| id |
196elpub2005 |
| authors |
Mortaza Kokabi |
| year |
2005 |
| title |
The Newer, the Worse: the Status of Farsi Word Processing Softwares in Iran |
| source |
ELPUB2005. From Author to Reader: Challenges for the Digital Content Chain: Proceedings of the 9th ICCC International Conference on ElectronicPublishing held at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Leuven-Heverlee(Belgium), 8-10 June 2005 / Edited by: Milena Dobreva & Jan Engelen, ed. byPeeters Publishing Leuven, ISBN 90-429-1645-1, 2005 |
| summary |
In this paper, the problems of Farsi word processing softwares that are based on Word for Windows are enumerated. Being a non-roman script written from right to left and taken as Arabic, are two factors affecting the malfunctioning of Word for Windows. The problems such as: different keyboard layouts in different versions of Word; many problems encountered in dealing with digits; the problems concerning capital letters that sometimes do not attach when they must; and the considering Farsi letters as misspelled by spell checker are but some problems of the kind. Some suggestions are presented at the end. |
| keywords |
word processing softwares; Farsi; Arabic; non-roman languages |
| series |
ELPUB:2005 |
| type |
full paper |
| email |
kokabi80@yahoo.com |
| content |
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| urn:nbn |
urn:nbn:se:elpub-196elpub2005 |
| last changed |
2005/06/02 18:31 |
