Installation and use on Windows

Download http://www.divvun.no/static_files/DivvunInstaller.exe or order a CD from the Sámi parliament, tel: +47 78 48 42 22.

Insert the CD or click the download link - the installation application will start automatically.

1. Select installation language, that is, the interface language to be used during installation:

2. To install the program, press the Install button.

3. To finish the installation, press the Finish button:

Then the installation is finished.

1. To be able to type Sami letters you will have to open the Control Panel . Double click the icon Date, time, language and regional settings:

2. Now regional settings is open. Double click the icon Settings for region and language :

3. In this dialogue you choose the Language tab and then press the Details button:

4. Press the Add... button. Now you can choose which language you would like to use. Choose Sami:

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5. Close all windows and return to the Desktop.

6. When you want to write in Sami from now on, you click the language icon in the lower right corner on the desktop, and choose Sami :

Now the keyboard setting is tuned to Sami letters, e.g. the key "q" will give the letter "á" and the key "]" on a US keyboard (= the key "¨" on a Norwegian keyboard) will give the letter "ŋ" etc.

In order for the Divvun tools to be able to help you, you have to tell the computer that you actually do intend to write in Sami, by choosing Sami as the language of your text.

1a. MS Office 2003: When you have opened MS Office you choose the menu Tools Languages Mark selected text as …

1b. Office 2007: When you have opened MS Office you click the tab Se gjennom , where you chose Angi språk

2. In the emerging dialogue you choose Sami or Lule Sami . NB! Make sure that the box Identify language automatically is not ticked. If it is ticked, Office will guess the text is in languages other than Sami for a long time, and Divvun will not work as expected (most users report that it will eventually settle with the user's language setting, but that it takes time).

3. Now you may start to write in Sami, and the program will then help you with your spelling. You may either right-click (ctrl-click) on words underlined with red, in which case it looks as follows:

or you may start the speller in a separate window. Press the . The result is:

• Open the Control Panel
  
• Press Add or remove programs
• Browse down to Sámi Proofing Tools and click the item
  
• Click the Remove button.
• When the removal process is finished, the Sámi Proofing Tools item in the list of installed programs will have disappeared
• If you have the South Sámi beta installed and want to remove it, select SouthSamiSpellerBeta1 and click Change/Remove: