Using Indica with Microsoft Office

For using Indica with Microsoft Office applications, just follow the simple steps mentioned below.
1.

Open Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel wherever you wish to work.

2.

Before you can start making documents you need to do some setting.
a.

Open the Tools menu and select Auto Correct

b.

Switch off all the option in the Auto Correct tab as shown below.

c.

If you are using Indica with Microsoft Word, click on the AutoFormat As You Type
and switch off the options as shown below. Remember that you wont find this option in
Microsoft Excel.

d.

Now click on the AutoText tab and again switch off Show AutoComplete tip for
AutoText and Dates option. This option too would not be available in Microsoft Excel.

e.

Click on the AutoFormat tab and switch off the options as shown below. This also is a
Microsoft Word feature and is not available in Microsoft Excel.

f. Now you need to change the setting click on that the font drop down list shows the actual

name of the font and not the typeface. To do this, open the Tools menu and select
Customise.
g. In the Customise dialogue box, click on the Options tab and switch off List font names

in their font option.

3.

Once the above is done you are ready to start using Indica with your Microsoft Office application.
First of all you need to change the keyboard (eg. press CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + H for Hindi, K
for Kannada, G for Gujarati and so on).

4.

Change the font to the corresponding languages font (e.g. Chanakya2k for Hindi, Panchari2k for
Malayalam, Krishna2k for Gujarati and so on) by either dropping down the list and selecting the
font or by directly typing the font name in the box.

5.

Set the point size and other formatting features if you so desire.

6.

Now you can start typing the contents of the message (see figure below).

Tip
You can use F2 as a toggle key within an application to change the keyboard from Roman to Hindi (or
Devanagari) and vice versa.

F12 -- Toggle Key for Microsoft Word (Hindi)

Function Key F12 act as a toggle key with in the MS Word to change the keyboard and font between
English and Hindi. By pressing just one key F12, user can change from English typing to Hindi typing and
vice versa.
All special characters like () {}! # % $ etc. are available on English keyboard. Users have to change to
English keyboard to type in English or use these special characters. This key functions as Scroll Lock
toggle key currently used by CAG office in the existing Hindi package.
Note: For activating this option, users have to select Indica Template while starting a new document in
MS-Word.

Using "Indica" Template in Microsoft Word

For using F12 toggle key in MS Word, just follow the following steps.
1.

Open Microsoft word.

2.

From File menu, choose New (Ctrl+N) and select the Indica template.

3.

You can use F12 function key as the toggle key with in MS Word application to change the
keyboard and font from English to Hindi and vice-versa.

Note: This template will also automatically set all the required settings of Auto Correct.

Troubleshooting tips:
1.

If F12 Toggle key is not changing the keyboard and font to Hindi then you should look at the
following.
a) The Macros are not enabled in your MS-Word installation, please enable them.
b) The "Indica" template in not properly installed in your machine. Please re-install Indica 2000.