right to left languages

[Ann Zdunczyk]

Hi Graeme,

I use InDesign ME on both the Mac and the PC to create my Right to Left
languages. So far I am very pleased using this application for this process.

Z 


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-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+azdunczyk=triad.rr.com at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+azdunczyk=triad.rr.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Graeme R Forbes
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:01 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: right to left languages

Peter Courlis asked

"Is there a S/W application or DTP S/W that is used for Arabic, Farsi (left
to right) languages in popular use, today?"

Dov replied:
"Yes, Microsoft Word (Windows only) provides this support.
InDesign ME offers this support (both platforms); maybe future versions of
InDesign might also natively support right-to-left"


I think it used to be the case on the Mac that right to left language docs
were mainly created in Nisus (http://nisus.com/). The OSX upgrade of Nisus
still does it, but you might want to enter "Hebrew" 
in the user forums search and read some of the posts. The new kid on the
block is a word processor called Mellel
(http://www.redlers.com/index.html) which looks like it would be well worth
investigating. In fact, it may even be a plausible replacement for
FrameMaker for (English) technical writing on the Mac.

Graeme Forbes
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