Re: Arabic and other languages

From: nu (dont_n_at_g.org)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:29:47 GMT

1) The explanation comes from experimenting with Word. The more technical
comments were picked up from searching the internet and may be wrong.

2) My guess is that users who actually try the demo before buying the program
are the ones likely to have detailed knowledge about the program already.
Most users probably don't get the demo and just go ahead and buy the new
version because it's a new version. There's nothing reckless about this.
Microsoft isn't an obscure shareware company, Word is the foremost word
processor, they're already using Word and want to keep up with improvements,
and so on.

3) It's not as if the decision to buy Word is: Get it if it does Arabic,
don't get it if it doesn't. I 'm using Word 2004 even though I tried the demo
and knew beforehand it can't handle Arabic. It does many other things
effectively and in some ways it's a necessity despite its short-comings. The
fact that I use it regularly anyway makes it even more annoying that it can't
do Arabic and it's more reason to complain about this problem. Come to think
of it, I may have wasted my time compared to the people who just went ahead
and bought it.

nu

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 02:06:38 -0400, Daiya Mitchell wrote
(in article <BD9DF17E.4527%daiyaNOSPAM@mvps.org.INVALID>):

> Hi nu,
>
> Much appreciation for the detailed explanation of Word and Arabic, and I'm
> sure anybody searching the newsgroups for information on this issue in the
> future will appreciate it as well.
>
> It's certainly true that even using a program for a 30-day demo isn't
> necessarily going to tell you everything about whether it will support your
> needs in every little detail. One of the nice things about most software,
> though, is that trial versions allow one to check quite a bit more than can
> purchasers of say, furniture. The amount of consumer information available
> on the internet has certainly changed buying habits for cars, at least in
> the States--it's a shame those types of attempts to be an informed consumer
> don't always carry over into other arenas, to avoid at least the big
> disappointments.
>
> DM

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