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==Introduction==
InDesign CS5 for Mac OS-X supports a new composer called ''"World-Ready Composer"''. This composer correctly renders Tibetan Unicode fonts that work with Windows or Linux.

===Installation===
A script or a template needs to be installed in order to make the ''World-Ready composer'' accessible. 

A very good overview and scripts for enabling Tibetan in Indesign CS4/CS5 is given by [http://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/01/adobe-world-ready-composer/ Thomas Phinney]. The page also contains templates for Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.

====Script coding====

The minimal requirement to enable Tibetan rendering is a macro that enables the World-Ready composer in one paragraph style by:

 var paragraphStyle = doc.paragraphStyles.item ("somestylename"); 
 paragraphStyle.composer = "Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer";

A complete script that creates a paragraph-style for the Tibetan font [http://www.digitaltibetan.org/index.php/Tibetan_Fonts#Chris_Fynn:_Jomolhari Jomolhari] would look like this:

''Tibetan.jsx'':
<code> 
 createTibetanParagraphStyle (app.activeDocument, 'Tibetan');  
 function createTibetanParagraphStyle (doc, stylename)  
   {  
   if (doc.paragraphStyles.item (stylename) == null)  
      doc.paragraphStyles.add ({name: stylename});  
   var paragraphStyle = doc.paragraphStyles.item (stylename);  
   paragraphStyle.composer = "Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer";  
   try {
       tibFont = app.fonts.item("Jomolhari");
       paragraphStyle.appliedFont = tibFont;
       }
   catch (myError) {};
   } 
</code>

This script should be saved into a file named <code>Tibetan.jsx</code> and copied to 

* Windows XP: <code>C:\Documents and Settings\</code>''<username>''<code>\Application Data\Adobe\InDesign\Version 7.0\</code>''<locale>''<code>\Scripts\Scripts Panel</code>
* Windows Vista: <code>C:\Users\</code>''<username>''<code>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version 7.0\</code>''<locale>''<code>\Scripts\Scripts Panel</code>
* Mac OS: <code>/Users/</code>''<username>''<code>/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 7.0/</code>''<locale>''<code>/Scripts/Scripts Panel</code>

where ''<username>'' is your OS-X user name and ''<locale>'' references your location and language, for example, <code>en_US</code>.

Once the script is in the folder, it appears on the Scripts panel inside InDesign. To display the panel, choose ''Window > Utilities > Scripts''. <ref>See [http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/scripting/pdfs/InDesignCS5_ScriptingTutorial.pdf Indesign CS5 Scripting Tutorial], p.6</ref>

Double-click the script to create a paragraph style ''Tibetan''.

Once a single style that uses the world-ready composer is defined, InDesign exposes the world-ready composer as option for all existing and new styles.

===Configuration===

[[Image:IndesignCS5-WorldReadyComposer.jpg|none|thumb|520px|'''[1]''' ''Indesign CS5'' includes a ''World-Ready composer'' that supports Tibetan.]]

Once you have installed a script as described above, you can enable the ''World-Ready Composer'' for different paragraph styles:

* Either define a new paragraph style, or edit an existing style (e.g. ''[Basic Paragraph]'') 
* Then set ''Paragraph Style Options / Justification / Composer'' to ''Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer''. (See image '''[1]''').

Any paragraph that has such a style assigned, correctly renders Tibetan Unicode.

The new composer supports all Windows/Linux Unicode [[Tibetan Fonts]].

===Compatibility===

The ''World-ready composer'' was introduced with Adobe Indesign CS4, and enhanced in CS5. 

Versions of Adobe Indesign CS3 and older do not support the ''World-Ready Composer'' and require external plug-ins for Tibetan support.

===Notes===
The techniques discussed here should also work with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.

==References==
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==Internal Links==
* Unicode [[Tibetan Fonts]]
* [[How to edit Tibetan texts]]
* [[Tibetan Input Method for Windows]]
* [[Configuring OpenOffice for Tibetan script]]
* [[Preparing Computers for Tibetan Editing]]
* [[How to edit Tibetan texts]] - This article explains the basic setup to be able to work with Tibetan texts in Office (OpenOffice or Microsoft)
* [[Configuring OpenOffice for Tibetan script]]. 

==External Links==
* A discussion of Tibetan support in various versions of Indesign at [http://forums.adobe.com/message/3021008#3021008 Adobe forums].
* Scripts for enabling Tibetan in Indesign CS4 by [http://www.thomasphinney.com/2009/01/adobe-world-ready-composer/ Thomas Phinney].
* Adobe Indesign CS5 [http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/scripting/ scripting tutorials]

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