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Hebrew/Yiddish Reader for MS-Windows CE 3.0, Pocket PC 2002, Pocket PC 2003, Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile 6 Classic, Windows Mobile 6 Professional*)

Version 1.8m

For using texts with nikud, installation of a Unicode font on the Pocket PC is absolutely required - for installation instructions see here.

This program views Hebrew text files in the DOC format for Palm PC**) - for this format, there are many Hebrew text files as freeware or shareware - or DOS Hebrew text files

Features:

• Bookmarks for some Palm DOC files which contain HTML-like tags which specify bookmarks
  NEW is also support for other bookmarks which are contained in the Palm DOC file
• Search function
• Optional using Unicode fonts containing Hebrew. The font size of the Unicode font(s) can be also individually selected. Click here for instructions how to install them.
• NEW: Faster loading of the Hebrew text files
• Optional starting of Palm DOC Hebrew text files from the File Explorer
• Left and right keys at the 4-way navigator button can be used for jumping one page up or down

• NEW in Version 1.8a: Displaying Yiddish Windows Codepage-1255 plain text files (for this feature, a Unicode font is required)
• NEW in Version 1.8f: Displaying Khumesh (many thanks to Prof. Leonard Prager for providing them) in Yiddish
  • The text is contained in five .tpr files which can be downloaded as a self-extracting archive by clicking on here
  • For this feature, a Unicode font is required

System requirements: ARM, X-Scale, MIPS, SH3 or SH4 processor

Frequently Asked Questions

How to install Unicode fonts on the pocket PC.

• Suitable fonts are e.g. Arial, Tahoma or Times New Roman (not supplied with the Hebrew/Yiddish Reader) which are present in newer desktop Windows versions or downloaded from Microsoft
• The desired font(s) have to be copied from the C:\Windows\Fonts or C:\Winnt\Fonts folder on the desktop PC into the \Windows\Fonts folder on the pocket PC by the user.
  This can be done via the following instructions for users with Windows Mobile Device Center:
  1. on the desktop PC, start Windows Mobile Device Center
  2. go with the mouse cursor to File Management
  3. click on Browse the contents on your device
  4. click on \ and then on My Documents
  5. click on the desktop screen on My Computer, C:, WINDOWS, FONTS
  6. copy the font from the desktop PC to the Pocket PC via Drag&Drop
  7. on the Pocket PC, start File Explorer
  8. tap on icon looking like a Pocket PC and select My Device
  9. tap on My Documents
  10. tap on the font to copy a longer time and select Cut
  11. tap on icon looking like a Pocket PC and select My Device
  12. tap on Windows and then on Fonts
  13. tap in the area where the files are displayed a longer time
  14. tap on Paste
  Users of ActiveSync have to follow these instructions:
  1. click on the desktop PC on My Computer, C:, WINDOWS, FONTS
  2. open the Fonts folder on your Pocket PC via the following instructions
     • using a device with Windows CE 3.0, Pocket PC 2002 or Pocket PC 2003
       • click in ActiveSync on Explore, My Device, Windows, Fonts
     • using a device with Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC
       • click in ActiveSync on Explore, My Windows Mobile-Based Device, enable displaying of hidden files and folders if necessary and click on Windows, Fonts
       • Displaying of hidden files and folders can be enabled by clicking on the menu Tools, menu item Folder Options, then on tab View, scrolling in the list Advanced Settings down to the item Hidden files and folders and select the radio button Show Hidden Files and Folders.
  3. drag a font from the desktop PC to the Pocket PC
• After copying the font(s) from the desktop PC to the pocket PC, click in the Hebrew/Yiddish Reader for Windows CE on Font, Font Name..., Unicode and select the copied font in the combobox.

Solution to problem: Word or Excel documents which are synchronized with the Pocket PC appear as "garbage" in Hebrew letters.

• If synchronizing a MS Word or MS Excel document which uses a font which is not present on the pocket PC, then the pocket PC uses an arbitrary font and that could be the Hebrew font which the calendar program uses.
  This problem can be fixed by copying the fonts used in the desktop PC document from the Fonts folder on the desktop PC (C:\WINDOWS\FONTS or C:\WINNT\FONTS) to the fonts Folder on the pocket PC (\Windows\Fonts).

Solution to problem: The text My info which is displayed when the Pocket PC is turned on is displayed as "garbage" in Hebrew letters.

• When the Pocket PC is turned on and the text My info is displayed as garbage in Hebrew letters, the problem can be solved by removing the file
  
  

    NEWCOMH1.TTF

  from your pocket PC which is located in the
  
  

    \Windows\Fonts

  folder using the File Explorer of the pocket PC
  
  When using a Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC device and if the file cannot be removed because it is in use, perform the following steps:
  • take the Pocket PC out of the cradle
  • perform a soft reset
  • start the File Explorer again
  • go to the Fonts directory
  • rename the font e.g. to
    
    

      DeleteFont

  • delete the renamed font
  
  After deleting the font, follow the instructions in the section Installing Unicode fonts on the pocket PC on this webpage.

How can I create a text which can be read by the Hebrew Reader?

• The text can be created as a plain text file in Windows Hebrew codepage 1255 format which can be read by the Hebrew Reader.
• Such a file can be created e.g. in Microsoft Word 2007*) by selecting in the Save File dialog box in the combobox Save as type the entry Plain Text (*.txt).
  Then a dialog appears where you click on Other Encoding and then select Hebrew (Windows).

*) Microsoft, MS, Windows and Microsoft Word are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S.A. and/or other countries.

**) Palm is a trademark of Palm Computing Inc., a 3Com Company.

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