Change the default for a right-to-left feature

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the International tab.
2. In the Default Direction option group, do one of the following:

   • Click Left-To-Right to have new objects displayed in a direction familiar to left-to-right users.

   • Click Right-To-Left to have new objects displayed in a direction familiar to right-to-left users.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options and then click the International tab.
2. Under Cursor movement, do one of the following:

   • Click Logical to have insertion point movement according to the logical order of mixed text.

   • Click Visual to have insertion point movement that ignores text language and moves contiguously to the right or left.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options , and then click the International tab.
2. In the General Alignment option group, do one of the following :

   • Click Interface Mode to align text and numbers in text fields according to the user interface language in effect.

   • Click Text Mode to align text and numbers in text fields according to the keyboard language of the text first entered.

Any version of Access that supports right-to-left text (except Hebrew) also supports the use of the Gregorian (default) and Hijri calendar for date entry and display.

1. Click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the International tab.
2. Select the Use Hijri Calendar check box.

The setting is saved with the database and used for all date references in the database.