NOTE: If your organizer uses Graffiti-2, Hebrew text can only be entered using the popup keyboard.

The Hebrew Graffiti strokes are shown in the Graffiti Help Screen. These strokes should be entered on the left side of the Graffiti writing area. Accuracy improves when you write large characters. You should draw strokes that nearly fill the Graffiti writing area.

You should take into account the fact that you've been writing English Graffiti for a long time, and you've gotten used to it. It will also take time to get used to writing Hebrew Graffiti. Don't expect it to work perfectly the first time that you try it.

There are two characters (Kuf and Taf) that have two different ways of being written. Use whichever one is convenient for you.

In order to begin entering Hebrew letters using Graffiti, you must switch Graffiti to "Hebrew Mode". This is done by writing the Hebrew letter "ayin", in the Graffiti area. When Graffiti switches into Hebrew mode, the Hebrew letter "ayin" will be displayed in the place of the Graffiti Shift Indicator (where you normally see shift, or punctuation).

While you are in Hebrew Graffiti mode, you will be able to write all of the Hebrew Graffiti letters, as well as all other non-English Graffiti characters (numbers, punctuation, extended shift). In order to write English letters, you'll need to exit Hebrew Graffiti mode.

Once you've activated Hebrew Graffiti mode, you will stay in this mode until you specifically exit it. You will stay in Hebrew mode even when changing applications, hotsyncing, or turning the Palm organizer off and on.

In order to write a sofit (final) letter in Hebrew, you must first do a "shift" stroke (from the bottom of the Graffiti area to the top of the Graffiti area), followed by the letter you want to write (chof, mem, nun, tzadi, or pay).

When you do the shift stroke, the "ayin" indicator will change to a "samech" (for sofit). When you write a character after the shift stroke (whether it is recognized or not), the shift mode will be exited, and the "samech" will revert to the "ayin", and you'll be back in normal Hebrew mode.

In order to exit from Hebrew Graffiti mode back to the standard Graffiti mode, you should write the English letter "w" in the Graffiti area. The "ayin" will no longer be displayed. You can also exit Hebrew Graffiti mode by drawing a stroke from the bottom right corner of the Graffiti area (alpha side), to the top left corner of the Graffiti area.

The Graffiti strokes for "Space" and "Backspace" have been swapped when you are in Hebrew Graffiti mode. The stroke from "right to left" is a "Space", and from "left to right" is a "Backspace". This will be in effect as long as you are in Hebrew Graffiti mode - and is independent of whether you're editing Hebrew or English text.

However, when you write on the numeric side of the Graffiti area (even when you are in Hebrew Graffiti mode), the "Space" and "Backspace" will use their original definitions. If you are writing a number, it will be more natural to write spaces and backspaces in the numeric area.

When in Hebrew Graffiti mode, an additional stroke has been added for the "dash" character. A "dash" can now be made by tapping in the Graffiti area to activate punctuation shift mode, and then making a stroke from right to left (like the new "Space" character). The old "dash" stroke will continue to work as well.

When selecting text across the boundary between Hebrew and English, things can get a little complicated. The bottom line is WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get - if everything works correctly). As you cross the boundary, the text that is selected may not be continuous (i.e., there may be a portion of unselected text between two portions of selected text). Always keep in mind the order that the text was entered - this is the order that it is selected. It takes a little getting used to, but in the end it makes sense.

When editing text that contains only Hebrew, or Hebrew with embedded English, the text will be right justified. This allows Hebrew texts to be entered naturally, and not in "push mode". If the text in a field contains Hebrew and English characters its orientation will be determined by the first letter in the text. If the first letter is Hebrew (all numbers and punctuation will be ignored when determining the orientation of the field), then it will be right justified, and if the first letter is English, it will be left justified. If the field does not contain any letters (e.g., a phone number), it will be left justified. All of the lines of a field will always have the same orientation, and the orientation will be determined as described above. The beginning of the text of the field may not always be shown on the screen, but will still be used to determine the orientation of the text.

When you use the command stroke to access a menu item, the shortcut key is always an English letter. If you're in Hebrew Graffiti mode when you enter a command stroke, the Graffiti mode will automatically change to English for the time that you can enter the command letter. After entering the letter, or when the "Command:" label is erased, the mode will return automatically to Hebrew. This allows transparent use of Command Strokes from within Hebrew Graffiti.

The "Shekel Chadash" symbol has been added to the Hebrew font. This character can be written from Hebrew Graffiti mode by entering the Punctuation shift mode (tap on the Graffiti area to make a dot), and writing the Hebrew letter "shin".

There are several ways that you can see the Graffiti Help Screen. In most fields where you can enter text, you can tap Menu / Edit / Graffiti Help, and the Graffiti Help Screen will be displayed (the menu button is in the lower left corner of the Graffiti area).

You can configure your Palm organizer so that a stroke from the bottom of the Graffiti area, to the top of the screen will cause the Graffiti Help Screen to be shown. This can be configured by running the "Prefs" application, and selecting "Buttons" in the top right corner. Then tap the "Pen…" button, and select "Graffiti Help".

Hebrew text can be entered on the Palm organizer via a popup keyboard. The Palm organizer's standard popup keyboard has been replaced with a Hebrew keyboard. The keyboard can be activated in any field where text entry is allowed. The keyboard can be activated using any of the Palm organizer's standard mechanisms for activating the popup keyboard: 1) Tapping on the "a b c" in the lower left corner of the Graffiti area, 2) entering "Command K" in text fields which support this, 3) selecting "Keyboard" from the Menu on text fields which support this, or 4) using the "Pen" stroke if it is configured to activate the keyboard (this can be configured via the Palm organizer's System Preferences application - "Buttons" category).

While the Hebrew keyboard is active, standard Graffiti characters may be entered in the Graffiti area. To switch to the English keyboard, tap on the "abc" button. To switch to the numeric keyboard, tap on the "123" button.

The Palm organizer contains four different fonts for text: normal, bold, large, and large bold. Hebrew characters have been implemented for all of these fonts.

In most application screens, you can tap onthe MENU icon (lower left corner - next to the graffiti area), and select Options, and then Font. Select the font desired and tap OK.

All Hebrew texts will be displayed properly from right to left. Support for fields containing both Hebrew and English text is provided as well.

When Hebrew Support+ is enabled, all Hebrew texts will be displayed properly from right to left. Support for fields containing both Hebrew & English text is provided as well. The text of a field which contains both Hebrew & English characters can be interpreted in one of two ways; as Hebrew text with English

embedded, or as English text with Hebrew embedded. How this is interpreted is determined by the Hebrew Support+ software based on the text that has been entered into the field. The Hebrew Support+ software scans the text looking for the first letter (numbers, punctuation and other characters are ignored). If the first letter is a Hebrew letter, the field will be considered to be a Hebrew field, and the characters will be displayed from "right to left". Any English characters in this field will be displayed from "left to right" within the display of the Hebrew text. If the first letter of the field is an English letter, the field will be treated as an English field, and will be displayed from "left to right". Any Hebrew text, which is found in this field, will be displayed from "right to left" within the display of the English text.

There is special handling of parenthesis when Hebrew text is being entered (via the Hebrew Keyboard Dialog). In a field which is displayed from "right to left", any parenthesis which are entered (from within the Hebrew Keyboard dialog) are stored as the opposite parenthesis (i.e., if a left parenthesis is entered, it will be changed to a right parenthesis, and vice versa). In order to compensate for this, in fields that are displayed from "right to left", parenthesis are swapped when they are displayed. This may sound confusing, and not make much sense, since on the Palm device everything is displayed as expected (due to the double swap), however it is necessary in order to maintain compatibility with the way parenthesis are handled and displayed in Windows with Hebrew.

Support is provided for proper sorting of Hebrew entries in the Address Book, and any other applications which require sorting. Hebrew entries will appear after all of the English entries (This is consistent with sorting performed by Windows).

The Toggle Direction feature can be used to view web sites where Hebrew text is displayed backwards. The Hebrew direction can be changed from within any application by activating the "Graffiti Help" screen, and tapping on the "Hebrew Direction" button.

Support is provided for displaying Hebrew text that was entered using the Palm Desktop (or any other desktop software that can be synchronized with the Palm organizer). The text will be displayed properly on the Palm organizer after performing a HotSync with the computer (this may work on a Macintosh, but has not been tested).

In addition, Hebrew text, which is entered on the Palm organizer, will be transferred properly to the desktop application, and displayed correctly in the desktop application (this requires a Hebrew version of Windows). If you do not see Hebrew properly in all parts of the Palm Desktop - click here.

Hebrew Support+ can be used for a 30 day evaluation period before it must be registered. At the end of the evaluation period the software will stop functioning if it has not been registered.

In order to register Hebrew Support+, a "registration key" must be obtained. The key is determined by the User Name associated with the Palm organizer. The User Name is defined in the Palm Desktop software during the installation process, and is transferred to the Palm organizer when the first HotSync is performed.

If the Hebrew Support+ software has not been registered, the User Name can be viewed by running the "Hebrew" application, and tapping the "Register Now" button. This will cause a dialog box which shows the User Name to be displayed.

The User Name can also be viewed by tapping the HotSync application icon on the Palm organizer. The User Name is displayed in the top right corner of the screen.

Once a "registration key" has been obtained, the Hebrew Support+ software can be registered by running the "Hebrew+" application on the Palm organizer. If the software has not been registered, the "Register Now" button will be displayed when the "Hebrew" application is run. When you tap the "Register Now" button a dialog box will be displayed that shows the User Name, and has a field where the "registration key" can be entered. The "registration key" is an eight character string which contains a combination of digits (0 - 9) and lower case letters (a - z). Once the "registration key" has been entered, tap the "Register" button. If you are not ready to register the software, or have not yet obtained a valid "registration key", tap the "Cancel" button. If the "registration key" you entered is valid, a message will be displayed indicating that you have successfully registered the software. Make sure that you have recorded the "registration key" in a safe place in case there is a need to re-register the software in the future. If an invalid "registration key" was entered, a message will be displayed indicating that the key is not valid.

If you have never performed a HotSync on the Palm organizer, the Palm organizer will not have a User Name associated with it. If this is the case, a message will be displayed to indicate this. After the first HotSync has been performed, the User Name will be assigned on the Palm organizer. The Hebrew Support+ software can then be registered.

Whenever the "Hebrew" application is run on the Palm organizer, current registration information will be displayed on the main form of the application. If the software has been registered, this will be indicated, and the User Name will be displayed. In this case the "Register Now" button will not be displayed. If the software has not been registered this will be indicated, and a message indicating the number of days left before expiration will be displayed.

If the "Hebrew+" application is run after Hebrew Support+ has expired, and it has never been registered, Hebrew Support+ will automatically be disabled. Once the evaluation period has expired, Hebrew Support+ cannot be enabled until the software has been registered.

Information on the registration status will be displayed in the title line of the Hebrew Keyboard dialog as well.

From the main form of the "Hebrew+" application, registration information can be viewed at any time by the menu selection - Options / Registration. Selecting this menu entry will allow you to register, or to view registration information if you have already registered the software.

When the Hebrew Keyboard is activated, the Hebrew Keyboard dialog will be displayed. The Hebrew Keyboard dialog is comprised of the following components:

The data entry area.

The Hebrew Keyboard (all Hebrew letters, plus certain punctuation keys).

Control buttons ("Done", "abc" "123").

The Graffiti Shift Indicator (to the right of the "123" button) which displays the current Graffiti state (e.g., Shift, Punctuation, Extended shift, etc.).

Scroll arrows which are displayed if the field contains more than four lines of text (to the right of the Graffiti Shift Indicator) If there was text in the field from which the Hebrew Keyboard was activated, this text will be displayed in the data entry area of the Hebrew Keyboard dialog. When data entry is completed, and the "Done" button is tapped, the contents of the data entry area will be copied to the original field. Certain properties of the original field will be maintained as follows:

If the original field was limited to a single line, the Hebrew Keyboard dialog will display only a single line for data entry. If the original field allowed multiple lines, then the Hebrew Keyboard dialog will contain multiple lines.

If "Autoshift" was enabled in the original field, it will be enabled in the field of the Hebrew Keyboard dialog.

The maximum number of characters that can be entered into the field of the Hebrew Keyboard dialog will be based on the maximum number of characters allowed in the original field. To switch to the English keyboard, tap on the "abc" button. To switch to the numeric keyboard, tap on the "123" button. After you have finished entering data using one of these keyboards tap the "Done" button.

Disabling
In order to disable Hebrew Support+, run the "Hebrew+" program on the Palm organizer. If Hebrew Support+ is enabled, tap the "Disable" button.

Deleting
If Hebrew Support+ has been registered on your Palm organizer, the "registration key" will be deleted if you delete the "Hebrew+" application. Before doing this, make sure that you have recorded the "registration key" in a safe place so that you can re-register after Hebrew Support+ has been reinstalled.

In order to delete Hebrew Support+ from the Palm organizer, you must first "Disable" it (as described above). Once Hebrew Support+ has been disabled, it can be deleted from the Palm organizer.

In order to delete "Hebrew Support+", tap the "Applications" button, and then select Menu / Delete. Select "Hebrew+" in the list of applications, and tap the "Delete" button, and confirm its deletion. This will delete all of the files that were installed as part of Hebrew Support+.

Deleting Hebrew Support+ without first "Disabling" it will cause the Palm organizer to crash. If this happens, reset the Palm organizer by inserting a paper clip in the hole on the back of the Palm organizer which is labeled "RESET". Doing this should not cause any data loss.

Reinstalling
In order to reinstall Hebrew Support+ software on the Palm organizer (or install a newer version of the software), you must make sure to "Disable" Hebrew Support+ (as described above) before installing the new software. Once Hebrew Support+ has been "Disabled", just follow the installation procedures. Do not delete the Hebrew Support+ software unless specifically instructed to do so.

Hebrew Support+ can be used on all current models of the Palm Computing Platform running Palm OS 2.0 and higher, except the Palm OS 5 devices.

When entering more than four lines of text in the Hebrew Keyboard dialog, the cursor does not advance to the next line properly when the end of the fourth line is reached (e.g., after a carriage return). Once the next character is typed the field is adjusted properly, and the display is correct. No data is lost when this happens.

If Hebrew text is included as part of a shortcut, and it is entered in a text field (not from within the Hebrew Keyboard dialog), it will be displayed backwards when it is entered. Updating the display (by changing to a different screen and then returning to the desired screen) will correct this situation, and the text will then be displayed correctly.

When Hebrew Support is enabled on the Palm organizer, lower case accented vowels (used in some European languages) can not be used, since the Hebrew characters use the character codes normally used by these characters.