Japanese language and computers: Difference between revisions

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Japanese can be written in [[Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts|two directions]]. ''Yokogaki'' style writes left-to-right, top-to-bottom, as with English. ''Tategaki'' style writes first top-to-bottom, and then moves right-to-left.

To compete with [[Ichitaro (word processor)|Ichitaro]], Microsoft provided several updates for early Japanese versions of [[Microsoft Word]] including support for downward text, such as Word 5.0 Power Up Kit and Word 98.<ref>{{Cite journal|year=1994|title=ASCII EXPRESS : マイクロソフトが「Access」と「Word 5.0 Power Up Kit」を発売|journal=[[ASCII (magazine)|ASCII]]|volume=18|issue=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010801160800/http://www.microsoft.com/japan/office/previous/office97/|title=Microsoft Office 97 Powered by Word 98 製品情報|date=2001-08-01|website=web.archive.org|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|url=http://www.microsoft.com/japan/office/previous/office97/|archive-date=2001-08-01|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref>

[[QuarkXPress]] was the most popular DTP software in Japan in 1990s, even it had a long development cycle. However, due to lacking support for downward text, it was surpassed by [[Adobe InDesign]] which had strong support for downward text through several updates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edit-u.com/conte/dtp04.html|title=DTPって何よ（4） ［編集って何よ］|last=エディット-U|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/QuarkXPress_top10-3/|title=アンチQuarkユーザーが気になるQuarkXPress 8の機能トップ10(3) 縦書きの組版が面倒だったけどどうなのよ?|date=2008-07-04|website=MyNavi News|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref>