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My understanding is that Spanish Windows 2000 includes input methods for
Arabic script.
And the French version of Office comes bundled with the full support for Arabic (including proofing tools and extended document layout management). My retail French version of Windows XP also has this support on the CDROM.
Support for arabic is simply popular for users of French versions of Office and
Windows, notably because these versions are also distributed in North Africa
where both languages have official status and are widely used, but also because
there's a large enough population in France working with Arabic as their native
language.
But none of this is any help for Urdu and Punjabi speakers, of whom there are a large number here in the UK as well as of course in Pakistan, India and Kashmir.
-- Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.qaya.org/
