02 Things you need to know
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Bi-directional (BiDi) Language support
In order to use bi-directional languages (for example, Arabic or Hebrew), perform the following steps:
1. Install the R5 client on a BiDi (bi-directional) Windows platform (Arabic or Hebrew, Enabled or Localized)
2. Run the client to finish setup and verify that everything is working.
3. Turn on BiDi support by adding the following line to your NOTES.INI file:
EnableBiDiNotes=1
4. Hebrew users who want to force all equations to flow from left to right should also add:
EnableHebrewEquations=1
These settings will be enabled by default in Arabic and Hebrew localized versions of Notes.
Additional BiDi relevant settings may be selected by choosing File->Preferences->User Preferences and then selecting International.
Bi-directional language issues - Previous releases of Notes did not support BiDi; however, some users may have R4.x databases with documents containing BiDi text. When such documents are edited using Notes R5, the BiDi text is converted to the R5-supported format. Once converted, Notes R4.x cannot read any BiDi text in these documents.
Also, if you use Notes R5 to create or edit a document containing BiDi text then this text is not visible to an R4.x client. Furthermore, if you use a R4.x client to edit such an R5 document, then the BiDi text is lost. - You can design views with the most significant column on the right. However, quick search always acts on the leftmost column. You may want to create a hidden leftmost column containing appropriate data for quick search.
- Outline flow is from left to right and the bitmap is always to the left of the text.
- We recommend that you use English only in domain names, organization names, ID file names, mail file names and passwords.
- To send faxes containing Arabic or Hebrew text, the server must be running on a BiDi-enabled Windows 95/98/NT platform.
- When running on Arabic or Hebrew Windows, the NOTES.INI setting EnableBiDiNotes=1 is required to correctly display setup dialogs.
- Excel spreadsheet data is imported into Notes with left-to-right reading order and table direction.
- When exporting a Notes document to RTF format, the reading order of the first paragraph is left-to-right. You may want to start such documents with a carriage return.
- Notes tables with right-to-left reading order are exported to RTF format with left-to-right reading order.
- Import and export do not handle the following characters : &rlm, &lrm, &zwj, &zwnj.
- The reading order of field help and database synopsis is always left-to-right.
- Alphabetical bullets always use English letters.
- Find/Replace works from left-to-right across BiDi tables.
- When creating hotspots containing bilingual text, you should include all of the minor language string in the hotspot.
- When determining reading order of strings in the search bar editor, any text in the gray highlighted area is treated as part of the whole line.
- In right-to-left tabbed tables, you must enter text into the second tab before you can enter text into the rightmost tab.
- When changing tabs or cell widths in a scrolled right-to-left paragraph, use the Properties box rather than clicking on the ruler.
- The No Wrap alignment does not work with right-to-left reading order.
- Using F11 to change text style does not work for BiDi text.
- The marked area cannot be predicted if you change the reading order of marked mixed text. The same happens with undo.
Hebrew specific issues
When EnableHebrewEquations=1 is set:
- Equations should be written without spaces
- Trailing periods always appear to the left of numbers
- Editing in Native OS controls is not affected (display of equations, currencies, dates is determined by the operating system).
MIME Mail received in visual reading order can be read by selecting the encoding to be Hebrew (8859-8 Visual)
In some cases measurements appear as inches regardless of the setting in the International Settings Dialog. This will work as expected after changing the setting.