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This document provides instructions for typing and using Kannada language in OpenOffice on Ubuntu. It discusses installing Kannada fonts, setting the Kannada input method using SCIM, and formatting Kannada text. Steps are outlined for inserting tables, creating a table of contents automatically, and using track changes for peer review. The document is written with both English and Kannada instructions.

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Nudi Guide

This document provides instructions for typing and using Kannada language in OpenOffice on Ubuntu. It discusses installing Kannada fonts, setting the Kannada input method using SCIM, and formatting Kannada text. Steps are outlined for inserting tables, creating a table of contents automatically, and using track changes for peer review. The document is written with both English and Kannada instructions.

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Open Office

OpenOffice (same as LibreOffice) is a


public software useful for making
documents, spreadsheets and presentation
files. OpenOffice Writer is very similar to
MS Word. OpenOffice Calc is similar to
Excel. OpenOffice Impress is like MS
Powerpoint. OpenOffice works on both
Windows and Ubuntu.
Using OpenOffice writer, you can type
reports, documents, edit them, format them
well and save them in many document
formats - .odt, .html, .doc (.xls, .ppt) , .docx
(.xlsx, .pptx) etc. It also has an 'export to
PDF' option for making PDF document with
a single click.
Department of Information Technology, Government of India has recommended the ODF format
used in OpenOffice/LibreOffice as the standard for documents used in government.
Activity 1

Purpose
To write a document using Open Office Writer
Process
1. Select Application > Office >
OpenOffice.org Word Processor
2. Type the following Passage into
the Open Office Writer
What is Public Software
Software developed for public 
service, and especially in 
government, has a unique context 
and objectives deriving from those 
of public service; with its 
imperative of providing public 
goods and ensuring equity and 
social justice. 
3. You can try the following option to format the text
1. Bold the heading
2. Make the heading centred
4. Select Menu Option File > Save As to save the file, name the file About-Public-Software
5. A file called About-Public-Software.odt will be created in your folder Documents.
Activity 2

Purpose
To create a table in Open Office Word
Processor
Process
1. Select Application > Office >
OpenOffice.org Word Processor
2. Select Menu Option File > Open (Ctrl +O)
3. Open File About-Public Software.odt
4. Select Menu Option Table >
Insert >Table
5. Insert a Table
6. Select Columns = 3 Rows = 5 and
Press Okay
7. Enter the following data from the
table below
8. Save the file.

This is how the table will look.


Questions About Public Number of Participants who are aware Number of People not aware
Software
What is Public Software 15 5
What is Open Office 12 8
What is Ubuntu 6 14
What is Computer Aided 4 16
Learning
Peer review using OpenOffice

For peer review of our resources, it is very useful to use the 'record changes' in OpenOffice. This
helps us to make changes in a document and also the changes can be automatically accepted
WITHOUT retyping the corrections. It saves a lot of time and also becomes a digital record of peer
review.
To record changes, click on 'Edit – Changes' and check / tick the Record option. The Show option
should also be checked/ticked
Now any correction or change or deletion in the document will be shown separately in colour. The

editor can make all changes in this way. More than one person can make changes to same
document. The name of the editor will be shown when we move the cursor over the change.
When the author receives the document, she can 'accept' or 'reject' each change by right-clicking on
the change. To accept all changes, author can click on 'Edit – Changes – Accept or Reject' . See
image below.
Automatic Table of contents

OpenOffice can help you create table of contents, with page numbers, automatically.
To do this, select / mark a heading in your document and then select the 'Heading 1' in top left
corner in the formatting tool bar (usually will be Text body or Default'). This will make that selected
text, as a 'Heading 1'. You can use Heading 2 for the next sub heading, heading 3 for the next sub
heading etc.
When finished, you can go to the beginning of the document and click 'Insert – Indexes and Tables -

Indexes and Tables' to insert a Table of Contents.


If you make any changes to the document headings, you can go to the Table of Contents created,
right click and select 'Update Index/table'. See image above.
Kannada Typing on Ubuntu
Writing Kannada Documents
• Please use only UNICODE font - Lohit Kannada. It is already installed in Ubuntu, you
have to install it in Windows.
• All nudi fonts are not unicode, and UNICODE is the international and universal open
standard that is being used.
Reading Kannada Documents
• If you are not able to read Kannada documents , it is because the font is not installed, you
will have to install the font, see the frequently asked questions link in the last section.
Operating Software Font Keyboard Mapping
System
Ubuntu SCIM Unicode- Lohit Kn-kgp – Nudi
Kannada kn-itrans – Baraha
kn-Inscript-Kannada
Keyboard
Windows Nudi ASCII - Nudi Nudi
Unicode- Lohit
Kannada, Tunga
Please see the video 'Kannada typing using LibreOffice Writer' available in the Resources CD.
Using SCIM as the Input method

The SCIM Input method is used to input


different languages, most often Asian
languages like Chinese, Japanese or
Korean, but it can be used to input many
other languages as well. SCIM needs to
be triggered to be used with any
application. The default trigger is CTRL
and SPACE keys on the keyboard. A small
tab will pop up at the bottom right corner
of the screen. Click on the tab to choose
Kannada. Kn-itrans method can be
chosen if you need to use the
transliteration key map (Baraha Style).
Kn-kgp can be used to input method using
the Kannada Ganaka parishat key-map
(Nudi style).
Please note that only Arkavattu works a little different here ( Eg to type surya, we need to press
sUrfy, instead of the usual sUyF).
Setting up Kannada Language in OpenOffice. org, Ubuntu and
Windows

First
1. Click on system → administration → Language support
2. Choose scim-immodule in the input method box.
3. Log off and login again to see the effects.
Next,
1. Open OpenOffice.org Word processor by clicking on Application → Office →
OpenOffice.org Word processor
2. Click on Tools → Options → Language settings → Languages
3. Check Enabled for Complex Text Layout(CTL) and Choose Kannada in Default
languages for Documents (CTL)
4. Click on OK

Kannada Typing on Ubuntu in Kannada


ಉಬುಂಟು ವನಲ ಕನನ ಡ ಟೈಪ ಮಡುವ ವಧನ :

• ಕನನಡ ಟೈಪ ಮಡಲು ಯೂನಕೂೋಡ ಫಂಟ ಗಳನನೋ ಬಳಸರ,


ಲೂೋಹತ ಕನನ ಡ ಒಂದು ಯೂನಕೂೋಡ ಫಂಟ. ಇದು ಉಬುಂಟು ವನಲ ಈಗಗಲೋ
ಪ ರತಷಠಪಸಲಪಟಟದ.
• ಎಲ ಲ ನುಡ ಫಂಟ ಗಳು ಯೂನಕೂೋಡ ಫಂಟ ಗಳಲಲ.

ಓಪನ ಆಫೋಸ ನಲ ಕನನ ಡಭಷಯನುನ ಅಣಗೂಳಸುವ ವಧನ:

ಈ ಮುಂದ ಸೂಚಸುವಂತ ಕಲಕ ಮಡುತತ ಹೂೋಗರ.


• System > Administration > Language support.
• Input method ಬಕ ನಲ Scim-immodule ನುನ ಆಯಕ ಮಡರ.

• ಲಗ ಆಫ ಮಡ ಮತತ ಲಗ ಇನ ಆಗರ.

• Application > Office > Open office.org ಮೂಲಕ Open office.org


Word ಅಥವ Writer ಪಟವನುನ ಆಯಕ ಮಡರ.

• ನಂತರ Tools > options > Language setting ಗ ಹೂೋಗ ಅದರ ಎಡಭಗದ ಬಕ
ನಲರುವ + ಅಥವ > ನುನ ಒತತರ, ಒತತದೂಡನ ಕಳಗ ಗೂೋಚರಸುವLanguages ನುನ ಕಲಕಕಸ.

• ನಂತರ ಬಲಭಗದಲ ಗೂೋಚರಸುವ Enhanced Language support ನ ಕಳಕಣಸುವ


Enabled for Complex Text Layout ನುನ ಟಕ ಮಡ, ನಂತರ ಮೋಲ ಕಣುವ CTL ನ
ಎದುರರುವ ಜಗದ Default language ಜಗದಲ kannada ಆಯಕ ಮಡರ. OK
ಮಡರ.

• Open office.org Word ಅಥವ Writer ಪಟಕಕ ವಪಸು ಬನನರ. Ctrl + Space
bar ಕೋ ಒತತದಗ ಸಕರೋನ ನ ಬಲತುದಯಲ ಮೋಲೋಳುವ ಭಷಗಳ ಪಟಟಯಲ kannada ಕಕ
ಹೂೋಗ Kn-Kgp ಆಯಕ ಮಡರ. ಆಗ ಕನನ ಡ ಟೈಪ ಮಡಲು ಸಧಯ ವಗುವದು
.ಅದೋ ಪಟದಲ ಮತತCtrl + Space bar ಕೋ ಒತತದಗEnglish ಟೈಪ ಮಡಬಹುದು. Ctrl
+ Space bar ಕೋ ಯನುನ ಇಚಚತ ಭಷ ಆಯಕಯ ಹೂಯದಟದ ಕೋ ಯಂತ ಬಳಸರ.
ಕನನ ಡ ಟೈಪ ಮಡಲು ಅಗತಯ ವದ ಕೋಲ ಮಣ ವನಯಸ .
• CAPITAL ಅಕಷರಗಳನುನ ಟೈಪಸಲುShift ಅಥವ Caps Lock ಕೋ ಬಳಸರ.
ಒತ ತ ಕಷ ರಗಳನುನ ಟೈಪ ಮಡಲು ಸರಳ ವಧನ .
• ಅಕಷರ ಟೈಪ ಮಡರ, ಅದಕಕ ಕೂಡಬೋಕದ ಒತನ ತ ುನ f ಕೋ ಒತತದ ನಂತರ ಒತತರ.
• ಉದ: ಉ ತಕ ಟ = u t f k q.
ಅ ಆ ಇ ಈ ಉ ಊ ಋ ೠ ಎ ಏ ಐ ಒ ಓ
a A I I u U R RU e E Y o O
ಔ ಅಂ ಅಃ
V aM aH

ಕ ಖ ಗ ಘ ಙ
k K g G Z

ಚ ಛ ಜ ಝ ಞ
c C j J z

ಟ ಠ ಡ ಢ ಣ
q Q w W N

ತ ಥ ದ ಧ ನ
t T d D n

ಪ ಫ ಬ ಭ ಮ
p P b B m

ಯ ರ ಲ ವ ಶ ಷ ಸ ಹ ಳ
y r l v S x s h L

ಕ ಕ ಕ ಕೋ ಕು ಕೂ ಕೃ ಕ ಕೋ
k kA ki kI ku kU kR ke kE

ಕೈ ಕ ೂ ಕ ೂೋ ಕ ಕಂ ಕಃ
kY ko kO kV kM kH
ಚಕ = cekf
ಕೃ ತ = kRtI
ಅ ಥರ = a TF
ರಷಟ ರ = rAxfqr
ಉ ತಕ ೃ ಷಠ = u t f k R x f Q.

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