Hello Richard and List- Entering text in a right-to-left language is not a function of FrameMaker, but of Windows. Most settings for the language are made in
Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options 1. Set all numeric, date, time, and language settings for the region (note almost all Arabic-speaking countries have different settings available). 2. Under the Languages tab, select "Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages". 3. If you have non-US keyboards or other text entry devices, select Details (still under the Languages tab) and add the services installed on your computer. * 4. If your text does not use Unicode, under the Advanced tab, select the code page conversion tables. * Note it is possible to use a US keyboard, although you need to learn the keyboard layout that will usurp the US layout when you have the right-to-left language invoked. Now in FrameMaker or any other software, set the Format > Font and/or Paragraph Designer > Default Font for displaying the right-to-left language in the Paragraph Styles for the language. By displaying Windows Language bar, you can easily switch from one language format or keyboard layout to another. Caveats: ! I've experienced some bugs in the Language bar or multiple availability of keyboard layouts, where the keyboard layout occasionally switches without warning--though this may be from use of some function-key usages. ! Microsoft has incompletely supported Farsi, though they claim that their support is fully implemented. Two important letters are inaccessible. The same may be true for Hebrew and some Indic languages. It appears that more "purely" Arabic languages are fully supported. ! I haven't experimented with using Unicode for text entry. Thomas G (Tom) Kohn | Technical Editor | GCG WW Versamark Engineering Services | Eastman Kodak Company | 3000 Research Blvd | Dayton, OH 45420-4003 | tom.kohn at kodak.com | +01 937-259-3210 Office | +01 937-271-1484 Mobile | +01 937-259-3784 Fax | www.graphics.kodak.com
