Apple Macintosh Hebrew Language Kit - Manual (Page 15)

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Primary and secondary scripts
The script used by your system software—the language in the
menus, dialog boxes, and other items on the screen—is your
computer’s primary script. If you install a language kit that uses a
different script, that script becomes a secondary script for your
system. For example, if your system is English, and you install the
Hebrew Language Kit, your system’s primary script is Roman, and
its secondary script is Hebrew.
Choosing a keyboard layout
In the upper-right corner of your screen, you’ll see a Keyboards
menu in the menu bar. The Keyboards menu is available on any
system with more than one language installed.
If you work in two languages, you can switch from one language
to another by choosing the appropriate keyboard layout from the
Keyboards menu. Using a Hebrew application program, or a
program that takes advantage of WorldScript I, you can type a
document in Hebrew that includes passages in English, all using
the correct fonts and characters.
To choose a keyboard layout while working in an application
program, you can do one of the following:
m Pull down the Keyboards menu and choose the keyboard
layout you want to use. You can now type in the language
corresponding to the layout you selected.
m If you know what’s listed in the Keyboards menu, press
x–Space Bar to switch to the next section of the list without
opening the menu. Press x–Option–Space Bar to switch to
the next choice within the same section.
You may also need to change keyboard layouts while working on
the desktop. If you want to edit a Hebrew file or folder name, you
first need to select a Hebrew font in the Views control panel (see
Chapter 2).
Chapter 4: Working in Multiple Languages