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Working with Non-Latin Language Content
You can include text content in the following languages in your document:
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Hebrew
Arabic
Thai
If you intend to simply include characters in these languages in your document you can add content to your document and publish the final output as usual.
Certain features allow for text in these languages to be formatted and output in ways particular to the language. Whilst some of these features are available in Arbortext Editor, some can only be configured in an Arbortext Styler stylesheet (.style file) and as such will only be available to you if your environment includes Arbortext Styler. The table below describes the features that support the formatting of non-Latin language content, and confirms the PTC Arbortext product in which these can be configured/used. In certain cases the formatting can only be displayed in certain output formats, or should be generated by previewing or publishing via a certain print engine for best results. The table describes all these situations.
Feature
Summary
Language(s)
Product/Stylesheet
Print Engine
Right to left writing direction
Content is output from right to left in a line
Hebrew, Arabic
Arbortext Styler / .style file
PTC APP
List and page numbering
Non-Latin numbering styles
Hebrew, Arabic, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
Arbortext Styler / .style file
Any — see List and page numbering in Arbortext Styler help for limitations in non-print outputs
Word boundaries
Definition of breaks between words to allow text wrapping
Thai
Arbortext Editor
Print/PDF output — PTC APP
Web/all HTML output — output will not include word boundaries, regardless of the publishing engine used. Word breaks will only be visible if the browser supports word boundaries for Thai language.
Hanging punctuation
Punctuation characters permitted to appear outside text margin
Chinese, Japanese, Korean
Arbortext Styler / .style file
PTC APP
Combined fonts
User-defined font to support multiple languages in a single text block
Chinese, Japanese, Korean
Arbortext Styler / .style file
Any
Underlining
Advanced underline styles, colors and placement options
Chinese, Japanese, Korean
Arbortext Styler / .style file
Any — see Text underlining and strikethrough in Arbortext Styler help for limitations in non-print outputs
Contact your system administrator if you need to find out if your environment includes Arbortext Styler, and for assistance with changing the print engine if this is required. Refer to Arbortext Styler help, if your environment includes Arbortext Styler, to find more information about the features listed above.
Please refer to Print Engine Comparison for descriptions of the PTC APP, FOSI, and XSL-FO engines.
Please refer to Logic for print engine selection for information on how to set the effective print engine for your PTC Arbortext environment.