Re: Request regarding new XML format

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In article <1117832411.794476.100910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Gibbor" <dgarrett1@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> The announcement that Microsoft is moving Office Mac to XML and to
> greater compatibility with Office Windows leads me to my long standing
> request: Please find a way to enable Right-to-left formatting (Hebrew &
> Arabic) with full OpenType capability in Word for Mac.

Just note that file formats, XML or binary, have absolutely nothing to
do with display of right-to-left text. Nor does right-to-left text have
much to do with compatibility - it's a needed feature all on its own.

Certainly MacBU is aware of the display issue and I expect they're
working on a fix, but the one initiative won't impact the other.
.

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