Trying to type in SANSKRIT (devanagari script) and TIBETAN

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I was recently in Bhutan and wanted to include some Dzonkha in my Keynote presentation about my trip. I had to download a language kit from xenotypetech.com. Any text editor program you use will have to support Unicode fonts in order to use fonts from languages like Tibetan and Sanskrit. Check out this helpful site from forum member Tom Gewecke (who will probably find this topic soon):

http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/mlingos9.html#keyboards

-Doug

Hi! I am trying to use Microsoft Word and type in
Sanskrit and Tibetan...

Sorry, MS Word for Mac is still unsuitable for such a task, it cannot yet do Devanagari/Sanskrit, Tibetan, Arabic, or Hebrew. (It can probably do transliterated Sanskrit, however).

You will need to use a different app, many of which can save in .doc format if necessary.

Devanagari or transliterated Sanskrit can be done with OS X as it is (except for stress marks I think). This note indicates some suitable apps, to which should be added OpenOffice/X11:

http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/TypingDevanagari.html

Here is a page on Sanskrit:

http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/sanskrittest.html

Tibetan requires the Xenotypetech kit. Or you can do it with OpenOffice/X11 plus a downloadable keyboard and fonts.

Leopard when it comes out next spring should include Tibetan.

Feel free to ask or email if you have further questions.

PS Here is some additional info on Tibetan:

http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/typingtibetan.html