The Hebrew Language Kit allows users to display, input, edit and print Hebrew documents on their Mac OS computer. The software is intended for educators and students, multinational businesses, and bilingual home users.

The following article contains a description of the Hebrew Language Kit and lists its hardware and software requirement specifications.

Overview

With Apple's Hebrew Language Kit, adding Hebrew and Yiddish text to your documents is both easy and affordable.

This easy-to-install, easy-to-use kit lets you enter, edit, and print Hebrew and Yiddish text. You can switch effortlessly between these languages and the computer's main language. Hebrew and Yiddish can be mixed with left-to-right languages in the same document-even in the same sentence. The kit features a selection of keyboard layouts optimized for both native speakers and students, along with transparent labels for customizing your keyboard.

The Hebrew Language Kit works with most Mac OS compatible applications that support right-to-left text entry, including multilingual and Hebrew-localized applications. Because the kit builds on the inherent multilingual capabilities of the Mac OS, text created in one application is transportable to another. You can copy and paste or drag and drop between applications, and work with documents created by colleagues in Israel who use the Hebrew version of the Mac OS.

The Hebrew Language Kit includes a selection of Apple TrueType fonts enhanced with exciting new QuickDraw GX typographic features. TrueType font technology ensures high-quality on-screen and printed characters at any size.

This product is part of a family of Apple language solutions, which offer an affordable way to internationalize your Macintosh system. You can install as many different Apple Language Kits as you need on a single computer. Apple's multilingual product offerings include the Arabic Language Kit, the Chinese Language Kit, the Chinese Dictation Kit, the Cyrillic Language Kit, the Japanese Language Kit, and others.

Technical Specifications

Usage Requirements

• A Macintosh or PowerBook computer with a 68020 or later processor and 4MB of RAM -OR-
• A Power Macintosh computer with 8MB of RAM
• An Apple SuperDrive floppy disk drive or a CD-ROM drive
• An application that has been localized for the target language or that supports right-to-left text
  

• Macintosh System 7.1 or later (System 7.5 or later required to take advantage of QuickDraw GX features)

Included fonts

• Arial (TrueType)
• Corsiva (TrueType)
• Eilat (bitmap)
• Hermon (bitmap)
• New Peninim (TrueType)
• Raanana (TrueType)

Compatible Applications

The Hebrew Language Kit is based on Apple's WorldScript I technology, and is compatible with all applications that take advantage of WorldScript I. The applications listed below are multilingual and/or Hebrew-localized products that have been tested with this kit; check with the software publisher for compatibility information on other applications.

• PageMaker ME from Adobe Systems (distributed by WinSoft S.A.)
• HyperCard from Apple Computer, Inc.
• SimpleText from Apple Computer, Inc.
• ClarisWorks HB from Claris Corporation
• FileMaker HB from Claris Corporation
• Nisus Writer from Nisus Software Inc.
• WinText from WinSoft S.A.
• WorldWrite from World Software Corporation

Applications that support QuickDraw GX technology and the Hebrew Language Kit include:

• Ready, Set, Go! GX International from Manhattan Graphics Corp.
• LightningDraw GX from Lari Software, Inc.

Features

Capabilities

• Switch between languages easily
• Combine different languages in the same document
• Install as many language kits as needed on a single Macintosh system

Ease of use

• Simple, flexible installation process
• Informative installation and user's guide (in English and French)
• Transparent labels for different keyboard layouts
• Keyboard quick-reference card

High-Quality Fonts

• Six Hebrew fonts, including Yiddish characters
• Apple TrueType format for high-quality on-screen and printed characters
• QuickDraw GX features for state-of-the-art typography
  Note: QuickDraw GX font features require System 7.5 or later, QuickDraw GX software, and a QuickDraw GX compatible application.

Compatibility

• Works with System 7.1 and all subsequent versions of the Mac OS
• Compatible with any localized version of the Mac OS and with other Apple Language Kits
• Supports QuickDraw GX in System 7.5
• Runs in native mode on Power Macintosh computers

Ordering Information

Hebrew Language Kit
Order No. M4453Z/A

• Four 1.4MB floppy disks and one CD-ROM containing:
• - Hebrew Language Kit
• - Standard Hebrew keyboard layout
• - Transliterated QWERTY and AZERTY keyboard layouts
• - SimpleText Hebrew, a basic text-processing application
• - Demonstration versions of compatible applications and utilities
• Hebrew Installation and User's Guide (in English and French)
• Transparent keyboard labels with Hebrew characters