Use tables in right-to-left documents

1. Place the insertion point in the table.
2. On the Table menu, click Table Properties, and then click the Table tab.
3. Under Table direction, select the table direction you want.

1. On the Table menu, click Sort, and then click Options.
2. Select the right-to-left sort options you want:
   • To sort text as if diacritics were not present, click Ignore diacritics.
   • To generate a sort list in which all right-to-left text is listed first, followed by all left-to-right text, click Right-to-left languages first.
   • (Hebrew only) To sort text as if the he were not present, click Ignore he.

     In an alphabetic sort, text beginning with the he is sorted alphabetically by the character that follows the he.

   • (Arabic only) To sort text as if the alef lam were not present, click Ignore alef lam.

     In an alphabetic sort, text beginning with the alef lam is sorted alphabetically by the character that follows the alef lam.

   • (Arabic only) To sort text regardless of the length of kashidas, click Ignore kashidas.

Note  Microsoft Word follows the Unicode sort order unless you specifically choose a right-to-left sort order; the right-to-left sort order uses the respective Microsoft Windows code page.