About creating an Arabic document
To work with Arabic text in documents, make sure you do the following:
- Set up system support for Arabic.
- Enable Arabic for editing in Microsoft Office.
- Install the keyboard layout for Arabic.
Microsoft Word has built-in features that help you work with Arabic text, such as full right-to-left support at the character, paragraph, section and document level, and additional fonts. For additional functionality, such as spelling dictionaries and additional fonts, you can purchase Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools.
Learn about other Word features for Arabic and other right-to-left documents.