To overcome the drawbacks in the first method, the interface method provides the following advantages: • It follows Unicode technique. Hence knowledge of Tamil typing is not necessary. • It is easy to type documents in Tamil in any word processor. • Some of the Unicode fonts like “Arial Unicode” supports all Indian languages including Tamil and English using respective language interface.
. . Download and Install Tamil Typing Interface Many Tamil Typing Interfaces are available as open source such as “Murasu”(it is exclusively for Tamil), “NHM Writer”(It is universal to all Indian languages) etc. To download and install: • “Murasu” use the link : download • “NHM writer” use the link : http:// software.nhm.in .
Editing a document Once a document is typed, it can be edited in many ways. If there is some insertions or deletions, it can be done while typing or after typing also. Corrections can be made in two different ways : Backspace Key: Deletes the character to the left of the insertion p o i n t e r. Delete Key : Deletes the character to the right of the insertion pointer To insert a text in between if something is left out, the insertion can be made by taking the insertion pointer to the current location and Press the Insert key the newly typed text is inserted, so that the existing text moves to the right.
This is Insert mode. Press the Insert key again, the text is over written on the existing text. This is called Type over mode. You can toggle between the insert mode and type over mode by pressing the Insert key .
. Select, Move and Copy text . . Selecting Text In any word processor, the text has to be selected for performing any operations like copying, moving, formatting etc.
The text selection can be done in two methods: i) Selecting the continuous text. ii) Selecting the non continuous text. Selecting the continuous text To select the text continously move the insertion pointer to the begining of the text. • hold the SHIFT key and drag the mouse