libreoffice+hebrew nikud

[Arie Skliarouk]

Hi,

A friend of mine asked me for a solution to type weekly "daf-kesher" for
his boy's school. His requirements are pretty basic - all interface to be
on hebrew, basic text editing, rashi fonts, nikud, way to scan or transfer
photos from a camera and embed them into the document.

He has no prior experience with computers, so re-learning is not an issue
here.

Ubuntu with hebrew-enabled intertface and libreoffice so far fit the
requirements. So far he has not mentioned "responsa" or similar, which
would stop ubuntu approach in its tracks.

I am concerned on the nikud part, e.g. how well libreoffice supports it.
Googling shows rendering issues. The https://bugs.freedesktop.org is down
at the moment, so I could not perform more detailed analysis. Can someone
testify on the level the hebrew nikud is supported in the libreoffice?

Also, the page with nikud extension for openoffice is down:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/nikud
Does anyone know the where I can download up-to-date version of the
extension?

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Arie
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