Marathi typing - Use of Bhasha India

[PPH]

Hi,
I need to be able to type in Marathi (Devnagari script) in OpenOfficeWriter. For this, I activated the microsoft windows Marathi language pack and now it allows me to type in Marathi in Writer. However, the layout of the default Marathi keyboard in Windows is really complicated which makes it kind of impossible to use for the common man.

Default Marathi Keyboard Layout

To change the layout to a phonetic layout (normally found almost everywhere in transliteration websites)

Phonetic Keyboard Layout

, I downloaded and installed a utility called "Bhasha India Marathi language tool", which is apparently some project created by Govt of India with MS. With this utility, the Marathi keyboard layout is changed to a far more convinient, phonetic one. This layout works great in microsoft office products and browsers, but it is not working in OpenOfficeWriter. Writer is still following the default Marathi keyboard layout.


Please inform me if this Bhasha India utility is compatible with OpenOffice or not. If not, what ways are there in which I can change the layout of Marathi typing keyboard for OpenOffice?

Thank you.

[John_Ha]

Welcome to the forum.

Please inform me if this Bhasha India utility is compatible with OpenOffice or not.

You would be best to ask the utility authors.

If not, what ways are there in which I can change the layout of Marathi typing keyboard for OpenOffice?

I do not know. Try searching the forum with Marathi or Devnagari. It seems that you need to reassign the keys to different characters. Search Writer Help with language and see Asian typography etc. Search Writer Help with keyboard. See Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages etc.

Try a Google search. I quickly found Tools for typing in Indian languages

As a new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.

[jrkrideau]

Have you tried using the phonetic keyboard in another application, perhaps Notepad?

Does the default Marathi keyboard work in AOO or any other application?