I also use Mac OS Devanagari-QWERTY" and it works well, but only on Pages. It does not work at all on Word -- if anyone can tell me how to use it in Word, I'd be grateful. For conjuncts, as Tim has said, you type the first consonant, then "f" (virāma) and then the second consonant; if there is a third, then you retype "f" and type the third consonant.

On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:07 AM, Tim Bellefleur <tbelle@alumni.ubc.ca> wrote:

Hi Matthew,

There is also an exact clone of the straightforward Mac OS X "Devanagari-QWERTY" keyboard layout that I ported to Windows several years ago. It's available for download at http://www.ubcsanskrit.ca/keyboards.html, which also includes instructions and images for the layout.

Regards

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:57 PM, James Hartzell <james.hartzell@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Matthew

For conjunct consonants, the 'f' key used between consnants works well for many conjunct consonants, including multiples of 3 etc.
il. g f y in sequence gives you gya etc.
hope this is useful
cheers

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei@uchicago.edu> wrote:

Dear friends,

Does anyone have some instructions for the use of the microsoft Sanskrit keyboard? It's
easy enough to work out the basic consonant + vowel combinations, but I've not so
far had much success with conjunct consonants. Any advice will be gratefully received.

thanks in advance,
Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago

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