Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 54)

34 Writing in Multiple Languages Writing and Editing
Have the period appear correctly in a left to right sentence that ends with a right to
left word
• The problem… as received by technical support:
First I write English then
ע ב ר י ת . א ב ל the ע ב ר י ת comes out on the wrong side of the period.
• Solution
In areas of mixed languages, you might switch the “Keyboard” “input method” rather than change
the actual language associated with that text as explained in step 2 of “Write in a different language
(to switch languages)” on page 32.
Figure 36
“Hebrew” text written in “English”
In Figure 36 above, the two Hebrew words are selected and yet the flag below, in the Statusbar,
indicates that the language set for the two words (and the period and space) is English.
• Corrected
First I write English then ע ב ר י ת . א ב ל the ע ב ר י ת comes out on the wrong side of the period
1. Type:
First I write English then
2. Choose Hebrew from the Language tab on the Statusbar or the Language button on the
Toolbar or the Language pop-up menu in the Language palette (not simply the input method
from the flag at the top of the menu bar, but Hebrew inside Nisus Writer Pro) and type the
word:
! " # $ %
3. While still in Hebrew, choose the menu command Insert > Directionality Marker > Reverse
Direction Marker
4. Type the period:
.
5. Type the space and the word:
& " '
6. Choose English from the Language tab on the Statusbar or the Language button on the Toolbar
or the Language pop-up menu in the Language palette (not simply the input method from the
flag at the top of the menu bar, but English inside Nisus Writer Pro) and type the word:
the
7. Switch back again to Hebrew (again using the methods inside Nisus Writer Pro as explained in 2
above) and type:
! " # $ %
8. Switch back again to English (again using the methods inside Nisus Writer Pro as explained in 6
above) and type:
comes out on the wrong side of the period.