Arabic-L:GEN:Windows 7 and Arabic problem

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1) Subject: Windows 7 and Arabic problem

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Date: 07 Apr 2014
From: Paul Roochnik <proochnik at gmail.com>
Subject: Windows 7 and Arabic problem

Dear Friends,

I am having a weird technology problem; maybe somebody out there can help
me.  Here it is:

My computer at school runs the Windows 7 operating system.  When I try to
type Arabic in MS Word, I must first hit the space bar or the Enter key a
couple times before I can type any Arabic letters.  Of course this
seriously damages my productivity, because I must then delete the extra
spaces.  The technology gurus at my school have tried all levels of
re-installation but nothing works.  They even replaced my computer... and
the second one has the same problem as the first!

By the way, this problem does not affect English.  And just for fun, I
experimented with Thai, Russian, and Hebrew keyboards: all had the same
problem as Arabic.

Has anyone else encountered this glitch?  Any ideas?

Cheers,
Abu Sammy

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