I need help!!! An Israeli in OZ

[b e n t z i]

I need help!!! An Israeli in OZ

Hi everyone, I feel very confused about my new mac (about three mounths old) . I brought an e-mac version 10.4 here in Melbourne, Australia. What am I doing here?..well i'm studying Arts (madaei ha roach) in Monash uni. So as u can understand I have no knowlege really in cputers in general, and even less when it comes to Mac. But, i bourght the Mac, just because my pc broke down but since then i have so many problems i really need help again: 1. as a student i need to use Microsoft office, since that is the format used in the uniersity. So I got the Office for mac and thats great. But the problem is that i need Hebrew as well. SO i tried and downloaded Neo but the truth is that it just made it wrost: a. it converted all the documents, form word to Neo - whichh isnt good for me. thus, i need to work simultanisly with Office and neo. but how? i don't know..... 2. even when i did install the neo - i was not able to write in hebrew, i really tried all the options...but i think i need some more help..... 3. part of my corses in uni require both Real and widows media ....so how can i get them to work on my mac. I tried to download Windows Media for mac but it says that it doesnt work. 4. Some of the internet sites i go into only support Explorer ......so i was thinking maybe to get the virtual pc and then I could install a hebrew virsion of windows and explorere and then all of my above problems will be served...but then i do not have a mac anymore ha? so i really do not know what to do.....i need help with : 1. being qble to work simultaniosly with office and neo 2. i need to know how to install neo 3. i need to work with Windows media and Real 4. I need to work with explorere so........i seems to me that i might have done a big mistake in buying a mac...so i am thinking of selling it....but before i do so... i want really to get some help. I'm sorry that i did not explain myself properly....but i just do not know much about teh whole thing..... I deeply and sincerely appriceate your help and support thanks very much Bentzi melbourne, australia maybe someone knows about an Israeli here that uses mac in hebrew?????

 

[boulderdash]

Some Answers

Hi Benzi, First and most important.. Have you installed Hebrew keyboard? If not, then you better start with this: Go to System Preferences / International / Languages - Add עברית (Hebrew), then move the the Input Menu tab and Select Hebrew there too. Now You'll have two (or more..) languages installed in your Mac: Hebrew and English, once you've add these a new keyboard item will appear in the Apple main menu, you will see US (or is Oz down there...) and Hebrew, appear as blue David shield... You use this menu to switch between the keyboard and it will allow you to type in Hebrew and English in all applications. Now there will be no problem using Hebrew in Neo. Once you've opened a Word doc in Neo and Edited it, the default save format will be sxw, which is the standard Open Office / Neo file format, you will have the save the file in Word format in case you want to use it again in Word, to do so: From Neo, select File / Save As..., then from the File Type list box select Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) file and then the file will be readable from Word too. Better option is to use an RTF (Rich Text Format) file format when you want to use files both in Word and Neo (and many other editors), this is a universal file format, but it lacks some editing options. I guess you will have to try and see if it will work for you... Neo is real good, both for English and Hebrew editing, we used it a lot and are very happy with it. Real Player, Real have a free Mac version too, link below. MS Windows Media player, MS too have a free WMP version for Mac users, link down too... Virtual PC: Installing VPC doesn't mean you won't have Mac any more... VPC is yet another application that runs under Mac OS X, it won't replace OS X, will just allow you to have Virtual Windows XP/2000/ME/Whatever for using Internet Explorer and other stuff.... Hope this helps, let us know if you need more help... And, be cool, we are here to help you

 

[boulderdash]

Real Player

http://www.real.com

 

[b e n t z i]

some gratefull thanks and more Q

Thanks so much mate. the tip about the hebrew installation through the System Preference was so obvious and yet....without you i would not have been able to write in hebrew. So in order to write now the only thing is to go to GOLD, which is a jewish book store in the Jewish ghetto (known as CAulfield) and to buy font-stikkers for my keyboad. But until then i have still some complications: 1. I did download Windows Media player for mac but when i try to run it i get the following notice: Safari can’t open the file “Windows Media.sitx” because no available application can open it. so....what can i do???? 2. The Realplayer seems to be ofered for free only for 14 days......VE DA LECHA BE KIMA BIRMIZA 3. when i try to change the Australian flug to the israeli on, on the top of teh desktop in order to change languages...............................it works in Neo. But not when i am using Safari. Is it normal? can i do something about it? or just cut and past from the Neo to teh internet? 4. I downloaded Internet Explorer for mac.....why? - because i need to work with some internet sites that support only Explorer....however.......I can not read hebrew with it.......so i went to: view/charachter change.....and i have a milion different languges exept....hebrew...is there a way to download it? what can i say..i'm speechless thanks so much Bentzi

 

[Booz3D]

some answers

hi benz, about real player: there should be a free version somewhere on the site, but its really hard to find it, but i know its there. about safari: hebrew support is system wide, so every application who support hebrew input should be able to get hebrew (safari include). about internet explorer for mac: NO HEBREW SUPPORT no matter what you do, and no matter which encode you choose! about "WindowsMedia.sixt": go and download stuffit expander (google for it) there is a free version and a trial, download the free on. (pay attantion that you download the MAC version and not the WINDOWS one. hope it helps. good luck.

 

[boulderdash]

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Internet Explorer for Mac and Internet Explorer for PC share the same name, and... that about it. they are totally different things. IE for PC is a shitty browser, and IE for MAC is just worse... you can trash it. Search in www.real.com, there a FREE version that is not limited in time, look for it. Good luck

 

[dean4]

רק שיהיה ברור

יש לך זכות להגיש עבודה בפורמט תיקני (ooo, txt) ולא doc הרכושני ושיקפוץ העולם! אגב, אני מתרשם מה יכול לעשות חו"ל לאורך הכתיבה באנגלית...

 

[storaro]

left to right

And i ask how the hell can i write English align to the left in safari and firefox? is it possible that only Gates people can enjoy that?