Arabic Text shows in wrong-direction in Word, but not Google Docs [duplicate]
I have a word document that shows Arabic text in the wrong direction to expected.
I opened the same doc on my colleagues machine and the text shows in the correct direction.
I uploaded the doc to Google Docs, which shows it in the correct direction.
When I copy and paste the wrong-direction-text from Word into another text-editor (not word), the text becomes the right direction.
Which settings do I not have within my Word that I am missing?
Thanks
Using both the LTR and RTL buttons do not change the text direction. I recorded a clip:
12 Answers
This was due to RTL setting,alter it to LTR which will does the effect :
To achieve that :
1)Ensure you have arabic as language pack and enable the alternate language under
Start / Programs / Microsoft Office / Microsoft Office Tools / 2007 Microsoft Office system Language Settings2)Navigate to office-->word options
3)Click on customize
4)Choose commands from drop-down menu, select Home Tab instead of Popular Commands
5)Find and highlight Left-to-Right Direction, then click the Add button to move it to the Customize Quick Access Toolbar section
restart the word to apply the changes
2This is resolved. Here's how I did it:
The Arabic language within Word had to be set as the Default language. By doing this, when pasting into Word the text was in the correct direction.