tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post3691019972350050782..comments2024-03-26T12:11:00.593-06:00Comments on Multilingual Mac: Word For Mac 2016: Still No Arabic, But Devanagari Seems To WorkTom Geweckehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947144407429196465noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-30759655336139044812015-08-02T19:42:01.345-06:002015-08-02T19:42:01.345-06:00Hopefully, the latest update for Word for iOS, whi...Hopefully, the latest update for Word for iOS, which includes the following fix, also portends good news for Office 2016. <br /><br />Microsoft Word for iPhone<br />Version 1.11, 324 MB<br />Jul 23, 2015<br /><br />New in this update:<br /><br />• Bi-directional and complex script languages: now supports bi-directional text editing and complex script for Arabic, Hebrew, and Thai.<br /><br />• Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775202680927140436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-36781874827327091932015-07-19T11:30:27.815-06:002015-07-19T11:30:27.815-06:00Readers: Via private emails, I sent Tom a random p...Readers: Via private emails, I sent Tom a random page of Thai text with all spaces removed. (The original had spaces between a few words, and while there are no grammar rules for this, Thai writers often do add occasional spaces for aesthetic reasons.) Tom pasted my .txt file into Word 2016, saved the result to PDF, and returned that to me, from which I was able to confirm that Word 2016 is no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-22831781429880485872015-07-17T15:20:21.739-06:002015-07-17T15:20:21.739-06:00Thanks for the link to all the thai fonts. Yes, l...Thanks for the link to all the thai fonts. Yes, linebreaks are a big problem for apps that don't use thai linebreak dictionary built into OS X. I think that is the main reason why Word never lists Thai or similar scripts in its list of supported keyboards. Word for Mac 2016 no longer has this list in its Help.<br /><br />If there some way to test thai line breaking without knowing any Tom Geweckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947144407429196465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-80735853579708873292015-07-17T14:49:42.710-06:002015-07-17T14:49:42.710-06:00Thanks, Tom. I've not experienced the Word-to-...Thanks, Tom. I've not experienced the Word-to-PDF problems mentioned in the discussion you linked. Instead, using either PSL (http://www.fontpsl.com/webpage/home/index.php) or Apple's own Unicode fonts, my own frustrations with Word have been "limited" to occasionally misplaced diacritics and, far more crucially, Word 2011's inability to even intelligently guess the proper Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-37381313787502946572015-07-17T12:27:43.483-06:002015-07-17T12:27:43.483-06:00Some people seem to get results they can accept fo...Some people seem to get results they can accept for Thai by using a particular font, see<br /><br />https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6485060Tom Geweckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947144407429196465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-2324607561613352082015-07-17T11:38:16.094-06:002015-07-17T11:38:16.094-06:00Reading Mossberg's comment that "it’s ess...Reading Mossberg's comment that "it’s essentially a clone of the Windows desktop version of Office" (on.recode.net/1OkiW4h) left me hoping that we might finally be able to use Word in Thai on our Mac's. I shall be eager to hear comments from any who have tried with Office 2016 for Mac. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com