Arabic-L:GEN:Word 2000 Numbers (Unicode) Responses

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Date: 29 Mar 2001
From: Paul Nelson <paulnel at microsoft.com>
Subject: Word 2000 Numbers Responses

In Word you need to go to Tools - Options - Complex Scripts and set your
Numerals as you wish...Context, Arabic, Hindi, System. Then you type
using the normal number keys or the number pad.

Paul Nelson

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Date: 29 Mar 2001
From: Christopher Bennett <cbennett3 at cox.rr.com>
Subject: Word 2000 Numbers Responses

In Word 2000 the numerals are set on the Tools/Options/Right-to-Left dialog.
You have four options: Arabic, Hindi, Context, and System.  You use the same
keys for both languages.  If you set it to context it will use the Hindi
numerals when the paragraph direction is right-to-left and the Arabic when
it is left-to-right.  If set to system, it will use the default that you
have set for your operating system.

Chris

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3)
Date: 29 Mar 2001
From: William Kopycki <Kopycki at SOIS.UWM.EDU>
Subject: Word 2000 Numbers Responses

Fatme,

I am assuming you want to change the numerals from Arabic to Hindi (e.g.
numbers as they would normally appear in Arabic script). To do so from an
application like Microsoft Word 2000, you need to do the following:

1. From the top menu bar select Tools and trace to Options.
2. In the pop-up window that appears, click on the Right-to-Left tab.
3. Where it say Numeral, you will notice a drop-down menu. Slect either
Hindi or preferably, Context.
4. Hit OK to close the window and return to your document.

You should be You should now happily be able to type numerals in the Arabic
script in Microsoft Word. What I _don't_ know offhand is whether the same
option exists in Excel, or more importantly, PowerPoint....

Sincerely,

William Kopycki.

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4)
Date: 29 Mar 2001
From: William Kopycki <Kopycki at SOIS.UWM.EDU>
Subject: Word 2000 Numbers Responses

To follow up on my initial response, it seems that to view Hindi numerals in
Powerpoint 2000 while using Windows 2000, you will need to go to the Windows
control panel (from the Start button in the lower left-hand side of your
screeet>Settings>Control Panel) and click on Regional Options. From there,
click on the Numbers tab, and click on the Standard Digits drop-down menu.
You should see Hindi numerals; select that and click OK. You can now go back
to PowerPoint and type Hindi numbers while in Arabic mode.

It is worth mentioning that the same rules apply when using Farsi with
Office 2000.

William Kopycki.

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