Hello everybody,

Some time ago I nostalgically wrote about the ease with which, in the NW
Classic, you could handle diverse styles by pressing a single key or a
combination of keys. I was then referred by some of you guys to ³Styles²
under NW Pro. I would like to report that recently I have discovered a
partial solution to the problem for people like me who need to switch
constantly between English/Latin fonts and others such as Greek, and notably
R-L fonts such as Hebrew and Arabic. My solution is to choose Menu Keys
under NWPro Preferences, and pick up a combination of keys. For instance,
[Option+Shift+G] for for choosing a Greek font. This is less tiresome than
moving the cursor to Tooldrawer and select the font desired. This method can
be exploited for other tasks. Changing colours, for instance, which is
rather tedious when you have to go to Tooldrawer.

I would like to take this opportunity of raising a couple of new questions.

1) In the NW Classic you could change font sizes by pressing simultaneously
both Command Key and either [ or ] key. Is there such an easy method instead
of going to the Tooldrawer?

2) Among the langauges listed for ³Input menu² under OSX ³International² I
miss a particular language, Syriac. Because of this (?) I cannot type Syriac
from right to left, as I can do with Hebrew. Under OSX + NWP there is no
³reverse² mode possible. So I¹m stuck, as far as Syriac is concerned. Is it
possible to add yourself a language for Input Menu? There is no unicode
Syriac font around yet, as far as I know. Not an Open Type font, anyway.

Cheers,

Takamitsu Muraoka