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 ****************************************************************** Ann Zdunczyk President a2z Publishing, Inc. Language Layout & Translation Consulting Phone: (336)922-1271 Fax: (336)922-4980 Cell: (336)456-4493 http://www.a2z-pub.com ****************************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: framers-bounces+azdunczyk=triad.rr....@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 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as azdunczyk at triad.rr.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/azdunczyk%40triad.rr.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.