Writing Dhivehi in Windows XP

18th December 2005 at 20:51 | 10 COMMENTS

I thought that this was a very interesting development. Already I’m seeing country and language specific web sites spring up. Some sites are browser specific though.

One of the most interesting applications that I see is the power of emailing in Dhivehi. Wouldn’t it be interesting and easy if I could do official communications, such writing to the Municipality via email?

HOW TO:

Do enable Dhivehi, you will have to install multi-lingual support for windows.

1. Open REGIONAL & LANGUAGE OPTIONS from the Control Panel

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2. Select the LANGUAGE tab. Make sure that you have checked the “Install files for complex scripts…” check box.
3. Click the DETAILS button

4. from TEXT SERVICES AND INPUT LANGUAGES window in SETTINGS TAB, click the ADD button

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5. from the INPUT LANGUAGE drop box, select Divehi

There are two optional keyboard layouts ie, the Dhivehi typewriter and the Dhivehi phonetic. I personally prefer the phonetic.

I gather that some users don’t find Divehi in there INPUT LANGUAGE drop box… any ideas as to why?

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The Converstation: 10 Comments

  1. omer: 21st December 2005 at 19:53

    hello thuthube
    nice blog love omer

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  2. Fayid: 21st December 2005 at 20:34

    thank you Omer… i love your site too

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  3. bondhalhey: 8th March 2006 at 11:06

    hey Mr.Fayid,
    This is a nice place u got here and i found this post very interesting.
    You wrote:
    “I gather that some users don’t find Divehi in there INPUT LANGUAGE drop box… any ideas as to why?”

    Well you will have to install the language files while installing Windows XP or you can follow these procedures and when it comes to No.2 in your explanation insert the Windows XP CD and let the setup copy the necessary files. Once it is completed restart the PC. When Windoes is restarted goto Language and Regional settings and follow the rest of in this procedure and it should work just fine. :)

    Thanx
    Bondhalhey :)

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  4. Fayid: 8th March 2006 at 14:55

    Thanks Bondhalhey… that’ll be really helpful.

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  5. Afthraxism: 18th March 2006 at 23:00

    Bondhalhey…. u are very helpful… HEHEH!
    and Mr. Fayid “NICE BLOG”.!

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  6. luth: 1st May 2008 at 23:13

    Cud u plz let me know how can i write in thaana in google blog templates..plz

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  7. Fayid: 3rd June 2008 at 13:44

    Hi Luth… I’m not really sure about google blog templates because I don’t use it. However, here are some interesting links that might be of help.

    http://chopey.blogspot.com/2007/05/thaana-on-mac-os-x.html
    http://www.mcst.gov.mv/News_and_Events/xpfonts.htm

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  8. tekulay: 25th January 2009 at 23:46

    any idea how to enable dhivehi writing if dhivehi drop down is not available and when you dont have a XP CD for copying files

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  9. SlyzeR: 9th May 2009 at 11:55

    thanks this helped me
    for a test:
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  10. ammadey: 31st October 2009 at 16:31

    thanks.. this site helped me :D

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