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The left-to-right mark (LRM) is a control character (an invisible formatting character) used in computerized typesetting (including word processing in a program like Microsoft Word) of text containing a mix of left-to-right scripts (such as Latin and Cyrillic) and right-to-left scripts (such as Arabic, Syriac, and Hebrew). It is used to set the way adjacent characters are grouped with respect to text direction.
Unicode[edit]
In Unicode, the LRM character is encoded at U+200E LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK (‎). In UTF-8 it is E2 80 8E. Usage is prescribed in the Unicode Bidi (bidirectional) algorithm.[1]
Example of use in HTML[edit]
Suppose the writer wishes to use some English text (a left-to-right script) into a paragraph written in Arabic or Hebrew (a right-to-left script) with non-alphabetic characters to the right of the English text. For example, the writer wants to translate, «The language C++ is a programming language used…» into Arabic. Without an LRM control character, the result looks like this:
لغة C++ هي لغة برمجة تستخدم…
With an LRM entered in the HTML after the ++, it looks like this, as the writer intends:
لغة C++ هي لغة برمجة تستخدم…
In the first example, without an LRM control character, a web browser will render the ++ on the left of the «C» because the browser recognizes that the paragraph is in a right-to-left text (Arabic) and applies punctuation, which is neutral as to its direction, according to the direction of the adjacent text. The LRM control character causes the punctuation to be adjacent to only left-to-right text – the «C» and the LRM – and position as if it were in left-to-right text, i.e., to the right of the preceding text.
Some software requires using the HTML code or ‎ instead of the invisible Unicode control character itself[citation needed]. Using the invisible control character directly could also make copy editing difficult.
See also[edit]
- Right-to-left mark
- Bidirectional text
References[edit]
- ^ Unicode 12.0 standard, http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode12.0.0/UnicodeStandard-12.0.pdf, p. 880
External links[edit]
- Unicode standard annex #9: The bidirectional algorithm
- Unicode character (U+200E)
Microsoft Office Word 2003
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Insert a right-to-left or left-to-right mark
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.
- Place the insertion point where you want to insert the character.
- On the Insert menu, click Symbol, and then click the Special Characters tab.
- Click Left-to-Right Mark or Right-to-Left Mark.
This tutorial shows three ways to insert special characters in Microsoft Word:
1. The Symbol dialog box
2. Keyboard shortcuts
3. AutoCorrect
Word’s special characters include twelve text characters, such as the en dash, that don’t appear on traditional keyboards and fifteen formatting characters, such as the nonbreaking hyphen, that affect text layout. The table below lists all twenty-seven special characters.
| 1. Em Dash | 10. Registered Symbol | 19. No-Width Optional Break |
| 2. En Dash | 11. Trademark | 20. No-Width Non Break |
| 3. Nonbreaking Hyphen | 12. Section Break | 21. Left-to-Right Mark |
| 4. Optional Hyphen | 13. Paragraph Break | 22. Right-to-Left Mark |
| 5. Em Space | 14. Ellipsis | 23. Left-to-Right Embedding |
| 6. En Space | 15. Single Opening Quote | 24. Right-to-Left Embedding |
| 7. 1/4 Em Space | 16. Single Closing Quote | 25. Left-to-Right Override |
| 8. Nonbreaking Space | 17. Double Opening Quote | 26. Right-to-Left Override |
| 9. Copyright Symbol | 18. Double Closing Quote | 27. Pop Directional Formatting |
For a description of each character, visit “What Are Special Characters in Microsoft Word?”
If you want to insert accent marks (the extra marks that appear above and below letters) instead of special characters, visit “Three Ways to Insert Accent Marks in Microsoft Word.”
This tutorial is also available as a YouTube video showing all the steps in real time.
Watch more than 100 writing-related software tutorials on my YouTube channel.
The images below are from Word for Microsoft 365. The steps are the same for Word 2021, Word 2019, and Word 2016, and are similar for Word 2013 and Word 2010.
Insert Special Characters Using the Symbol Dialog Box
All twenty-seven special characters can be inserted using the Symbol dialog box.
1. Place your cursor where the special character should be inserted in your text.
2. Select the Insert tab in the ribbon.
3. Select Symbols in the Symbols group.
4. Select More Symbols in the drop-down menu.
5. Select the Special Characters tab in the Symbol dialog box.
6. Select the special character that you need from the Character menu.
7. Select the Insert button to insert the special character.
8. Select the Close button to close the Symbol dialog box.
Pro Tip: If the Symbol dialog box blocks your view of your newly inserted special character, left-click your mouse arrow on the uppermost area of the dialog box to grab it and then move it to a different location on your screen.
Insert Special Characters Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Thirteen special characters can be inserted with preset keyboard shortcuts.
Please note that the shortcuts shown below for the Double Opening Quote and Double Closing Quote are different than those shown in Word’s Symbol dialog box (which may be typos because they don’t function as intended).
1. Place your cursor where the special character should be inserted.
2. Select the appropriate key combination on your keyboard.
Em Dash: Alt + Ctrl + Num –
(Alt plus Ctrl plus the minus sign on the number pad)
En Dash: Ctrl + Num –
(Ctrl plus the minus sign on the number pad)
Nonbreaking Hyphen: Ctrl + Shift + _
(Ctrl plus Shift plus underscore)
Optional Hyphen: Ctrl + –
(Ctrl plus hyphen)
Nonbreaking Space: Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar
Copyright: Alt + Ctrl + C
Registered: Alt + Ctrl + R
Trademark: Alt + Ctrl + T
Ellipsis: Alt + Ctrl + .
(Alt plus Ctrl plus period)
Single Opening Quote: Ctrl + `,`
(Ctrl plus two grave accents)
Single Closing Quote: Ctrl + ‘,’
(Ctrl plus two single quotation marks)
Double Opening Quote: Ctrl + ` , Shift + ‘
(Ctrl plus one grave accent followed by Shift plus one single quotation mark)
Double Closing Quote: Ctrl + ‘, Shift + ‘
(Ctrl plus one single quotation mark followed by Shift plus one single quotation mark)
Insert (a Few) Special Characters Using AutoCorrect
Word’s preset AutoCorrect feature lets you insert the copyright symbol, trademark symbol, registered mark, and en dash by typing specific character strings into your text.
Trademark: (tm)
Copyright: (c)
Registered: (r)
En Dash: --
The en dash won’t appear automatically until you complete the next word or character string and then press the spacebar.
Pro Tips: Select Ctrl + Z to reject an autocorrected character. You can also customize Word’s autocorrect options in the Proofing section of the Word Options dialog box.
Further Reading: How to Find and Replace Special Characters in Microsoft Word
Updated November 14, 2021
LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK
| Codepoint | U+200E |
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| Comments |
commonly abbreviated LRM |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| Sub-Block | Format characters |
| Category | Cf / Other, format |
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| Description | The left-to-right mark (LRM) is a control character (an invisible formatting character) used in computerized typesetting (including word processing in a program like Microsoft Word) of text that contains a mixture of left-to-right text (such as English and Cyrillic) and right-to-left text (such as Arabic, Syriac and Hebrew). It is used to set the way adjacent characters are grouped with respect to text direction. |
| How to type «» in Windows? | hold alt type + type 200E release alt |
| How to type «» in Linux? | hold ctrl+shift type U 200E release ctrl+shift |
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31 August 2020
Type the Left Right arrow ↔ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.
How Left Right arrow ↔ looks in different fonts.
Here’s some examples of how Left Right arrow ↔ looks in common Office fonts.
Left Right arrow ↔ codes
These are the important code numbers or values you’ll need to enter the Left Right arrow or ↔
Decimal: 8596 Hex: 2194
Web: ↔ or ↔
(web codes aren’t used in Microsoft Office, we’ve included them for the sake of completeness.)
Word and Outlook
The Left Right arrow ↔ sign does NOT have an inbuilt shortcut in Word.
Use the standard Word Alt + X symbol shortcut 2194 + Alt + X
Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert | Symbols | Symbol and look for the Left Right arrow symbol.
As you can see, there are other useful arrow symbols around the same Unicode area.
Windows
In Windows there are several shortcuts to enter the Left Right arrow ↔ character into any program, but they use a numeric keypad, not the number row above the letters.
Alt + 8596
Windows Character Map
The Windows Character Map accessory in all Windows releases
Character Map has a search feature, something missing from the Insert | Symbol in Office.
MacOS and Office for Mac inserting characters
On a Mac, to enter the Left Right arrow ↔ symbol:
- Command + Control + Spacebar shortcut to open the Character Viewer.
- Choose ‘Arrows’ from the left list then scroll down to the section ‘Leftwards Rightwards Arrows’.
Despite the name Character Viewer, the Apple system tool will also insert characters into any program, including Office for Mac.
Right arrow → symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
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Make Diagonal Text in Word
How to make the text left to right? And how to write something to the right of the vertical line? Also how to make the line space between the text too less like shown in the screenshot?
Here is what I want to achieve, couldn’t put it in words.
Screenshot of the my attempt and the problems with it.
I could use spaces to make the text go to the right. But still I wouldn’t be able to type next to the vertical line and also the line space is too much.
asked Oct 1, 2020 at 9:17
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Instead of drawing the vertical line, what I would do is
- Create a table with two cells
- Remove all external borders — you now have a vertical line
- On the left cell, right justify the text
- On the right cell, left justify the text
You don’t have to mess about with spaces. If you wish to introduce another item on the left, add a new row and remove the top and bottom borders.
Edit
For the blue circle, insert/shapes find a circle, add it where it is needed and fill it with the appropriate colour. Note that the shape will be anchored (you may see an anchor symbol when the shape is selected. This means that the shape will follow the paragraph it is anchored to.
answered Oct 1, 2020 at 11:32
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This is what I would do. The main thing I would have to revisit is the situation where there is still too much space on either side of the line.
If you do not have a vertical line + circle shape to start with,
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Insert and size the vertical line.
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Insert and size the circle. Make its fill white and its outline the same weight as the line.
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Select the two shapes and use Shape Format -> Arrange -> Align to Align Center
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Ensure the circle is vertically at the point you want on the line.
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Use Shape Format -> Arrange -> Group -> Group to create a single shape
Whether you already had a shape or you just made it,
- Right-click on the shape and use Wrap Text -> In Line With Text.
Leave the shape where it is, and create a one-row table with 3 cells.
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In Table Design -> Borders -> Borders, select No borders. Select the View gridlines option if you want to be able to work with the «invisible» Table
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With the Table selected, in Table Layout -> Alignment ->Cell Margins, set all the default cell margins to 0 (you may need to adjust this step later)
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drag the shape into the middle cell
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adjust the widths of the three cells so the line is in the correct position horizontally, and make the middle cell as narrow as you can
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select the left-hand cell and use Home -> Paragraph -> Right
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select the middle cell and use Home -> Paragraph -> Center
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select the right-hand cell and use Home -> Paragraph -> Left
Type and format your text. If it’s too close to the shape, you can increase the width of the middle cell and/or modify the paragraph settings of the paragraphs in the left and right cells.
answered Oct 1, 2020 at 10:32
Use columns
This assumes that the dividing line is provided elsewhere.
Begin with a blank document, switch to ‘print layout’ view and select Format > Columns…
Try the following settings (assumes six inches between margins — as you change one width, the others will change to fill the page):
- Number of columns: 2
- Equal column width: unchecked
- Width 1: 7.5 pi
- Spacing 1: 1 pi
- Width: 2: 27.5 pi
- Apply to: Whole document
Then enter your left-column text and format to flush right. Insert a column break after the text (Insert > Break > Column Break). The cursor will now be at the top of the right column. Enter your right-column text and format to Flush Left.
NB, checking the ‘Line between’ box provides a visual placeholder. I used picas here but use whatever suits you best.
If this formatting should not apply to the ‘whole document’ then at the appropriate place, insert a ‘section break’ and then set that section to 1 column. Note that after adding another section, this section’s column formatting will change to indicate that it applies to ‘this section’ instead of ‘whole document’.
answered Apr 26, 2021 at 13:57
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Знак слева направо ( LRM ) — это управляющий символ (невидимый символ форматирования), используемый при компьютерном наборе (включая обработку текста в такой программе, как Microsoft Word ) текста, который содержит смесь текста слева направо (например, как английский или русский ) и текст с письмом справа налево (например, на арабском , персидском или иврите ). Он используется для установки способа группировки соседних символов по направлению текста.
Юникод
В Юникоде символ LRM кодируется как
U + 200E LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK (HTML · ‎ ). В UTF-8 это так E2 80 8E . Использование предписано в алгоритме Unicode Bidi (двунаправленный).
Пример использования в HTML
Предположим, автор хочет использовать английский текст (сценарий слева направо) в абзаце, написанном на арабском или иврите (сценарий справа налево) с неалфавитными символами справа от английского текста. Например, автор хочет перевести: «Язык C ++ — это язык программирования, используемый …» на арабский язык. Без управляющего символа LRM результат будет выглядеть так:
لغة C ++ هي لغة برمجة تستخدم …
С LRM, введенным в HTML после ++, это выглядит так, как и задумал автор:
لة C ++ هي لغة برمجة تستخدم …
В первом примере без управляющего символа LRM веб-браузер отобразит ++ слева от буквы «C», потому что браузер распознает, что абзац находится в тексте с письмом справа налево ( арабский ), и применяет знаки препинания, который является нейтральным по своему направлению в соответствии с направлением соседнего текста. Управляющий символ LRM приводит к тому, что пунктуация располагается рядом только с текстом с направлением слева направо — буквами «C» и LRM — и размещается так, как если бы он находился в тексте с направлением слева направо, т. Е. Справа от предыдущего текста. .
Некоторое программное обеспечение требует использования HTML- кода или ‎ вместо самого невидимого управляющего символа Unicode. Непосредственное использование невидимого управляющего символа также может затруднить редактирование копии.
Смотрите также
- Отметка справа налево
- Двунаправленный текст
Рекомендации
Внешние ссылки
- Стандартное приложение Unicode # 9: двунаправленный алгоритм
- Символ Юникода (U + 200E)
Release Date: November 7, 2018
Category: Writing Tools
Author: Amanda W., Ph.D.
Many versions of Word allow users to enter text in right-to-left format to accommodate other languages.
Most of these change the formatting to left-to-right text direction when users select English for the text language.
However, a few versions have bugs in this process and the formatting remains right to left, such as the Arabic versions of Word.
If you receive a document originally written in one of these versions, the cursor, text direction, and/or punctuation will behave abnormally.
Here, we describe 1) how to fix this problem in a selected segment of text and 2) how to set all new comments to run in the correct direction.
The information in this guide was compiled from instructions for the 2010, 2013, and 2016 versions of Word, so these instructions should be accurate for those versions, but might not work with older versions.
Changing right-to-left to left-to-right formatting
To do this, we will add two buttons to our Quick Toolbar.
These will stay in Word as long as it is installed on your computer, so you can use them whenever you encounter this problem.
- In the Quick Access Toolbar at the top left of the screen (where the save and undo buttons are), click the arrow at the right side and select “More Commands”.
- Under «Choose commands from:» select «All Commands.»
- Find «Left-to-Right Text Direction» in the alphabetical list and click «Add>>».
- Find «Ltr Run» and click «Add>>».
- Click «OK» to close the window.
- You should now have two new buttons in the Quick Access toolbar at the top left of your screen: the Left-to-Right Text Direction button, which looks like an arrow and a paragraph symbol, and the Ltr Run button, which looks like an open, gray, or green circle depending on your version of Word.
- Select the text that needs to be fixed, or select all text in the document by pressing Ctrl-A.
- Click both the Left-to-Right Text Direction and Ltr Run buttons (it doesn’t matter which you click first).
Text should now run left to right as we expect in English writing.
If the text is suddenly right justified, meaning that it all lines up along the right margin, don’t worry – that means the author of the original document was trying to get around the bug and make the text look normal.
Just select the text and click “Left Align” in the “Paragraph” section under the “Home” tab.
Setting comments to default to left-to-right text
If you are providing feedback on this document, you will likely need to add comments to the document.
Although the directions above are effective in comments, it can get very annoying to click your two Quick Access buttons every time you need to write a new comment.
Luckily, we can set Word to use the correct formatting for all future comments.
- If there are no comments, write one and fix it using the directions above.
- In a properly formatted comment, click somewhere in the comment text that doesn’t have any special formatting (no italic, bold, superscript, etc.).
- Go to «Home» tab and click the tiny arrow in the bottom right corner of the “Styles” section.
- Click “Options…”
- Change “Select how list is sorted:” to “Alphabetical”.
- Change «Select styles to show:» to «All styles.»
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Find «Comment Text» in the list and click it if it’s not already selected.
- If there are no styles in the list and it’s just a blank white box, click the «Style Inspector» button at the bottom (the one in the middle with a magnifying glass), and the first item in the smaller box that pops up should be “Comment Text.” You’ll follow the next steps within that box.
- If clicking “Comment Text” changes the comment back to right-to-left formatting, select all the text in that comment and click your two new Quick Access buttons again.
- Hover your mouse over «Comment Text» and click the drop-down arrow that appears.
- Click «Update Comment Text to Match Selection.»
- Close all open style boxes.
Try adding new comments; the text should run left to right.
This will save a bit of time and a lot of frustration.
It will need to be done for each document in which you encounter this issue, but once you’ve done it, that style information should stay with the document even if you send it to someone else.
Keywords: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Text Direction, Editing, Comments
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Microsoft 365 supports right-to-left functionality and features for languages that work in a right-to-left (or a combined right-to-left, left-to-right) environment for entering, editing, and displaying text. In this context, «right-to-left languages» refers to any writing system that is written from right to left and includes languages that require contextual shaping, such as Arabic, and languages that do not. You can change your display to show the menus and buttons right-to-left and/or change individual files so their contents read from right to left.
To compose in a right-to-left language you will want to enable the Windows keyboard language for the right-to-left language that you want to use. See add an input language in Windows and enable the keyboard layout for the right-to-left language.
Click a heading below for more information
Depending on how you prefer to customize your computer, you can use one language for your display (menus, dialog boxes, and wizards), and type in a different language as needed. If you want to both type in a right-to-left language and see the menus and online Help in that language, you can set the Microsoft 365 display to that language preference. For more information, see Change the language of Microsoft Office.
Note: If you’d like to see a short video on how to do this, here’s a video at YouTube that a member of the community created showing how it’s done. Change Language Office 2016.
Several right-to-left features in Microsoft 365 programs use the display language to determine the screen layout direction and the alignment of text within dialog boxes. When you specify a right-to-left user display language in the Set the Office Language Preferences dialog box, the layout of menus, dialog boxes, and wizards are right to left, but the Microsoft Windows settings remain left to right.
For example, when Arabic is selected as the display language in Microsoft 365 you see the following display:
The menus are displayed right to left. If the Windows display language is still set to English, the title bar remains in English and the Close, Minimize, and Maximize buttons remain in the upper-right corner as they do in a left-to-right interface. If the Windows display language is set up for a right-to-left language, the language in the title bar would also be translated, and the Close, Minimize, and Maximize buttons would be in the upper-left corner.
If you work primarily in a left-to-right language but sometimes need to insert text in a right-to-left language, you can select your left-to-right language (such as English) for your display language and type in the right-to-left language in most of the Microsoft 365 programs when you want to. To do this, Set right-to-left text, bullets, and numbering for the editing area and enable the keyboard layout.
You can change the text direction from within a Microsoft 365 program by choosing the Right-to-left paragraph button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab (this only appears if you have a right-to-left language enabled). Even after changing your display to appear in a right-to-left language, you must have the appropriate keyboard language enabled to enter text in that language.
If your usual display language is English but you want to change it to an Arabic dialect, do the following:
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Open an Microsoft 365 program file, such as a Word document.
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On the File tab, choose Options > Language.
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In the Set the Office Language Preferences dialog box, in the Editing Language list, choose the Arabic dialect you want, and then choose Add.
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In the Choose Editing Languages table, make sure the newly added Arabic dialect is highlighted and then choose Set as Default.
Important: When you set the newly assigned editing language as the default, it becomes the default for all your Microsoft 365 programs.
To type using a particular language’s native keyboard, you must add the appropriate keyboard layout. For instruction on how to add an additional keyboard language see Change the language of Microsoft Office.
After adding a keyboard layout for another language, a language indicator (called the «Language bar») appears on the taskbar, next to the clock, and displays the current keyboard language. For example, in Windows 10, the language indicator for Hebrew is 
.
Note: The Language bar appears automatically after adding a keyboard for at least one language in addition to English in the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box in Microsoft Windows.
To change the current keyboard language click the Language bar and select the language you want, or press ALT + SHIFT to toggle thru the list of installed keyboards.
If you only want to enter a little text in another language and don’t want to switch your keyboard, you can use the Character Map, one of the Accessories in Microsoft Windows. You can choose a character from one of the right-to-left or left-to-right language font pages, copy it to the Clipboard, and then insert the character in your document. For more information about how to use the Character Map to enter text, see Using special characters (Character Map).
Depending on which languages you need, you may also be able to enter small amounts of text by using the Symbol gallery, see Insert a check mark or other symbol.
When both left-to-right and right-to-left languages are enabled, the Left-to-right and Right-to-left paragraph buttons are enabled on the ribbon in most of the Microsoft 365 programs. When you click these buttons, you can change the direction of text when entering and justifying text.
Note: In Microsoft OneNote, the Left-to-right and Right-to-left buttons are available by clicking the Paragraph Alignment arrow.
Text in a cell or field can be left-aligned, center-aligned, or right-aligned. In some programs, such as Access and Excel, text can also have Context text direction.
When text has Context text direction, text and numbers are aligned according to the language of the first character entered — for example, text in the cell or field is right-aligned if the first character is in a right-to-left language, and left-aligned if the first character is in a left-to-right language. You can override Context text direction and switch to Left, Center, or Right text direction for individual objects.
Many right-to-left or combined right-to-left and left-to-right programs apply context rules that control text direction and the reading order of text. Boxes, lists, and other elements control the context rules for the text that they contain.
The context rules for the reading order and text direction are as follows:
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If the first strong character is left-to-right, the reading order is also left-to-right, and the text is left-aligned.
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If the first strong character is right-to-left, the reading order is also right-to-left, and the text is right-aligned.
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If only neutral characters are typed, both the reading order and the direction follow the paragraph direction (which can be either left-to-right or right-to-left) until the first strong character is typed.
Any time you change the first strong character from a left-to-right language to a right-to-left language (or vice versa), both the reading order and the text direction change accordingly.
In Word and other word-processing programs, you can select, find, and replace individual diacritics and individual Arabic characters regardless of whether they are ligated. Each ligature and diacritic is managed as a discrete unit of a right-to-left language word.
The following example shows selecting an Arabic word that has a three-character ligature (as each character is selected).
Indic languages, such as Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu, might not be compatible with every search option in Microsoft Office. For example, the Match case and Find whole words only options do not work for scripts in these languages. However, these options can still be used to find matching Latin characters in the same document.
Right-to-left languages
Find-and-replace features search text in the order in which the text is entered in the Search box, instead of the order in which it is displayed. Therefore, you can search for strings of right-to-left text, regardless of the direction of the paragraph. You can also search for matches of characters with or without kashidas (Arabic only), Alef Hamzas (Arabic only), or diacritics, such as the Hebrew niqqud. For a list of ASCII and Unicode character codes, see Insert ASCII or Unicode Latin-based symbols and characters.
Indic languages
Indic languages, such as Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu, might not be compatible with every search option in Microsoft Office. For example, the Match case and Find whole words only options do not work for scripts in these languages. However, these options can still be used to find matching Latin characters in the same document.
Southeast Asian languages
Southeast Asian languages, such as Thai and Vietnamese, might not be compatible with every search option in Microsoft Office. For example, the Match case and Find whole words only options do not work for Southeast Asian characters. However, these options can still be used to find matching Latin characters in the same document.
See Also
Check spelling and grammar in a different language
Change the language of Microsoft Office