Change global text direction settings
- On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the International tab.
- Choose one of the following:
Click Left-to-Right to set edit field starting alignment to left, reading order to left-to-right, and keyboard language to the currently enabled left-to-right language.
Click Right-to-Left to set edit field starting alignment to right, reading order to right-to-left, and keyboard language to the currently enabled right-to-left language.
Note When you change the global text direction setting, it will affect the edit fields of items opened after you change in the setting; it will not affect the text direction of the edit fields of items already open.