2 Glossary

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Common acronyms/phrases used throughout the Writer source code:

• BiDi - bi-directional, generally used to refer to the ability to layout text/images/forms/dialogs/windows either left-to-right (e.g. English) or right-to-left (e.g. Hebrew, Arabic)

• MSHTML - the (now legacy) HTML rendering engine for Internet Explorer. Also known as Trident. Recently replaced in Windows 10 with edgehtml. See this MSDN page for more information: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa752038(v=vs.85).aspx

• RTL - right-to-left, generally used to refer to the ability to layout text/images/forms/dialogs/windows right-to-left (e.g. Hebrew, Arabic)