Nkrataa

User Documentation

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Thank you for downloading and installing Nkraata v1.0 (Personal Edition). Before you use Nkraata, make sure you have successfully installed the Akan Keyboard Layout (whose installer is kickstarted as soon as Nkraata installation ends). Nkraata allows direct keyboard input of Akan characters from a US English keyboard. The program loads the Akan keyboard layout on startup to render the US English keyboard as an Akan keyboard within the running application thread. Nkraata is also packaged with a special set of Unicode fonts which allow the correct rendering of the Akan characters on a computer display.

The fonts are listed below;

• Code 2000

• Chrysanthi Unicode

• Doulos SIL

• DejaVu Sans

• DejaVu Serif

• FreeMono

• FreeSerif

• Lucida Sans Unicode

• jGaramond

• Roman Unicode

• Thyromanes

For more information about these and other Unicode fonts, visit www.alanwood.net.

Using Nkraata

Nkraata is designed according to the general guidelines for GUI design and therefore should present no difficulty the access of its functions. All keyboard shortcuts and toolbar icons used in other standard text editors have the same application in Nkraata. Before starting Nkraata, it is recommended that you change you desktop menu font to one amongst the Unicode fonts listed above. To change the menu font, do the following;

1. Right-click your desktop and select Properties from the context menu.

2. Click the Appearance tab. At the bottom of the window, click
the Advanced button. The Advanced Appearance dialog opens.

3. In the Item drop-down list, select Menu.

4. In the Font drop-down list, select one amongst the Unicode
fonts listed above.

5. Click on OK to save the changes.

You are now ready to start using Nkraata!!

Using the Akan Keyboard Layout

The Akan keyboard layout allows for the typing of all letters of the Akan alphabet set from a US English keyboard.