About working with Arabic text

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About working with Arabic text

In addition to proofing tools such as the spelling checker and grammar and style checker, Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools provides tools designed specifically for working with Arabic text in Microsoft Office 2003 programs.

Text direction

When working with Arabic text or text in any right-to-left language, you can change the direction of text, paragraphs, cells, and page layouts by using the left-to-right and right-to-left options on the Format menu. For text, paragraphs, cells, and page layouts that are primarily in Arabic, use a right-to-left setting; otherwise the text will not be laid out as expected. This setting is different from the right-aligned setting for other languages, such as English.

Note  The right-to-left options are available on the Format menu only if you enable editing of one or more right-to-left languages.

For more information about formatting right-to-left text, such as setting the direction of sections and tables, by using a specific Office program, see Help for that program.

Arabic text translation

Office Proofing Tools includes translation dictionaries that enable you to translate Arabic text in an Office document into English, or vice-versa.

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