Short manual for Jewish Calendar Program (64-bit)

Further information about the Jewish Calendar Program (64-bit) can be got in its help.

Installing and using Khumesh in Yiddish

First, download the self-extracting archive tpr.exe

Then run the downloaded tpr.exe file in order to extract the files.

The extracted .tpr files have to be copied into the directory C:\Users\<Current username>\AppData\Local\jewishcal-tpr where <Current username> must be replaced with the name of the currently logged user.

Displaying a torah section in Yiddish

By single-clicking on a day in the two-month and week calendar view, or by double-clicking on a day in the one-month calendar view, you can click on the button View torah reading in Yiddish! to view the Khumesh portion of Shabbat and holiday readings in Yiddish.

Settings

The most important settings:

• in the two-month calendar view, menu Calendar, menu item Preferences... Startup settings and Calendar view, language and location at startup..., the default language, location for the times calculation and calendar view can be set up - the settings take effect only when the program is restarted
• in the two-month calendar view, menu Calendar, menu item Preferences..., Time calculation, menu item Configure Time Format..., the time format for the shabbat times and Zmanim can be configured
• in the two-month calendar view, menu Calendar, menu item Preferences..., Display, menu item Readings Language..., the language of the torah readings can be configured

For more information, see the help file.

Note for Hebrew Windows users in Israel

In the Jewish Calendar Program in the two-month calendar view, click on the menu Calendar, on the menu item Preferences..., Display and then on Hebrew Font.
In the appearing dialog box, select Present and OK.

Then, Hebrew can be set as default language by selecting Hebrew in the combobox Language and by activating the checkbox Hebrew.

By clicking in the menu Calendar on the menu item Preferences, Calendar calculation and Choosing Diaspora/Israel..., the readings and holidays calculation can be set for Israel.

Please restart the Jewish Calendar Program, so that the changes can take effect.

For more information, see the help file.

Setting the calendar views from right to left

Week calendar view:	By clicking on the symbol
One-month calendar view:	By clicking on a weekday name or by clicking on the blue monitor symbol
Year calendar view:	By clicking on the blue monitor symbol

For more information, see the help file.

System requirements for Jewish Calendar Program (64-bit)

Windows Vista 64-bit, 1 GHz CPU, Super VGA graphics card with a graphics resolution of 1024*768 pixels and HighColor (16 Bit) color resolution.

License Agreement

The delivered software is protected by copyright laws.

The author is not liable for consequential, incidential or indirect damages of any kind which arise out of the use of the software.

Ulrich Greve
E-Mail: arein@tichnut.de