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Set insertion point behavior for right-to-left text

The feature or some of the options described in this Help topic are only available if support for right-to-left languages is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

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

   • To have the insertion point move according to the logical order of mixed text, click Logical.

   • To have the insertion point ignore text direction and move continuously to the right or left, click Visual.

3. If you choose Visual, do one of the following:

   • To select text from line to line as you drag the pointer downward and vary the width of the final line of selected text, click Continuous.

   • To select a block of text within a paragraph, similar to selecting a range of cells within a table, click Block, and then press ALT and the appropriate arrow key.