Claris FileMaker: language support for a global audience

Layout of right-to-left content

Easily display right-to-left content by selecting the appropriate layout in Claris FileMaker. You can quickly mirror your layout to convert it from left-to-right to right-to-left orientation, ensuring accurate display for languages like Arabic and Hebrew.

Character and paragraph direction

Control the direction of paragraphs and characters to ensure proper display of right-to-left texts. FileMaker automatically determines the default character and paragraph direction based on the language and surrounding text.

Mix different numeral systems, including Roman and native digits, within your app seamlessly.

Diacritics & ligatures

Preserve the intricate details of complex writing systems. Diacritics are correctly placed over consonants (both horizontally and vertically), and ligatures are rendered accurately, ensuring proper display of complex scripts.

Sorting – Search/Find

Sort, search, and find text in various Middle Eastern and Indian languages.

Supported languages include:

For the Middle East: Arabic, Hebrew and other languages such as Farsi
Note: For better search results, it is recommended to search data without diacritics.

For India: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Panjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam

For Asia: Thai, Vietnamese

Spell checking

Spell check in several languages and ensure that multilingual documents maintain high linguistic standards, reducing errors and improving overall communication quality.

The Hunspell tool enables spell checking in Arabic, Hebrew, Thai and Urdu Pakistan.

Localized user interface

Claris FileMaker offers a localized user interface in several Central and Eastern European languages (Czech, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Turkish), ensuring a familiar and comfortable experience for users in their native language.

Web Direct is also available with localized interfaces in those languages to easily publish your databases on the web while maintaining a consistent user experience across platforms.

Sorting – Search/Find

Claris FileMaker provides comprehensive support for Central and Eastern European languages, allowing for accurate sorting, searching, and finding of text within your databases.

Spell checking

Claris FileMaker integrates the Hunspell tool, enabling robust spell checking capabilities for a wide range of languages.