Set the text direction for cells

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

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Set the text direction for cells

  1. Click the down arrow next to the Text Direction Button image button.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • For right-to-left reading order, click Right-to-Left.

    • For left-to-right reading order, click Left-to-Right.

    • For reading order that is consistent with the language of the first entered character, click Context.

Note  You can also set reading order on the Format menu by clicking Cells and then using the Text Direction list on the Alignment tab.