Help

The complete user guide covers installing, activating and using Murasu Anjal, step by step, in English and Tamil. Start there if you want the whole picture.

The questions we are asked most often are answered below. If what you need is in neither, write to us — a person reads it and replies.

Installing

Which installer do I need?

There is one installer per platform and it is free to download. The same file serves every licence — free, Personal and Premium — so this is the only thing you need to install. The licence you enter when you activate it is what decides which edition you get.

Windows and Mac have separate installers. Both are on the download page.

I have an older version of Murasu Anjal. Do I need to remove it first?
Yes. Remove the older version before installing the new one. On Windows, uninstall it through the Control Panel. On a Mac, delete the Murasu Anjal folder from Applications.
Is there a step-by-step guide to installing and activating Murasu Anjal?
Two of them. The user guide covers it in writing, in section 2 — and the getting-started video on the downloads page shows the same steps on screen.

Licences

What does the free licence include?
The free licence gives you what everyday Tamil typing needs, and only that: the keyboards, the input methods and the core fonts.
I have lost my licence key. How do I get it back?
Requests and re-sends are handled inside Murasu Anjal Manager, not on this site. On the activation form, click Help to have your key sent again — or to request a free licence. Step 2.3(b) of the user guide shows it.

Help videos

Short recorded walkthroughs of the questions we are asked most.

Murasu Anjal 12

How to activate Murasu Anjal in Windows
How to add the Tamil keyboard in macOS

Anjal 10 videos (old)

Recorded for Anjal 10 and kept for people still running it.

Anjal and Tamil99 keyboard layouts
The Anjal fonts are not showing up
Getting ஸ்ரீ right in older Adobe applications
Turning on Tamil input in macOS
Tidying the Windows language bar