LibreOffice-Suite-Writer-6.3/C4/Typing-in-local-languages/English-timed
From Script | Spoken-Tutorial
| Time | Narration |
| 00:01 | Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Typing in Local Languages in LibreOffice Writer |
| 00:08 | In this tutorial, we will learn to: |
| 00:11 | Install Language packages in Writer |
| 00:15 | Configure Local Language setting and |
| 00:19 | Type text in Local Language |
| 00:22 | This tutorial is recorded using
Ubuntu Linux OS version 18.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 6.3.5 |
| 00:35 | The files used in this tutorial have been provided to you in the Code files link on this tutorial page. |
| 00:43 | Please download and extract the file. |
| 00:47 | Make a copy and then use it for practising. |
| 00:52 | Now, I will explain how to configure Local language typing in Writer. |
| 00:58 | For demonstration we will use Hindi language. |
| 01:02 | To type in Hindi, we need Lohit Deva packages. |
| 01:07 | In the latest version of Ubuntu Linux, the Lohit Deva packages are installed by default. |
| 01:13 | Now let’s install or check packages for Devnagri font through the terminal. |
| 01:20 | Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys together. |
| 01:26 | Type the following command in the terminal
sudo apt install fonts hyphen lohit hyphen deva and press Enter |
| 01:40 | Type the admin password if prompted and press Enter. |
| 01:46 | You could get a message “fonts hyphen lohit hyphen deva is already the newest version”. |
| 01:54 | This means the font lohit hyphen deva is already on your system.
Else the language package will get installed. |
| 02:05 | Once the installation is over, close the terminal. |
| 02:10 | Now click on the Show Applications or Dash home icon at the bottom left of the screen. |
| 02:17 | In the search bar, type language support and then click on the Language Support icon. |
| 02:25 | If the language support is not installed completely, you may get a pop-up message box. |
| 02:31 | Click on the Remind Me Later button to close it. |
| 02:35 | Now we are in the Language Support dialog box. |
| 02:39 | Under the Language tab, click on the Install/ Remove Languages button. |
| 02:45 | Installed Languages dialog box opens up. |
| 02:49 | Scroll and choose the language of your choice from the displayed list. |
| 02:54 | We can see that English is already selected by default. |
| 02:59 | We will choose another language, say Hindi. |
| 03:03 | Put a check mark in the checkbox for Hindi. |
| 03:08 | Then click on the Apply button at the bottom. |
| 03:13 | A pop-up appears saying Authentication Required. |
| 03:18 | Type the admin password in the Password field and click on the Authenticate button. |
| 03:25 | Applying Changes pop-up box opens and it shows a progress bar. |
| 03:31 | It may take some time to install the newly selected language package. |
| 03:36 | If you get error like Failed to download packages” |
| 03:40 | Refer to theAdditional Reading Material of this tutorial. |
| 03:45 | Once done, the installation dialog box closes by itself. |
| 03:50 | Now, go to the Language for menus and windows section and scroll down. |
| 03:57 | We can see the newly added language Hindi. |
| 04:01 | Make sure that the Keyboard input method system is set to IBus. |
| 04:07 | If not, then select it from the drop-down. |
| 04:11 | Now click on the Close button at the bottom right. |
| 04:16 | Click on the Show Applications or Dash home icon at the bottom left of the screen again. |
| 04:23 | In the search bar, type Settings and click on the Settings icon. |
| 04:29 | On the left, we can see list of Settings option |
| 04:34 | If not click on the back button to go back to the Settings page |
| 04:40 | From the list select Region & Language option |
| 04:45 | To add the newly installed language Hindi, click on the plus symbol below the Input Sources section. |
| 04:53 | Add an input source window opens. |
| 04:57 | From the list, select Hindi. |
| 05:00 | In case if Hindi language option is not available, click on the 3 dots icon. |
| 05:07 | It has various options for Hindi input. |
| 05:11 | Select Hindi (KaGaPa phonetic) |
| 05:15 | Then click on the Add button located at the top right corner of the window. |
| 05:21 | Now we can see the selected language Hindi as one of the Input Sources item. |
| 05:28 | Close the Settings window by clicking on X icon. |
| 05:33 | Go to the Taskbar located at the top right corner of the Desktop screen. |
| 05:39 | We can see the “en” drop-down which is called the Input Language menu. |
| 05:45 | Click on the down arrow. |
| 05:48 | We see the newly added Hindi (KaGaPa phonetic) language along with English US. |
| 05:55 | To type in the newly added language, we need to restart the computer. |
| 06:00 | Now open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys together |
| 06:06 | In the terminal, type sudo reboot and press Enter. |
| 06:15 | Type the admin password if prompted and press Enter. |
| 06:20 | Our system has now rebooted. |
| 06:23 | Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt+ T keys together. |
| 06:29 | In the terminal type the following command:
locale space hyphen a and press Enter |
| 06:39 | Type the admin password if prompted and press Enter. |
| 06:44 | We can see a list of languages along with newly added language that is hi underscore IN or hi underscore IN dot utf8 |
| 06:59 | That means that we have successfully installed the new input language, that is Hindi. |
| 07:05 | Now open a new Writer document. |
| 07:09 | Now type Welcome to Spoken Tutorial and press Enter. |
| 07:15 | As we have set English as the default language, we can see the same in the status bar. |
| 07:22 | Let us change the language from English to Hindi. |
| 07:26 | To do so, click on the Input Language down arrow next to en at the top right corner of the Task bar.
Then select Hindi (KaGaPa phonetic). |
| 07:40 | Let’s see how the Hindi keyboard layout looks like. |
| 07:45 | So, first click on the Input Language down arrow.
Then select Show Keyboard Layout. |
| 07:52 | The keyboard layout indicates the output we will get by typing on our keyboard. |
| 07:59 | Please refer to the keyboard whenever required. |
| 08:02 | In case if you find any difficulty in typing Hindi text
Please refer Additional reading material i.e Show Keyboard Layout |
| 08:12 | Click on the Close button to close the keyboard layout. |
| 08:16 | Switch to the Writer document. |
| 08:19 | In a new line type the Hindi text as shown. |
| 08:24 | When we type, notice that now the status bar shows Hindi. |
| 08:30 | Now press Enter.
Notice that now the status bar shows English (India). |
| 08:38 | But if you start typing again, it will type in Hindi not in English. |
| 08:44 | Let me undo this change. |
| 08:47 | We can change our Input language by pressing the Super key or Windows key along with the Spacebar. |
| 08:56 | Likewise you can install any language of your choice and practice on your own. |
| 09:02 | Save and close the file. |
| 09:05 | This brings us to the end of this spoken tutorial.
Let us summarise |
| 09:10 | In this tutorial, we learnt to:
Install Language packages in Writer |
| 09:16 | Configure Local language setting and |
| 09:20 | Type text in Local Language |
| 09:23 | As an assignment
Open practice.odt file |
| 09:28 | Use Hindi KaGaPa Phonetic |
| 09:31 | Type I like Spoken tutorial in Hindi |
| 09:36 | The video at the following link summarises the spoken tutorial project
Please download and watch it. |
| 09:43 | We conduct workshops using spoken tutorials and give certificates.
For more details, Please contact us. |
| 09:52 | Please post your timed queries in this forum. |
| 09:56 | The Spoken Tutorial project is funded by MHRD Govt of India |
| 10:01 | This tutorial was originally contributed by IT for Change in 2012. |
| 10:08 | This is Pratik Kamble along with the Spoken Tutorial team from IIT Bombay signing off.
Thank you for watching. |
