How to type Hindi in open office?

Question

i m using ubuntu 10.10. please tell me how to type in hindi fonts in open office word. please help

Solution

Type the following in terminal.
sudo apt-get install ibus ibus-m17n m17n-db m17n-contrib ibus-gtk

Now Goto System>>Preferences>>Keyboard Input Methods Or Type ibus-setup in terminal to start the daemon.After starting the daemon IBUS Preferences will be opened.

Select the Input Method tab and from the drop down Add Hindi language and click close.Now open open office word and you can start typing in Hindi by pressing Ctrl+Space if you press Ctrl+Space again you can start typing in English.

Typing in Open Office Word:
You can toggle between both the languages by pressing CTRL+SPACE.

Comments

[theTuxRacer]

as usual, nice answer :) just one unrelated question, what theme is that?

[karthick87]

@Kaustubh that's tropical theme.

[Vasantha Ganesh]

Dead link. Please update the answer.