--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:06:56 -0700 >From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7404 Hindi documents shared between Macs and PCs >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> Unicode is the logical character encoding choice for all foreign language work on computers. Mac OS 9 and X handle Unicode well, but some programs do not. Particularly, those from Microsoft are a problem. MS Word 2001 and v.X don't support Unicode. We will see if MS Word 2004, due out in a few months, will finally give MS Word users on the Mac the Unicode capabilities that the PC versions have had for years. AppleWorks is also not Unicode capable. TextEdit can handle Unicode very nicely, in its RTF mode. I find the interface aggravating, in that you change from RTF to Plain Text modes in the preferences, rather than on a document by document basis. Workable, but weird. Nisus Writer Express is Unicode capable, and costs $40 on sale, now and then, $60 at full price. <http://www.nisus.com/Express/> I have been pleased with Mellel, a nice little word processor that has better support than most for Hebrew and other right-to-left writing systems. It costs $29, or 5 copies for $49. In either case, upgrades are free for three years after purchase, which is the most generous upgrade policy that I know of. Mellel is evolving rapidly, and focuses on the needs of academic writers. So, there are some options. Mellel, Nisus Writer Express, and TextEdit can all handle RTF documents. Nisus can also read and write in MS Word's .doc format. MacLink Plus can handle translation between RTF and .doc, if there is any need for that. Derek --On Thursday, February 5, 2004 4:36 PM -0500 LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Has anyone successfully shared Hindi text documents between Mac and > PC? If so, what software did you use? I'm looking into a few more > options but MS Word is definitely out, as is TextEdit and probably > AppleWorks (I'm going to try the 6.2.9 version if the thing will > ever get done "Gathering Information"). Derek Roff Language Learning Center, MSC03-2100 Ortega Hall Rm 129, 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885 Internet: [log in to unmask]