How to write in Hindi on a PC (with pictures)

If you have the Chrome web browser, you can use the Google Text Input Tools extension to enter Hindi text anywhere on the web (such as on Facebook, Gmail, and most other websites) using an on-screen keyboard.

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Step 2. Use the writing area on this page for quick work (optional)

If you won't need to type Hindi often, you don't have to install the browser extension. Instead, just use the current page to write your text, and then copy and paste it in the desired location. This is how you do it:

• Choose Hindi from the menu in the upper left corner of the writing area.
• Click the down arrow next to the keyboard icon at the top of the writing area and select ENROLL.
• Click or tap the letters on the onscreen keyboard to type in Hindi.
• Highlight the text you entered and press the Ctrl + C keys to copy it to the clipboard.
• In the app or website where you want to paste the text, right-click in the writing area and select Paste.
• Continue with this method to learn how to install the Chrome Input Tools extension so that you can easily open and use the Hindi on-screen keyboard anywhere on the web.

Step 3. Scroll down and click Install Chrome Extension

It's below the lower-left corner of the writing area. This will open the download page for the extension.

Step 4. Click Add to Chrome

It's the blue button near the top-right corner of the page.

Step 5. Click Add Extension

Depending on your settings, you may need to log into Google before the extension will install.

Step 6. Click on the Google Input Tools icon

It's near the upper-right corner of Chrome, and it looks like a blue letter "A" on top of a gray keyboard. A menu will expand.

Step 7. Click Extensions Options in the menu

A list of languages will appear.

Step 8. Move the Hindi language to the right panel

This is how you do it:

• Scroll down the left panel and select Hindi keyboard ENROLL.
• Click the arrow between the two panels to move it to the right panel.

Step 9. Go to the website you want to write to

Now you can write in Hindi anywhere on the web, including Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, and anywhere else that accepts text.

Step 10. Click on the "A" icon in the Google Input Tools and select Hindi

This will close the small menu and replace the Google Input Tools icon with a small blue keyboard.

Step 11. Click on the blue keyboard icon

It's in the upper-right corner of Chrome (where the "A" icon used to be).

Step 12. Select Show keyboard

An on-screen keyboard with Hindi characters will now appear in the lower right corner of the browser.

Step 13. Click or press the keys to type in Hindi

The characters you type will then appear in the writing area.

• To return to the default language, click the X which is in the upper right corner of the keyboard.

Method 2 of 2: Add the Hindi keyboard to Windows 10

Step 1. Open the Settings app

Windows.

You'll find its gear icon near the bottom left corner of the "Start" menu.

• If you want to use your physical Hindi keyboard with Windows, this method will ensure that the appropriate characters are displayed.
• Even if you don't have a Hindi keyboard, you can use this method using Windows' built-in on-screen keyboard.

Step 2. Click Time and Language

Its icon contains a clock and a few different characters.

Step 3. Click Language on the left panel

Step 4. Add Hindi to your preferred language list

If you already see Hindi in the right panel, under "Preferred languages", you can proceed to the next step. If not, this is how to add:

• Click on + Add a language over the default language.
• Search and select Hindi.
• Click on Next at the bottom of the window.
• If you don't want Hindi to be your default language, remove the check mark from "Install language pack and set as Windows display language" at the top of the screen.
• Click on Install at the bottom of the window.

Step 5. Click on the Hindi language pack under "Preferred Languages"

Some buttons will appear on your tile.

Step 6. Click the Options button

Step 7. Click + Add a keyboard

It's under the heading "Keyboards."

Step 8. Select the Hindi keyboard INSCRIPT

If you want to remove a keyboard, simply select it from the "Keyboards" list and click Remove.

Step 9. Open the application you want to write in

You can use the Hindi keyboard anywhere in Windows.

Step 10. Open the Windows on-screen keyboard

If you have a physical Hindi keyboard, you can skip this step. If not, you can use the on-screen keyboard. This is how it opens:

• Open the Windows search bar by clicking on the circle or magnifying glass to the left of the "Start" menu.
• Type on-screen keyboard.
• Click on On-screen keyboard in the search results. The keyboard will appear across the bottom of the screen in the default language.

Step 11. Click the default language on the taskbar

If you use Spanish, you would have to click ESP on the taskbar, right next to the clock. A list of installed keyboards will appear.

Step 12. Click on the Hindi keyboard

This will change the input language to Hindi, which will also change the on-screen keyboard to Hindi (if you are using it).

Step 13. Write in Hindi

You can click or press the keys on the screen to enter Hindi characters.

• You can quickly switch from one Windows language to another by pressing the Alt + Shift keys. Each time you use this shortcut, the language to the left of the clock will change.
• Click on the X in the upper right corner of the screen to close the keyboard.

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