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Subject:Re: Word 2000 Creating Arabic Template - Help From:Marj Tiefert <matiefert -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:03:42 -0800
Hi Clare,
In article <C478872F2297EA429FC5A331A0F74BF5191B44 -at- edamsnet -dot- edams -dot- com -dot- cy>,
"Claire Philpott" <claire -at- edams -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I need to create a template into which I can place and format translated =
> text. I can't believe that it is as simple as adding Arabic fonts to the =
> styles in an existing template for the corresponding English document.
>
> Can anyone suggest places where I can go for help, or if you have done =
> this before any pointers on what to do and what to look out for?
You'll probably have to install Arabic language support on your machine.
Arabic reads from right to left, and what you paste in won't flow properly
if your machine assumes it's just another strange font. You'll get
gibberish if your line lengths are different from the original and your
machine tries to fill in short lines while assuming that the text reads
left to right as in English.
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