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Installation
1. Run ‘Setup.exe’ provided in Urdu Mahir CD.
2. Click ‘Next’ in welcome screen.
3. Read & accept the license agreement and click ‘Next’.
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4. Enter your name and company’s name if any in next screen and click ‘Next’.
5. Cick ‘Typical’ button in next screen.
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6. Click ‘Install’ in next screen.
7. Installation will start and following dialog box will appear
8. Select ‘Single User Mode / Server Mode’ and click OK.
NOTE: If you have single user license of Urdu Mahir you will select ‘Single User
Mode / Server Mode’. For server versions of Urdu Mahir, ‘Client Mode’ is
selected when installing Urdu Mahir on client machines. Name of computer
running Urdu Mahir server will be entered in ‘Server Name’ field in this case.
Registration steps are not required when installing client mode of Urdu Mahir.
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9. Click ‘Finish’ in the next screen.
10. Following registration screen will appear:
NOTE: If this dialog box does not appear, right-click ‘Urdu Mahir’ icon in task
tray and select ‘Re-launch’ from the shortcut menu.
11. Fill all fields properly (All fields are required). Your product’s serial number is
pasted on Urdu Mahir Installation CD. If you don’t have internet connection then
skip to step 13.
NOTE: Pressing ‘Trial’ button will run Urdu Mahir in trial version which is valid
for 15 days from installation. Trial version has some limitations and does not
render all Urdu characters correctly.
12. Online Registration: Connect your computer to internet & click OK button. In
few minutes your product will be registered. Skip to step 18.
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13. Offline Registration: If you don’t have internet connection then click ‘Register
Offline’ button. Following screen will appear:
Note down your serial number and product code.

14. Visit http://www.pakdata.com/register/ from any other computer which is
connected to internet. Following page will appear in your browser:
15. Fill in all fields properly and click ‘Submit’ button.
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16. After successful registration, following screen will appear in your browser:
Note down your activation key.
17. Enter this key in the dialog box described in step 13.
18. On successful registration, following message will appear:
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Setting up Languages & Keyboards
You need to setup languages & keyboards in Windows OS to properly type Urdu text.
These steps are slightly different for Windows XP and Windows 2000.
Settings for Windows XP
1. Select ‘Regional and Language Options’ from Start=>Control Panel. Select

‘Languages’ tab. Select ‘Install files for complex script and right-to-left
languages (including Thai)’. Click ‘Apply’ button. You may be asked for
Windows XP Installation CD to copy necessary files. System reboot may also
be required.
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2. After reboot, again select ‘Regional and Language Options’ from Control
Panel. Select ‘Languages’ tab. Click ‘Details’ button. Following Text
Services dialog box will appear:
3. Click ‘Add…’ button. Select ‘Urdu’ in Input language field and ‘Urdu Mahir’
in Keyboard layout/IME field. Click OK.
For adding Sindhi keyboard layout, click add button again and select ‘Urdu’
in Input Locale field and ‘Sindhi Phonetic’ in Keyboard layout/IME field.
Click OK.
Following Urdu keyboard layouts are also included in Urdu Mahir that you
can add using the same procedure:
• PakUrdu
• NLA (National Language Authority)
• Monotype
• Phonetic
• Phonetic-2
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• Olympia
4. Click OK for Text Services dialog box.

5. Click OK for ‘Regional and Language Options’ control panel.
Displaying numerals in Urdu

If you want numerals to appear in Urdu, you can change the global settings of numerals in
regional options control panel. But use this setting carefully as it will change all numerals
in your OS to Urdu format. Steps for changing this setting are slightly different for
Windows XP and Windows 2000.
Urdu numerals in Windows XP
1. Goto ‘Regional and Language Options’ control panel and click ‘Customize…’ button.
Following dialog box will appear:
2. In ‘Standard digits’ list box, select 4th item as follows:
3. In ‘Digit substitution’ list box, select ‘National’.
4. Click ‘OK’ for customize dialog box.
5. Click ‘OK’ for regional options dialog box.

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Online Keyboard
An online keyboard is available from:
Windows XP: ‘Start=>All Programs=> Accessories=> Accessibility=> On-Screen
Keyboard’
You will have to change the font of the keyboard from ‘Font’ command of ‘Settings’
menu and select ‘PDMS_SindhiMansehra’.
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Urdu Mahir green icon appears in the task tray of your computer’s desktop.
Indicates that Urdu Mahir is currently active and running properly.
Indicates that Urdu Mahir encounters some error. Double click on it to determine the cause.
Is the Windows language icon for multilingual keyboard switching. When you press this icon a
list of available languages and keyboards appear and you can select your desired one.
Represents that currently Urdu is selected as the default typing language.
Right clicking on Urdu Mahir icon will show the following Urdu Mahir shortcut menu:
This menu has four item which are described below:
1. About Urdu Mahir…: Shows information about Urdu Mahir

2. Configuration: Urdu Mahir Configuration dialog box will be displayed which is described
in step 8 of installation instructions.
3. Re-launch: This option will re-launch Urdu Mahir.
4. Exit: This option will exit Urdu Mahir.
Typing Urdu in WordPad
Start WordPad by selecting Programs=>Accessories=>WordPad.
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For Windows XP, click icon in the task tray. Following menu will appear:
Select ‘Urdu’ from above menu. If more than one keyboard layouts were added for Urdu language
then a new keyboard icon will appear in the task tray. Clicking on it will show all keyboard layouts
that were added for Urdu language. Select ‘Urdu Mahir’ from this menu.
NOTE: If only one keyboard layout was added then above icon and menu will not appear.
For Windows 2000, click icon in the task tray. Following menu will appear. The menu will
contain all keyboard layouts that were added previously. Select ‘Urdu – Urdu Mahir’.
Select ‘PDMS_NastaliqNafees’ from the font menu in Wordpad and select a larger point size like 48.
Now you can type Urdu from your keyboard. Type ‘n a t e l y q’ to type Nastaliq in Urdu.
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Urdu in MS WordXP
To type Urdu in Microsoft WordXP
1. To have text begin from the right, click Right-to-Left on the Formatting toolbar.
2. Select UR from language menu.
3. Select PDMS_NastaleeqNafees font from font menu.
… Now you can type in Urdu.
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Use columns in Urdu documents
You can specify the direction of columns in an Urdu document by selecting “Columns…”
command from the “Format” menu and then select right-to-left direction from the dialog box.
Use tables in Urdu documents

1. Place the insertion point in the table.
2. On the Table menu, click Table Properties, and then click the Table tab.
3. Under Table direction, select the table direction you want.
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3. Read & accept the license agreement and click ‘Next’.

5. Cick ‘Typical’ button in next screen.

7. Installation will start and following dialog box will appear

8. Select ‘Single User Mode / Server Mode’ and click OK.

10. Following registration screen will appear:

Note down your serial number and product code.

15. Fill in all fields properly and click ‘Submit’ button.

Note down your activation key.

Settings for Windows XP

1. Select ‘Regional and Language Options’ from Start=>Control Panel. Select

4. Click OK for Text Services dialog box.

Displaying numerals in Urdu

Urdu numerals in Windows XP

2. In ‘Standard digits’ list box, select 4th item as follows:

3. In ‘Digit substitution’ list box, select ‘National’.

4. Click ‘OK’ for customize dialog box.

5. Click ‘OK’ for regional options dialog box.

Indicates that Urdu Mahir is currently active and running properly.

Represents that currently Urdu is selected as the default typing language.

This menu has four item which are described below:

1. About Urdu Mahir…: Shows information about Urdu Mahir

Typing Urdu in WordPad

Start WordPad by selecting Programs=>Accessories=>WordPad.

To type Urdu in Microsoft WordXP

… Now you can type in Urdu.

Use tables in Urdu documents

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