The Newer, the Worse: the Status of Farsi Word Processing Softwares in Iran
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In this paper, the problems of Farsi word processing software packages 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 considering Farsi letters as misspelled by the spell checker are but some problems of the kind. Some suggestions are presented at the end.
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