ÿþ<html> <head> <title>How to Install Arabic</title> <meta name="Description" content="Our website Speak7 helps you find out how to install Arabic, which will allow you to write your name."> <meta name="Keywords" content="Install Arabic, How to, Keyboard, Write, Name, Art, Arabe, Installer"> <meta name="Subjects" content="Education:Distance learning ; Education ; Education:Home schooling ; Education:Literacy and English as a second language ; Education:Students"> <meta name="author" content="Salim"> <meta name="contactNetworkAddress" content="speak7@gmail.com"> <meta http-equiv="Content-language" content="en-US,ar"> <meta name="robots" content="index,follow"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered)"> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><a href="index.htm">Home</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="arabic_phrases101.htm">Phrases</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="arabic_calligraphy.htm">Calligraphy</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="learn_arabic.htm">Translation</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="arabic_verbs.htm">Verbs</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="arabic_adjective.htm">Adjectives</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="arabic_alphabet.htm">Alphabet</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="index.htm">More</a></span></b></p> <center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0357310144988628"; 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If you are an Arabic native or reached a level where you can type in Arabic without a problem then you might want to install Arabic on your computer. <p class=MsoNoSpacing>To set up Arabic under <b>Windows XP</b>, select <b>Start</b> | <b>Settings</b> | <b>Control Panel</b> | <b><span style='color:blue'>Regional and Language Options</span></b>. Click the <b>Languages</b> tab at the top; check the box which allows you to &quot;<b>Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai)</b> , <b>Apply</b>, then click on <b>Details</b>... under <b>Text services and input languages</b>. When the window appears, click <b><span style='color:blue'>Add</span></b>... next to Installed services and select <b>Arabic (Egypt)</b> and <b>Arabic (101)</b> as your Keyboard layout/IME. Click <b>OK</b>, <b>Apply</b>, <b>Ok</b> and you're done.</p> <p class=MsoNoSpacing>To set up Arabic under <b>Windows Vista</b>, select <b>Start (or windows logo)</b> | <b>Settings</b> | <b>Control Panel</b> | <b>Regional and Language Options</b>. Choose &quot;<b>Keyboards and Languages</b>&quot; at the top, click on the button &quot;<b>Change Keyboards</b>&quot;, then &quot;<b>Add</b>&quot;, scroll to where <b>Arabic</b> is, you might want to choose &quot;<b>Arabic (Egypt)</b>&quot; for example, make sure you click on the <b>+</b> icon before the word &quot;<b>Arabic (Egypt)</b> , once you do, you will see &quot;<b>keyboard</b>&quot; click on the <b>+</b> icon placed before it. Check the box for  <b>Arabic (101)</b> . Click &quot;<b>Ok</b>&quot;, then &quot;<b>Apply</b>&quot; and finally &quot;<b>Ok</b>&quot;, and that's it.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:blue'>Tips you need to know</span></b></p> <p>Once Arabic is installed, you will be able to type messages in Arabic or in English, to do so let's say you were typing an e-mail in English and you decided to type the rest in Arabic, just press and hold "Shift" button on your keyboard and press "Alt", and that will switch to "Ar", then you can do the same thing again (Shift + Alt) to swtich back to English. Good luck! <center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0357310144988628"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; google_ad_format = "336x280_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel = ""; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "0000FF"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "000000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></center> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:blue'>How do I change the display language? </span></b></p> <p class=MsoNoSpacing>If your browser doesn't support Arabic or when you visit a website in Arabic it shows you just some weird signs and symbols, then you need to adjust your browser which can be done easily in order to display that page properly. </p> <p class=MsoNoSpacing>Go to the top of your browser where you have &quot;<b>File</b>&quot; &quot;<b>Edit</b>&quot; &quot;<b>View</b> .... Select &quot;<b><span style='color:blue'>View</span></b>&quot;, then &quot;<b>Encoding</b>&quot; then &quot;<b>Arabic Windows</b>&quot; and that should do it, if the problem still exists, then that means the problem is not your browser, but on the page you're trying to view.</p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:blue'>Salim</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"; color:blue'> </span><span style='color:blue'>2005</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:blue'>-</span><span style='color:blue'>2007 © speak7.com&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="mailto:speak7@gmail.com">speak7@gmail.com</a></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:blue'>All Rights Reserved</span></b></p> </div> <center> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0357310144988628"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "0000FF"; google_color_url = "0000FF"; google_color_text = "000000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center> </body> </html>