

ic6
Backspace
Tab Q

masora dot
oo,
W

geresh p.
or
E

qof
oc,
R

resh
oc8
T

alef
obo
Y

tet
ob8
U

vav
ob
I

nal nun
obr
O

nal mem
obb
P

pe
oc
[
[
bracket
*
oob
]
]
bracket
*
oos
Caps Lock A

shin
ocj
S

dalet
ob
D

gimel
obi
F

kaf
obs
G

ayin
oci
H

yod
obj
J

het
ob,
K

lamed
obc
L

nal kaf
obt
;

nal pe
oc

yetiv
ojt
Enter
Shif Z

zayin
ob6
X

samekh
oc:
C

bet
ob:
V

he
ob
B

nun
oco
N

mem
obc
M

tsadi
oc6
,

tav
oct
.

nal tsadi
oc
/

dehi
otb
Shif
Ctrl Alt Space
word space
ooio
\

paseq
oco
Alt (AltGr) Ctrl
Biblical Hebrew (Tiro) US Standard layout State : Normal
ConsonanL posiLions arc bascd on Isracli sLandard kcyboard.
MosL o Lhc modcrn puncLuaLion, noL uscd in Biblc LcxLs, has bccn
rclocaLcd Lo Lhc AlLCr+ShiL sLaLc.
NoLc prcscncc o combining marks yetiv and dehi and Lhc doublc
numbcr doL or Lhousands in Lhis sLaLc, Lhcsc would noL L on Lhc shiL
sLaLc wiLh Lhc oLhcr combining marks.
* Mirrorcd characLcr: somc applicaLions may rcvcrsc display, e.g. )(
Dcad Sca Scrolls LranscripLion characLcr
,
Biblical Hebrew (Tiro) US Standard layout State : SHIFT
`

zinor
otc
1

tel. qetana
otj
2

pashta
ojj
3

segolta
oji
4

masora c.
otr
5

hol. for vav

ost
6

holam
osj
7

rafe
osr
8

sin dot
oci
9

shin dot
oc:
0

g. muqdam
ojb
-

tel. gedola
oto
=

dagesh
osc
Backspace
Tab W

iluy
otc
E

ole
ots
R

qar. para
ojr
T

shalshelet
oj
Y

gershayim
ojc
U

geresh
ojc
I

pazer
ot:
O

zaq. gadol
oj
P

zaq. qatan
oj
[

revia
oj,
]

zarqa
oj8
Caps Lock A

meteg
osb
S

sheva
oso
D

qubuts
oss
F

hiriq
os
G

hat. segol
os:
H

segol
os6
J

tsere
os
K

hat. qamats
os
L

qamats
os8
;

hat. patah
osi

patah
os,
Enter
Shif Z

punctum
oc
X

mahapakh
ot
C

yer. ben yomo
ott
V

mer. kefula
ot6
B

merkha
ot
N

darga
ot,
M

tevir
ojs
,

atnah
oj:
.

tipeha
oj6
/

munah
ot
Shif
Ctrl Alt Space
word space
ooio
\

qadma
ot8
Alt (AltGr) Ctrl
Q

punctum
oc
Combining marks arc arrangcd by Lypc and by normal posiLion rclaLivc
Lo a consonanL.
Numbcr row: abovc marks, incl. prcposiLional teamin, consonanL
modicrs, holam, LcxLual marks, posLposiLional teamin.
Top row: dagesh, abovc ccnLrc teamin, uppcr puncLum.
Middlc row: bclow nikud.
BoLLom row: bclow teamin, lowcr puncLum.
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Biblical Hebrew (Tiro) US Standard layout State : ALTGR (ALT+CTRL)
`
;
semicolon
oos
1 2

strikeout

o6
3

ring above

oot
4

sheqel
iott
5
I
zero width
joiner
ioob
6
H
zero width
non joiner
iooc
7
0
c. graph-
eme joiner
or
8
J
left-to-right
mark
iooc
9
K
right-to-left
mark
ioor
0

generic
mark base
icc
-
-
hyphen
ooib
=

bullet

ioii
Backspace
Tab W

gersahyim p.
or
E

euro
iotc
R T Y U

dbl. vav
oro
I O P [ ]
Caps Lock A S D F G H

dbl. yod
ori
J

yod-vav
or:
K L

qam. qatan
oc,
;
,
comma
ooic
Enter
Shif Z X C

atn. hafukh
oti
V B

n. hafukha
oc6
N M , . /
.
period
ooic
Shif
Ctrl Alt Space
thin space
iooj
\
\
backslash
ooc
Alt (AltGr) Ctrl
Q

thousands
oo8
NoLc conLrol characLcrs in numbcr row, Lhcsc will noL display and
havc no advancc widLh, buL can bc uscd Lo accL rcndcring o spccic
characLcr combinaLions. Scc SBI Hcbrcw onL manual or morc
inormaLion.
Thc doublc consonanL characLcrs arc Yiddish digraphs and should noL
bc uscd or Hcbrcw LcxL.
Dcad Sca Scrolls LranscripLion characLcr

Biblical Hebrew (Tiro) US Standard layout State : ALTGR+SHIFT (ALT+CTRL+SHIFT)

`
~
asciitilde
oo,c
1
!
exclamation
ooi:
2
@
at sign
ooo
3
#
numbersign
ooi
4
$
dollar
ooi
5
%
percent
ooi
6
^
asciicircum
ooc
7
&
ampersand
ooi6
8
*
asterisk
ooit
9
)
paren.
*
ooij
0
(
paren.
*
ooi8
-
_
underscore
oor
=
+
plus
oois
Backspace
Tab W
'
quote
ooi,
E R T Y U I O P [
{
brace
*
oo,b
]
}
brace
*
oo,s
Caps Lock A S D F G H J K L ;
:
colon
oot

"
dbl. quote
oos
Enter
Shif Z X C V B N M ,
>
less
ooc
.
<
greater
ooc
/
?
question
oor
Shif
Ctrl Alt Space
no-break space
ooto
\
|
bar
oos
Alt (AltGr) Ctrl
Q
/
slash
ooir
This sLaLc is populaLcd wiLh puncLuaLion characLcrs LhaL may bc cn-
counLcrcd in modcrn Hcbrcw LcxL, and which arc mappcd in Lhc shiL
sLaLc o Lhc MicrosoL sLandard Hcbrcw kcyboard.
* Mirrorcd characLcr: somc applicaLions may rcvcrsc display, e.g. )(
o
Uninstalling previous versions
I you havc prcviously insLallcd vcrsion .o or .: o Lhc Biblical Hcbrcw
(Tiro) kcyboard drivcr, you will nccd Lo uninsLall iL bcorc you can in-
sLall Lhc ncw vcrsion. To uninsLall a prcvious vcrsion, plcasc ollow Lhcsc
sLcps. Note that the appearance of windows and dialogue boxes may dier
somewhat from those illustrated here depending on your version of Windows
and your display preference settings.
Bcorc Lhc kcyboard drivcr lc can bc rcmovcd rom your sysLcm and
rcplaccd wiLh Lhc ncw drivcr, iL musL rsL bc uninsLallcd rom your TcxL
Scrviccs. This is a manual opcraLion.
RighL-click on Lhc Ianguagc icon in Lhc lowcr righL o your scrccn, i.e.
Lhc samc icon LhaL you usc Lo sclccL parLicular kcyboards. [This icon dis-
plays Lhc Lwo-lcLLcr codc or Lhc acLivc kcyboard, c.g. cN or nc.] Whcn
you righL-click on Lhis icon, you will bc prcscnLcd wiLh a numbcr o op-
Lions. SclccL Lhc Settings opLion. This will opcn Lhc TcxL Scrviccs and
InpuL Ianguagcs window shown opposiLc. [AlLcrnaLivcly, you can acccss
Lhc TcxL Scrviccs and InpuL Ianguagcs window rom Rcgional and Ian-
guagc OpLions in your ConLrol Pancl.]
In Lhc TcxL Scrviccs and InpuL Ianguagcs scLLings pancl, scroll down
Lo Lhc Hcbrcw insLallcd scrviccs and sclccL Lhc Biblical Hcbrcw (Tiro)
kcyboard. Now click Lhc Remove buLLon on Lhc righL. This will rcmovc
Lhc Tiro kcyboard rom insLallcd scrviccs so LhaL iL can bc uninsLallcd
rom Lhc sysLcm. Click OK Lo closc Lhis window.
To rcmovc Lhc old drivcr rom your sysLcm dirccLory and rcgisLry, you
should bc ablc Lo usc Lhc Windows Add/Rcmovc Programs Lool, which
can bc acccsscd via your ConLrol Pancl. Co Lo your SLarL mcnu (Lhc start
buLLon usually locaLcd in Lhc lowcr lcL o your scrccn), lcL-click, and
navigaLc Lo Lhc ConLrol Pancl. Dcpcnding on how your SLarL mcnu is
congurcd, Lhc ConLrol Pancl will ciLhcr bc dirccLly acccssiblc rom Lhc
SLarL mcnu, or via Lhc ScLLings sub-mcnu.
In Lhc ConLrol Pancl, sclccL Add or Rcmovc Programs. This will opcn
Lhc Lool LhaL cnablcs you Lo rcmovc insLallcd soLwarc on your sysLcm.
IL will probably Lakc a minuLc or morc Lo populaLc Lhc lisL o insLallcd
soLwarc, dcpcnding on how many programs you havc on your compu-
Lcr. Whcn Lhc lisL is populaLcd, scroll down Lo Lhc cnLry or Biblical
Hcbrcw (Tiro), sclccL iL, and Lhcn click Lhc Remove buLLon. [I you can-
noL locaLc Lhis cnLry, plcasc scc Lhc advanccd insLrucLions on Lhc ncxL
pagc.] Oncc Lhis is donc, you can closc Lhc Add/Rcmovc Programs Lool,
and arc rcady Lo insLall Lhc ncw vcrsion o Lhc Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard
drivcr.

Advanced: manual removal of previous versions

Undcr ccrLain circumsLanccs, iL is possiblc LhaL Lhc old Biblical Hcbrcw
(Tiro) kcyboard drivcr may ail Lo show up in Lhc lisL o insLallcd soL-
warc in Lhc Add/Rcmovc Programs Lool. This should bc a rarc siLua-
Lion, wiLh which cw uscrs should nccd Lo conLcnd. BuL i iL docs happcn
Lhcn Lhc old drivcr will nccd Lo bc uninsLallcd manually, ollowing Lhcsc
sLcps.
FirsL, cnsurc LhaL Lhc iniLial sLcps Lo rcmovc Lhc drivcr rom insLallcd
TcxL Scrviccs, as cxplain on pagc o, havc bccn complcLcd.
Sccond, dclcLc Lhc drivcr lc rom your sysLcm dirccLory. In Lhc Win-
dows lc cxplorcr, navigaLc Lo Lhc wiNbows/svs1cr: dirccLory, locaLc
Lhc BHebTiro.dll lc, and dclcLc iL.
Thc Lhird and nal sLcp rcquircs you Lo manually cdiL your Windows
rcgisLry. This musL bc donc carcully, bccausc Lhc rcgisLry conLains im-
porLanL inormaLion abouL cvcry piccc o soLwarc insLallcd on your
sysLcm, and a corrupL rcgisLry can causc major problcms. IL is sLrongly
adviscd Lo makc a backup o your currcnL rcgisLry bcorc making any
changcs.
To crcaLc a backup and cdiL your rcgisLry cnLrics, usc Lhc RcgisLry
FdiLor Lool. You can opcn Lhis Lool rom your SLarL mcnu Run com-
mand. Typc rcgcdiL in Lhc Run dialoguc, and Lhcn click OK. This will
opcn Lhc RcgisLry FdiLor Lool. Thc layouL o Lhc Lool is simplc: Lhcrc is
a sLackcd lisL o rcgisLry kcys on Lhc lcL, and a pancl on Lhc righL LhaL
displays inormaLion abouL Lhc sclccLcd kcy.
To crcaLc a backup o Lhc currcnL rcgisLry, go Lo Lhc Filc mcnu and
sclccL Lhc Export opLion. This will opcn a dialoguc rom which you can
savc a .reg lc Lo e.g. your dcskLop or somc oLhcr convcnicnL locaLion.
Makc surc LhaL Lhc All opLion in Lhc FxporL rangc cld is sclccLcd.
Civc your backup lc a namc (e.g. Lhc currcnL daLc) and click Save. IL will
Lakc a liLLlc whilc or Lhc rcgisLry Lo bc savcd, during which Limc Lhc
RcgisLry FdiLor Lool will bc inacLivc.
Oncc Lhc rcgisLry is backcd up, click on Lhc small + mark in Lhc box
bcsidc Lhc nxcv_iocti_rtcniNc kcy in Lhc lisL o rcgisLry kcys. This
will cxpand Lhc conLcnLs o LhaL iLcm. Now click on Lhc + bcsidc Lhc
ncwly cxposcd svs1cr kcy, Lhcn on Lhc + bcsidc Lhc CurrcnLConLrolScL
kcy, and Lhcn on Lhc + bcsidc Lhc ConLrol kcy. You should now bc prc-
scnLcd wiLh a long lisL o sysLcm scrviccs including Kcyboard IayouLs.
[NoLc LhaL Lhcrc will also bc an cnLry labcllcd Kcyboard IayouL, wiLhouL
Lhc nal s. This is noL Lhc onc you wanL.]
Click on Lhc + mark in Lhc box bcsidc Kcyboard IayouLs. This will cx-
posc Lhc lisL o all rcgisLry kcys or insLallcd kcyboard drivcrs. This lisL
is codcd wiLh 8-characLcr namcs, e.g. 00000401. Scroll down Lhc lisL unLil
you scc namcs sLarLing wiLh Lhc lcLLcr a, e.g. a0000409, Lhcsc arc cus-
Lom kcyboards and will includc Lhc cnLry or Lhc Biblical Hcbrcw (Tiro)
drivcr. UnorLunaLcly, bccausc Lhc codcd namcs vary rom compuLcr Lo
compuLcr, you will nccd Lo chcck cach kcy bcginning wiLh a Lo nd Lhc
corrccL onc. Click on cach kcy in Lhc lisL bcginning wiLh a, looking aL Lhc
inormaLion displaycd in Lhc righLhand pancl, unLil you nd Lhc onc or
which Lhc IayouL TcxL daLa rcads Biblical Hcbrcw (Tiro).
WiLh Lhc appropriaLc lisL cnLry sclccLcd, simply hiL DclcLc on your
kcyboard Lo rcmovc Lhis rcgisLry cnLry. You will bc askcd Lo conrm
LhaL you wish Lo dclcLc Lhc kcy and iLs sub-kcys, click Yes. NoLc LhaL Lhis
opcraLion cannoL bc rcvcrscd so be absolutely sure that you have selected
the correct key. Oncc you havc dclcLcd Lhc cnLry, you can closc Lhc Rcgis-
Lry FdiLor Lool (Lhcrc is no nccd Lo savc your cdiLs: Lhcy arc complcLcd
as soon as you makc Lhcm).
You havc now complcLcly rcmovcd Lhc old kcyboard drivcr rom your
sysLcm.
I you makc an crror aL any sLagc whilc cdiLing Lhc Windows rcgisLry,
imporL your backup .reg lc (Import in Lhc RcgisLry FdiLor Filc mcnu),
and sLarL again.
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Uninstalling version 1.5
IL is rclaLivcly casy Lo uninsLall vcrsion . o Lhc kcyboard drivcr. Un-
likc prcvious vcrsions, iL is noL ncccssary Lo rsL manually rcmovc Lhc
drivcr rom insLallcd TcxL Scrviccs. Thc wholc uninsLall proccss can bc
managcd rom Lhc Add/Rcmovc Programs Lool.
Co Lo your SLarL mcnu (Lhc start buLLon usually locaLcd in Lhc lowcr
lcL o your scrccn), lcL-click, and navigaLc Lo Lhc ConLrol Pancl. Dc-
pcnding on how your SLarL mcnu is congurcd, Lhc ConLrol Pancl will
ciLhcr bc dirccLly acccssiblc rom Lhc SLarL mcnu, or via Lhc ScLLings
sub-mcnu.
In Lhc ConLrol Pancl, sclccL Add or Rcmovc Programs. This will opcn
Lhc Lool LhaL cnablcs you Lo rcmovc insLallcd soLwarc on your sysLcm.
IL will probably Lakc a minuLc or morc Lo populaLc Lhc lisL o insLallcd
soLwarc, dcpcnding on how many programs you havc on your compu-
Lcr. Whcn Lhc lisL is populaLcd, scroll down Lo Lhc cnLry or Biblical
Hcbrcw (Tiro), sclccL iL, and Lhcn click Lhc Remove buLLon. You will bc
askcd Lo conrm LhaL you wanL Lo rcmovc Lhc drivcr rom your sysLcm,
click Yes. Bccausc Lhc kcyboard drivcr is associaLcd wiLh Lhc Hcbrcw lan-
guagc, Lhc ollowing uninsLall progrcss and canccllaLion dialoguc may
appcar in Hcbrcw. Thc buLLon labcllcd is Lhc canccl buLLon, i you
click Lhis aL any poinL during Lhc uninsLall progrcss, Lhc proccss will bc
canccllcd and Lhc kcyboard rcmain insLallcd.
Managing keyboards
You can disablc Lhc Biblical Hcbrcw kcyboard drivcr using Lhc TcxL Scrv-
iccs scLLings, i you so wish. This will lcavc Lhc drivcr insLallcd on your
sysLcm, buL will noL providc acccss Lo iL rom Lhc Ianguagc icon in your
Taskbar. Similarly, you can usc Lhc TcxL Scrviccs scLLings Lo rc-cnablc
Lhc kcyboard.
To disablc Lhc kcyboard, righL-click on Lhc Ianguagc icon in Lhc lowcr
righL o your scrccn, i.e. Lhc samc icon LhaL you usc Lo sclccL parLicular
kcyboards. [This icon displays Lhc Lwo-lcLLcr codc or Lhc acLivc kcy-
board, c.g. cN or nc.] Whcn you righL-click on Lhis icon, you will bc prc-
scnLcd wiLh a numbcr o opLions. SclccL Lhc Settings opLion. This will
opcn Lhc TcxL Scrviccs and InpuL Ianguagcs window as shown in Lhc
illusLraLion on pagc o. [AlLcrnaLivcly, you can acccss Lhc TcxL Scrviccs
and InpuL Ianguagcs window rom Rcgional and Ianguagc OpLions in
your ConLrol Pancl.]
In Lhc TcxL Scrviccs and InpuL Ianguagcs scLLings pancl, scroll down
Lo Lhc Hcbrcw insLallcd scrviccs and sclccL Lhc Biblical Hcbrcw (Tiro)
kcyboard. Now click Lhc Remove buLLon on Lhc righL. This will rcmovc
Lhc Tiro kcyboard rom insLallcd scrviccs buL lcavc Lhc drivcr insLallcd
on your sysLcm. Click OK Lo closc Lhis window.
To rc-cnablc Lhc kcyboard, opcn Lhc TcxL Scrviccs and InpuL Ian-
guagcs window as dcscribcd abovc, and click Lhc Add buLLon. This will
opcn Lhc Add InpuL Ianguagc dialoguc:

In Lhc InpuL Ianguagc cld, sclccL Hcbrcw rom Lhc dropdown lisL. In
Lhc Kcyboard layouL/IMF cld, sclccL Biblical Hcbrcw (Tiro) rom Lhc
dropdown lisL.
NoLc LhaL Lhc lisL will dcaulL Lo Lhc sLandard Isracli Hcbrcw kcyboard,
and you will nccd Lo scroll up Lo Lhc Biblical Hcbrcw (Tiro) cnLry. SclccL
Lhc laLLcr, and Lhcn click OK Lo closc Lhc Add InpuL Ianguagc dialoguc.
You should now scc Lhc Tiro kcyboard insLallcd or Hcbrcw in Lhc TcxL
Scrviccs window. Click OK Lo closc Lhis window and conLinuc working.