Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Setting Hebrew on a Chromebook

Setting up a Chromebook to type in Hebrew is fairly simple.

Click down in the bottom right area of the screen, where the time and wi-fi signal is.


Click on Settings; scroll down and click on Advanced to see more. Scroll down to Languages and click Language and input settings


Click on Add at the bottom of the Languages window


Scroll down until you find Hebrew; choose it.


Click OK.


With Hebrew selected in the Languages box, check off Use this language for spell checking. (If you choose Display Google Chrome OS in this language, then everything - menus, settings, etc. will be in Hebrew. You probably want to avoid that unless you're an Israeli and you'll be using the Chromebook in Israel. So for most of you - don't.) Under Input, select Hebrew keyboard. Then hit Done.



The first time you switch from English to Hebrew, hit Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar; then you can toggle back and forth using Ctrl+Spacebar

9 comments:

  1. Thank you! This post is extremely helpful!

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  2. Great post, thank you. I didn't know it was so easy to toggle between keyboards (I'm crying, lol!)

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  3. Thank you so much. This will be helpful when I teach religious school. Is there any way to put in the vowels for my students?

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    1. Check out this post:
      https://ourschoolongoogle.blogspot.com/2020/06/hebrew-vowels-niqqud-for-google-docs-on.html
      Also, check out the following. It's free, online, and very good. I would estimate it's about 95% accurate with rabbinic text. You can change the individual mistakes in the pull down menu. I am using it for my day school classes.
      https://nakdanpro.dicta.org.il/

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  4. hi is there a way i can type ancient paleo hebrew in my chromebook?

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    1. Sorry, but no. You're limited to Google's fonts. Same issue with ktav Rashi. Of course, you can always work on the Chromebook and then change the font on a computer.

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