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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.

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