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>Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:08:15 -0600
>From: Carly Born <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6501 Arabic on Mac OS X?
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
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> I am looking for information on word processing in Arabic on Mac OS X.
> In the past, we've been able to set it up on OS 9 with NisusWriter 5.x
> (which accommodates right-to-left languages), but I didn't see Arabic
> listed among the languages or keyboards when setting up OS X recently.
> Has anyone got a lead on a word processor that is OS X *native* that
> would do the right-to-left that Arabic requires?  (MS Office X?) I see
> that NisWriter 6.5 only runs in classic mode on OS X...
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Cheers,
> Margo

As far as I can see, Arabic is not yet implemented in OS X.  I don't think
they have gotten around to R-T-L languages yet.  They only released Chinese
a few weeks ago.

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Carly J. Born
Academic Computing Coordinator
Literature & Foreign Languages
Carleton College
507-646-7010
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