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Arabic LM Doesn't Put Character Endings Where
DocumentID: 606264
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:31:40 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: WP does not offer all Arabic form endings for Arabic words. The customer is using the Arab standard keyboard with the Arabic Language Module. At the end of all words in arabic you get the symbols under the n (13,154) or m (13,146) key, and these are replaced automatically by WP, and this works fine. But at times in Arabic, you should be able to enter other characters at the end of the word, and WP won't allow you to do this. The characters that the user wants to put are the character under the j (13,58) letter for the m character endings, and the d (13,150) character for the n character endings. Solutions: The characters "alif maqsurrah" (13,154) and "taa marbuuta" (13,146) do not have medial forms, so you always get the final form if you press these characters in the middle of the word. They also don't have initial forms, so you get the independent form if you press them at the beginning of the word. WP considers the "taa" (13,58) different from the "taa marbuutah", and the "yaa" (13,150) different from the "alif maqsuurah". If customers want to get the medial and initial forms, they can use the keys for the "taa" and the "yaa" which will give them exactly what they want. So, a slight change in typing routine will solve the problem.

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