Now works in Windows Vista

This version of Antioch is for users of Windows NT, 2000, XP and Vista, and Word 2000, 2002 (Office XP), 2003 and 2007.

The Hebrew side of Antioch 2 allows the typing of vowel points and full cantillation marks, all of which are automatically positioned by a special OpenType font. With Windows XP and Word 2002 or later, you can type any combination of marks that is found in the Bible, including the complex BHS text. Windows 2000 and Word 2000 do not allow some of the more exotic combinations but are fine for less extreme use.

Warning: if you have Windows 95, 98 or ME, and/or Word 97, you should not download this program. You should use the original version, Antioch 1.
To return to the main Antioch page, click here.

In Windows Vista, the Antioch help file doesn't work, since it is of an obsolete type. You can fix this problem with a Microsoft patch for Vista, downloadable from here.

Antioch 2 may be installed on top of an existing version of Antioch 1 or 2 and will replace it. Your existing registration will be preserved. However, you can't reinstall Antioch 1 without first uninstalling Antioch 2.

After installing Antioch, you should open Word and go to Greek -- Preferences -- Keyboard. Click on the 'Load' button, and this will import the keyboard layout you used for Greek in the previous version of Antioch (if any).

If you are installing Antioch on a computer where no previous installation exists, you will need to go to Greek -- Preferences -- Keyboard and choose your keyboard layout from the options. You need to make a selection for each of the four areas of the keyboard, even if you want to leave it as it is. In this way, Antioch learns about your national keyboard layout and adapts itself to fit.

Please note that if you want to use the Hebrew side of Antioch, before installing it you should make sure that your copies of Windows and Word have support for right-to-left languages installed. For help with installation in Windows 2000 and XP, see Windows help under 'To install complex script and right-to-left language files', which can be found by starting help and typing 'Hebrew'. After enabling the languages, while you are still in the Regional and Languages Options dialog box, click on 'Details', then on 'Add', and select the Hebrew keyboard from the list.  For Word, go to the Windows Start menu, then to Programs -- Microsoft Office Tools -- Microsoft Office XP Language Settings.
In Vista, you also need to enable Hebrew, but this is chosen from the normal Windows list of languages and there is no need to enable complex scripts.

In Antioch, you will also need to select a Hebrew keyboard with Hebrew -- Preferences -- Keyboard; we recommend that you read the relevant parts of the manual before doing this.

To download the installer for Antioch 2 for Windows 2000 and XP
(an2setup.exe, 1.27 MB), click here. This version is not for Vista.

To download the installer for Antioch 2 for Windows Vista
(an2vista.exe, 1.10 MB), click here. This version is exactly the same as the one above except that it will install in Vista.

Windows Vista has a feature called User Account Control, which by default is enabled. When you want to do almost anything serious, it darkens the screen and asks you if you really want to do this. When you run the Antioch installer for Vista, if UAC is enabled it can do one of two things: ask you if you want to proceed, and leave you in peace; or stick up a brusque message saying 'Installation failed.' If the latter happens, go to Control Panel -- User Accounts and turn User Account Control off. Restart the computer and run the Antioch installer again.

During the installation of Antioch 2, at one point a small Word document headed 'Please wait ...' appears on the screen. In Word 2000-2003, the document should vanish in a few seconds. In Word 2007 you will get a warning that the document contains macros, and that they have been disabled. You will have the choice of enabling the macros manually. When you have done this, the document will disappear and installation will continue.

For information on updates, see the foot of this page.

This version is the fourth to include Hebrew. The Greek side has been in use for well over two years, and all faults in it that have appeared during that time have been corrected in the new version. Please report any problems to me at  hancock@dircon.co.uk.

Administrators of networks intending to install Antioch 2 will need a list of file locations and other information, which can be downloaded by clicking here. It includes a quick method of installing Antioch on several computers on a network.

Para descargar una copia del manual en español (archivo PDF, 471 KB), por favor haga click aquí.

Antioch 2 uses a new version of its usual font, which is now simply called Vusillus (not Vusillus Old Face). The main purpose of this font is to enable right-to-left Hebrew, so if you prefer you can revert to the old font, or choose any other suitable font, by adjusting the settings in Greek -- Preferences -- Text. The installer gives only the italic version of the font. The regular version is distributed to registered users only, when they first register -- or if updating Antioch, they can get a copy by writing to me at hancock@dircon.co.uk.

Antioch 2 costs the same as Antioch 1, and you can pay for it at a secure site linked to the main Antioch web page. This page is for registering both versions of Antioch. There is no need to specify which version you are registering, and you will be sent the fonts for both versions. If you have already registered Antioch 1, you don't need to pay to register this version, even on a new computer. Just write to me, and I will send you new registration files. If your email address has changed since you registered, please tell me what the old address was.

There are also new versions of the Greek and Hebrew AutoCorrect lists, which makes it easier to cope with the separate AutoCorrect lists for each language in Word 2000-2003. These are for use with Antioch 2 only: there are lists for Antioch 1 on the Antioch 1 page.
To download the Greek list, click here.
To download the Hebrew list, click here.
Please note that these documents include macros and will provoke a Word macro warning when you open one. The macros have been carefully checked, and it is absolutely safe to enable them.

Ralph Hancock
2 April 2008

Updates, in reverse order
10 June 2007, v 2.06.41 for Vista. Only the installer is changed: the program is the same as the previous version, which remains available.
10 June 2007, v 2.05.40 promoted to main version, v 2.04.39 removed.
3 April 2007, v 2.05.40: version for users of Word 2007 with Windows XP. Issued as beta version.
27 February 2005, v 2.04.39: corrections to minor faults in fast converter and errors in manual.
3 November 2004, v 2.03.38: new switch for using tonos rather than classical acute, anticpating the coming changes to Unicode.
2 November 2004, v 2.03.37: experimental version with switch for tonos (see above). Minor fault in SIL Greek font converter mended. Version not issued.
18 September 2004, v 2.02.36: main template file now better protected against unwanted effects of other templates in the same folder.
22 August 2004, v 2.01.35: the first 'alpha' version, and the first version of Antioch 2 with Hebrew. Also includes fixes for faults found earlier in Greek.
15 July 2004, v 2.00.20 not yet changed, improved patch to fix both faults in the GreekKeys converter -- see above.
8 July 2004, v 2.00.20 not yet changed, but there is now a patch for one fault in the GreekKeys converter -- see above.
November 2003 to August 2004, versions 2.00.21 to 2.00.34: development of Hebrew side. Not issued, but v 2.00.30 was sent to users on request.
10 November 2003, v 2.00.20: minor corrections to converters for old 7-bit Greek formats, to deal with occasional lenis/apostrophe problems.
4 November 2003, v 2.00.19: same as 2.00.18 but now installs the latest version of the Vusillus font, dated 1 October 2003.
3 November 2003, v 2.00.18: now installs in Word 2003. Registration system changed to simplify installation on networks. Updating a registered copy will still preserve registration. Bug affecting automatic mapping of shifted numeral keys on UK keyboards cured. Not issued.
3 June 2003, v 2.00.17: improvement to installer to ensure that it always deletes Antioch 1 fully. Program itself same as in the previous version.
25 April 2003, v 2.00.16: fix for bug causing registration reminder to appear to registered users. Separate macros added to allow starting the keyboard and Greek search with a keystroke, as in Antioch 1.
23 April 2003, v 2.00.15: font instability problem solved.
21 April 2003, v 2.00.14: corrections to converters of older fonts. Font instability discovered to apply only to computers with Far Eastern language support enabled, so most users won't be affected -- but we are still going to fix it.
13 April 2003, v 2.00.13: epsilons and omicrons with circumflex accents selected from private use area for compatibility with GR fonts. Font instability with unsusual characters partly fixed (will be totally fixed in future version). Greek h and capital Kai symbol added to special characters menu.
12 April 2003, v 2.00.12: more work on same problem. Version not issued.
11 April 2003, v 2.00.11: work on problem (in Windows XP only) of unusual characters appearing in wrong font.
10 April 2003, v 2.00.10: minor fixes to separate diacritics.
9 April 2003, v 2.00.09: first beta release.