MS Word may one day grow up

Microsoft Word has been around for more than 20 years now, and I still cannot take it quite seriously. It does a lot of things well, but if it were to be sold as a real word processor, methinks it would need to implement at least the following features.

Language

• Right to left writing (Mac OS X version).
• Automatic conversion of kanji and hanzi to phonetics with the phonetic guides (as is already supported in Word for Windows).
• Multi-language spell checking (one setting that accepts words from any of several languages).
• One version for all languages, so the user freely can switch UI, formats, features and dictionaries.
  

Scripting

• Recordable Applescripts (Mac OS X version).
• Applescript code complete in macro editor (Mac OS X version).
  
• VBA scripting in Mac OS X version for compatibility reasons.
  

File handling

• Open and save (not export) Open Document files.
  
• Working Autosave that does not clutter the harddisk with old backups.

Format

• Ligatures, glyph variants and support for other OpenType and TrueType font features.
• High definition graphics.
• Handling of standard vector graphics like PDF and EPS.
• Text wraps around curved objects.
• Decent graphics editing.
• Fixed line height with changing fonts.
• Furigana format modification.
  

User Interface

• Page spread view to adjust pictures spanning two pages.
• Layers to switch on and off certain objects for viewing, printing and export.
• Full screen view. (Mac OS X version)
• Snap objects to alignment guides.

Mac OS Integration

• Support for Mac OS X Services.
• Support for Mac OS X dictionaries.
  

Plus a lot, a lot of bug fixes and corrections to quirky handling of styles and many other things.