Specify the direction of sections in right-to-left documents

On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then click the Layout tab.

In the Section start box, select where you want the section to begin.

In the Section direction box, click the appropriate direction, Right-to-left or Left-to-right.

When you switch the section direction, the following occurs:

Line numbering that you set by using the Page Setup dialog box moves to the opposite side of the document.
Footnote separators move to the right or left accordingly.