How to enable the Arabic keyboard on Mac
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All OS X versions are able to display Arabic perfectly fine. However, if you wish to type in Arabic you must enable an Arabic keyboard layout.
Doing so is simple:
Click on Regional and Language Options. Click the Keyboards and Languages tab and then click Change keyboards. Under Installed services, click Add. In the Add Input Language dialog box, select the keyboard layout you would like to add from the list available and click OK.
- Begin by opening the “Language & Region” pane in the System Preferences. As it says, the Language & Region preferences let’s you control which language you will see in menus and dialogs, as well as the formats of dates, times, and currencies.
- How to change the keyboard language on a Mac 1. Click the Apple logo in the top-left corner of the screen, then select 'System Preferences.'
- Mac OS X - How to Change the Keyboard Input Language Latest update on July 21, 2015 at 12:18 PM by deri58. It might be useful to change the keyboard input language, especially when you need to type text in a foreign language.
- Change the primary language: Drag a different preferred language to the top of the Preferred languages list. For more information on this, you can head to Apple’s support pages. On your phone, you can switch your keyboard whenever you want to type in a different language, and the keys will automatically switch.
- Go to
System Preferences...
from the Apple menu in the top left corner. Then:- If using OS X >= 10.9: click on
Keyboard
- If using OS X < 10.9: click on
Language & Text
- If using OS X >= 10.9: click on
- Click on the
Input Sources
tab. - In the left sidebar, locate the 'Arabic' entry and select it. Or for OS X >= 10.9, click on the
+
icon, locate the 'Arabic' entry and add it.
Now, whenever you need to type Arabic, you'll be able to select the Arabic keyboard from the menu bar. English is denoted by either the U.S flag or similar. Arabic is denoted by the green crescent or isolated ع depending on your OS X version.
Use a shortcut to switch between languages:
- In OS X >= 10.9: go to
System Preferences
>Keyboard
>Shortcuts
. On the left sidebar, click onInput Source
. - In OS X < 10.9: go to
System Preferences
>Language & Text
>Input Sources
. Click on theKeyboard Shortcuts...
button.
Here you can define a shortcut for switching to the previous/next input source language. We like to use the default
⌘Space
for this purpose.Enabling
Automatically switch to a document's input source
will allow you to maintain an input language per document. So you can for example open 2 documents, write one in English and the other in Arabic, and OS X will remember the keyboard association for each.Automatic Arabic Transliteration
Katib has a built-in feature that allows automatic transliteration of the 'Arabish' way of transcribing Arabic. What this simply means is that, for example, typing 'Ahlan' will automatically replace it with أهلًا in the document and so on.
To enable automatic transliteration, hit
⌘Y
or go to Script
> Automatic Arabish Transliteration
. While this feature is active the cursor will be a reddish color.This feature constantly adapts to your spelling style and does not require an internet connection.
Using the Keyboard Viewer
If your physical Mac keyboard doesn't contain Arabic symbols, you can purchasestickersonline and lay them on top of your keyboard.
Alternatively, you can use Keyboard Viewer, which will you show a virtual keyboard for the currently selected input language.
If you are person who need to write in more than one language, or you live in foreign country, or you are simply a translator, you'll need multiple keyboard languages in your operating system. To use them, first you need to know how to add them, and then, how to change/switch them efficiently.
Great addition to such setup are our bilingual keyboard stickers with two languages printed on them. You can then easily write in two languages without the need to learn letters placement in mind.
So, how to add and change languages? Click on your operating system to jump to proper section:
-> Mac OS X
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-> Windows Vista
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-> Windows 8
-> Windows 10
Adding keyboard language
1. Open Spotlight (Cmd + space) and type 'system', then click on System Preferences, or click on Apple in top left corner of the screen and choose System Preferences from menu.
2. Click on Keyboard.
3. Switch from Keyboard to Input Sources tab, and then click on + (plus) button in bottom left corner of the window.
4. From popup choose desired language from left list, and then choose particular layout for this language from right list. Finally, click on Add button to add this language to your system.
5. You're done :)
Switching keyboard language
There is no quick method of doing this out of the box in Mac OS X. You need to manually assign keyboard shortcut to the 'switching' action.
1. Go to Keyboard in System Preferences.
2. From Keyboard switch to Shortcuts tab.
3. Click on Input Sources on the left list and check Select next source in Input menu. You'll see a little warning, because this keyboard shortcut is already used by Spotlight.
4. Click on Spotlight on the left list and uncheck Show Finder search window. Now the warning is gone.
5. That's it. Now you can switch languages by using Cmd + Opt + Space shortcut :)
Adding keyboard language
1. Click on Start menu and choose Control Panel.
2. Click on Clock, Language and Region.
3. Switch to Keyboards and languages tab and click on Change keyboards button.
4. Under Installed services, click Add button.
5. Double-click on language you want to add, then double-click on text services you want to add, and - finally - select the text services options you want to add. Click OK button.
6. That's it :)
Switching keyboard language
To set this up, right-click on the taskbar (the gray bar at the bottom on screen) and from menu choose Toolbars, and then click Language Bar. Language Bar will show up on the taskbar. Now to switch language click on language name next to little keyboard icon and from list, select desired language.
Windows 7
Adding keyboard language
1. Click on Start menu and choose Control Panel.
2. Click on Clock, Language and Region.
3. Switch to Keyboards and languages tab and click on Change keyboards button.
4. Under Installed services, click Add button.
5. Double-click on language you want to add, double-click the keyboard you want to add, and select text services options you want to add. Click OK button.
6. That's it :)
Switching keyboard language
To set this up, right-click on the taskbar (the gray bar at the bottom on screen) and from menu choose Toolbars, and then click Language Bar. Language Bar will show up on the taskbar. Now to switch language click on language name next to little keyboard icon and from list, select desired language.
Windows 8 / 8.1
Adding keyboard language
1. Use Windows + W keyboard shortcut to bring Search. In the search field type 'language', then from the search results, on the left, click on Language.
2. In the Language window, click on Add a language link.
3. In the Add languages window find desired language from the list, select it, and click Add button. Some languages are expandable, so select particular language layout you want to use.
4. You're done :)
Switching keyboard language
To switch keyboard languages simply use Windows + Space shortcut.
Windows 10
Adding keyboard language
1. Use Windows + W keyboard shortcut to bring Search. In the search field type 'language', then from the search results, on the left, click on Language.
2. In the Language window, click on Add a language link.
3. In the Add languages window find desired language from the list, select it, and click Add button. Some languages are expandable, so select particular language layout you want to use.
4. You're done :)
How To Change Language On Mac Keyboard Shortcut
Switching keyboard language
To switch keyboard languages simply use Windows + Space shortcut.
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