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7 Languages and Windows
7.5 Writing in other alphabets in Microsoft Word
Note the following when writing in other alphabets in Word:
- To write in Word using different alphabets such as those used by Russian and Hindi, you must have Word 2000 or later. (Word XP is suitable).
- Sometimes Microsoft Word has trouble dealing with foreign text - particularly scripts such
as Arabic and Hebrew which are written right-to-left, and (in the case of Arabic) where the forms
of letters depend on the letters surrounding them. For example, the
first time the word “Qur'an” is typed (with keyboard shortcuts enabled),
it may not join the letters together correctly; furthermore it may display subsquent words to the right of this
word. If this happens, if you type the word twice (“Qur'an Qur'an”)
the second (and any later) words will appear correctly—you can then delete the first, incorrect word.
- You can set the main direction of a paragraph as right-to-left by clicking
on the ‘Format’ menu, selecting
‘Paragraph’, and choosing the direction as
right-to-left.
- When writing in Indic languages, it is necessary to set the font correctly&mdashfor example, for Hindi the font must be set to to ‘Mangal’. (See
the section about the language you’re writing in for full details). It
is necessary to use the ‘Format…Font’
window to do this—the ‘Font’ box on the toolbar does not allow it.
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