Microsoft KB Archive/94884

= Word for Macintosh Does Not Support WorldScript =

Article ID: 94884

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 3.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 3.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 3.02 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 4.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 5.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 5.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q94884



SUMMARY
Microsoft Word does not support Apple's WorldScript technology.

WorldScript makes it possible for one version of an application to work with multiple language systems (for example, English, Japanese, or Arabic). This technology can be used as a localization tool for many applications. However, WorldScript does not address certain aspects of text such as line layout, printing double-byte characters, or right-to-left text flow. Because these are important aspects of a word processor, the performance- level of Microsoft Word would be reduced if it were used with WorldScript.

Microsoft believes that localizing our products is the best way to provide the best possible product to our foreign markets.

NOTE: Localization is the term used to refer to the process of adapting an application to a foreign language so that it is optimized for that language.

Localized versions of Microsoft Word for the Macintosh are currently available in the following languages:

  Australian British/UK Danish Dutch Finnish French Canadian German Greek Italian Norwegian Portuguese Spanish Swedish Turkish To locate your subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/

Additional query words: macword world script macword5 Australia England Ireland Scotland Finland Norway Nordic Sweden Denmark Greece Italy Portugal Spain Mexico Turkey Chinese Hebrew KanjiTalk ChineseTalk Polish Spa in Poland Spanish Italian French-Canadian Japanese

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