BarahaPad

BarahaPad editor

BarahaPad is a Unicode text editor for Indian languages. It has basic text editing features such as Bold, Italic, Underline, Font, Font Size, Text Color, Alignment, Bullets and Indentation. It has several premium features which enable the user to create documents with speed and efficiency.

System requirements: BarahaPad runs on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Your PC should meet the Unicode requirements.

Opening File:

BarahaPad can open Rich Text Format(RTF) and Unicode text file(TXT in ANSI, Little-Endian and UTF-8 encoding).

Saving File:

The document can be saved as a RTF or TXT (Little-Endian encoding) file. The file name may be in Indian script itself. Press F11 to switch between English and Indian script.

Editing text:

To type Indian language text:

• Select the desired Indian language under the IME -> Language menu.
• Start typing.

To type English text:

• Select English under the IME -> Language menu. (You may press F11 key anytime to switch between Indian language and English.)
• Continue typing.

Keyboards:

The keyboard can be selected using the IME -> Keyboard menu. The following keyboards are available for all the scripts.

Phonetic Keyboard, Brhkbd Keyboard, Inscript Keyboard

Spell check:

Please read Spell check topic.

AutoText:

Please read AutoText topic.

Access online dictionary:

Select the word/phrase and press (Ctrl + D) keys to lookup the word in the online dictionaries. Pressing (Ctrl + W) keys will perform a general web search. User may also select the respective popup menu commands by right clicking on the selected word/phrase. The search results are displayed in the right side pane of the BarahaPad editor.

Google Translate dictionary service is used for Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati and Bengali languages. Dictionary service is currently not available for Sanskrit, Punjabhi, Assamese and Oriya languages.

Default fonts:

The Edit -> Default Fonts... dialog box shows the installed Unicode based (OpenType) fonts available for every script. User may select the default font/size for every script. Any Unicode font that supports an Indian script can be used in BarahaPad. When you enable Indian languages, Windows installs a single font for every Indian script. Additional fonts can be installed and used.

Converting text:

Text can be converted from one script to another. Select the text and select the desired script under Tools -> Convert To menu command. (hot key: F10).

Indian language text can also be converted to ISO 15919 and IAST (see: Latin) encodings. Text in ISO 15919 or IAST encoding can be converted back to Indian language text.

Sorting text:

Text can be sorted in ascending or descending order. Select the text and select Tools -> Sort menu command. (hot key: F9).

Inserting special characters:

User may insert special Unicode characters by using their hexadecimal values. This feature works only when the language is English.

• Type 0C61. Select it.
• Press (ALT+X) keys. This will convert 0C61 to the actual Unicode character. Pressing (ALT+X) keys again converts the selected Unicode character back to hexadecimal value.

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