How to install Hindi Indic Input Tool in Windows 7 and Windows XP?

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1 How to install Hindi Indic Input Tool in Windows 7 and Windows XP? To install Hindi Indic input tool in Windows, follow the steps below. For Windows 7: 1) Download Hindi Indic Input tool i. To download the Indic tool for windows just click the below link. ii. Click on Download link. iii. Run the downloaded file. 2) Using Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool ("ILIT") i. Do the following to use Microsoft ILIT in any application, such as Microsoft Word: Open the application in which you would like to enter Indic text. Change the language using the language bar, which typically appears in the taskbar as follows. The language bar will now show the current language. You can now start typing in English and whatever you type automatically gets transliterated after a word-breaking character like a space, comma, etc. is entered. Note that this language setting is per application. You may have to repeat the steps above for each application you want to use Microsoft ILIT in. Hyper Drive Information Technologies Private Limited Page 1

2 3) Turning on the language bar i. If you do not see the language bar in the task bar (at the bottom of the desktop) or floating on the desktop please do the following: Click Start and go to Control Panel. Click Change keyboards or other input methods under Clock, Language and Region. On the Keyboards and Languages tab, click Change Keyboards. On the Language Bar tab, select the Floating on Desktop option. Hyper Drive Information Technologies Private Limited Page 2

3 Click OK to dismiss the Text Services and Input Languages window. Click OK to dismiss the Regional and Language Options window. For Windows XP: 4) Download Hindi Indic Input tool i. To download the Indic tool for windows just click the below link. ii. Click on Download link. iii. Run the downloaded file. 5) Enabling Indic Language Support i. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Regional and Language Options. ii. On the Languages tab, select the Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai) check box. iii. Click on Details. Hyper Drive Information Technologies Private Limited Page 3

4 iv. On the Advanced tab, select the Extend support of advanced text services to all programs checkbox. v. Click OK to dismiss the Text Services and Input Languages window. vi. Click OK to dismiss the Regional and Language Options window. 6) Using Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool ("ILIT") i. Do the following to use Microsoft ILIT in any application, such as Microsoft Word: Open the application in which you would like to enter Indic text. Change the language using the language bar, which typically appears in the taskbar as follows. Hyper Drive Information Technologies Private Limited Page 4

5 The language bar will now show the current language. You can now start typing in English and whatever you type automatically gets transliterated after a word-breaking character like a space, comma, etc. is entered. Note that this language setting is per application. You may have to repeat the steps above for each application you want to use Microsoft ILIT in. 7) Turning on the language bar i. If you do not see the language bar in the task bar (at the bottom of the desktop) or floating on the desktop please do the following: Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Regional and Language Options. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details. Hyper Drive Information Technologies Private Limited Page 5

6 Under Preferences, click Language Bar. Select the Show the Language bar on the desktop check box. Hyper Drive Information Technologies Private Limited Page 6