How to type Bengali in Windows 7

You can write Bengali in Windows 7.
Follow these steps to write Bangla in Windows 7

1. Click Start>Settings>Control Panel>Regional and Language Options

region and languages in windows 7

2. Click on the Keyboard and Languages tab.

keyboard and languages tab in windows 7

3. Click Change Keyboards button.

chagne keyboard button in windows 7

4. It will open Text Services and Input Languages window.

5. Click Add button in the Installed serviecs pane.

text services and input languages add button in windows 7

6. Find Bengali (India) in the list. Click the (+) to expand the Bengali additional options and click (+) on the keyboard to expand further.

7. Put a check on Bengali box.

choose bengali language in windows 7

8. Click Ok button. This may ask installation CD. It will not ask it already installed.

9. Click Advanced Key settings tab in the Text services and Input languages window.

10. Choose To Bengali (India) in the List shown and click Change Key sequence button to configure Hot key for Bengali language.

chagne key sequence in advanced key settings in windows 7

11. Close all open window by clicking Ok buttons.

12. Now open any text editors like MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, Wordpad, Notepad or any windows 7 application.

13. Press the key combination you set for Bengali to change the input language.

14. Now you can type in Bengali.

15. Press Key sequence for Between input languages (set in Region and Languages->Keyboards and Languages->Text Services and Input Languages->Advanced Key Settings) to switch back from Bengali language.

 

How to write Bengali in Photoshop CS3 CS5 CS6 Illustrator

There are some things we need to write Bengali in photoshop CS3 CS5 CS6 Illustrator Dreamweaver Coreldraw.
Bangala ANSI font and Avro Keyboard.

You can download Bangala Font from https://www.omicronlab.com/bangla-fonts.html or direct download link https://www.omicronlab.com/download/fonts/kalpurush.ttf

You can download Avro Keyboard from http://www.omicronlab.com/avro-keyboard.html or direct download link http://www.omicronlab.com/download/setup_avrokeyboard_5.1.0.exe

Step 1 : Install Bangala ANSI Font
You can refer How to install fonts in Windows to install fonts. Or simply you can copy the font ttf file in to “Windows\fonts” folder.

Step 2 : Configure Avro keyboard software
Open Avro keyboard software. Then go to Avro Settings(in the menu)->Output as ANSI->Use ANSI anyway

Choosing Output as ANSI in Avro Keyboard software

Click Use ANSI anyway button in confirmation in Avro Keyboard software

Step 3 : Write in Photoshop CS3
Open Photoshop CS3
Choose Type Tool from the Tools window.
choose the Bangala font in the fonts list as shown in the figure.

Write Bengali in Photoshop CS3
Now you can write in Bengali in Photoshop CS3 or CS5 or CS6 or Illustrator or Dreamweaver or Coreldraw.