Arabic Text shows in wrong-direction in Word, but not Google Docs

Question

I have a word document that shows Arabic text in the wrong direction to expected.

I opened the same doc on my colleagues machine and the text shows in the correct direction.

I uploaded the doc to Google Docs, which shows it in the correct direction.

When I copy and paste the wrong-direction-text from Word into another text-editor (not word), the text becomes the right direction.

Which settings do I not have within my Word that I am missing?

Thanks

Using both the LTR and RTL buttons do not change the text direction. I recorded a clip: http://screencast.com/t/p4LIsMnBI

Answer 1

This was due to RTL setting,alter it to LTR which will does the effect :

To achieve that :

1)Ensure you have arabic as language pack and enable the alternate language under

Start / Programs / Microsoft Office / Microsoft Office Tools / 2007 Microsoft Office system Language Settings

2)Navigate to office-->word options

3)Click on customize

4)Choose commands from drop-down menu, select Home Tab instead of Popular Commands

5)Find and highlight Left-to-Right Direction, then click the Add button to move it to the Customize Quick Access Toolbar section

restart the word to apply the changes

Answer 2

This is resolved. Here's how I did it:

The Arabic language within Word had to be set as the Default language. By doing this, when pasting into Word the text was in the correct direction.