BarahaPad

BarahaPad editor

BarahaPad is a Unicode text editor for Indian languages.

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

Opening/Saving files:

BarahaPad can open/save BarahaPad (.BPD), Rich Text Format (.RTF) and Unicode text (.TXT) files.

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 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.

Translation & Web search:

You can use Google Translate service for translating between Indian languages and English. Google Translate is currently available for Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Bengali languages only. Since this online service is still under development, the results may not be 100% accurate. Translation is currently not available for Marathi, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Punjabhi, Assamese and Oriya languages.

To perform translation, select the word/phrase and press (Ctrl + T) keys. The translation results are displayed in the right side pane of the BarahaPad editor. You may also select the respective popup menu command by right clicking on the selected word/phrase. To perform a general web search, select the word/phrase and press (Ctrl + W) keys.

Default fonts:

The Edit -> Default Fonts... dialog box shows the installed Unicode based (OpenType) fonts available for every script. You 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).

See: ISO 15919

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:

You 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.

Baraha.com News

The News Icon becomes highlighted if the news is available for the currently selected language and the Internet is ON. The News Icon flashes if an updated news is available. You may click on the news icon to access the news.

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