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Questions tagged [arabic]

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How to change some of the numbers in word to be arabic numbers within Word

I have a Word document. It has two parts: one English and one Arabic. The problem is that all the numbers are English numbers [0123456789], but I want the Arabic part's numbers to be Arabic numbers [٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩]. How can I do that in Word 2007 or…
Karim
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Is there anyway that typing in Arabic can be a smoother process?

I realized that typing documents in Arabic script on Microsoft Word is a tedious process. Selecting, formatting, aligning (among other things) Arabic text is a really inefficient process (especially if there is a mix of Arabic and Latin script).…
user24191
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Arabic: Unicode: how to stack fatha kasra damma

I am using LibreOffice to type arabic, but if what I am asking cannot be obtained with LibreOffice then I would like to know whether it is possible in LaTeX, because I have seen this in a book, but do not know how to do it. I want to type an arabic…
John Sonderson
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How can I order multi-level list numbers right-to-left regardless of paragraph direction?

When you create a multilevel list in Microsoft Word 2013 (or earlier versions), then by default the list numbers (e.g. 3.2.4, where 3 here is the top most level) appears correctly for Left-to-Right languages. However, for Arabic, I need the number…
student1
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Proper PDF metadata key to enable right-to-left viewing in "Facing" view mode in PDF readers

I was wondering whether anyone knew the proper PDF metadata key (and value) in order to signify to PDF readers that the PDF in facing mode should be displayed from right-to-left (RTL) and not left-to-right. I use many Arabic PDFs (mainly scanned,…
Imran
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Copy/paste Arabic doesn't work well

On http://tanzil.net/#19:3, if you copy the first word of the first line to the right including the "(1)" and then paste it in the WordPress editor, you'll see that the "(1)" piece is split (left parenthesis moves to the beginning of the sentence…
drake035
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How do I set the the text direction in word 2010 to right to left for languages like Hebrew or Arabic when copy/pasting?

In Office word 2010, when I want to create a new style, under the paragraph section the direction (left-to-right and right-to-left) is disabled. Can I modify the direction then? Added for mahmoud Mahmoud, if this doesn't apply to you then roll the…
mahmood
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How to write english and arabic in same line without corrupting the format

i am writing an Arabic text and i want to insert an English word in the sentence, as follows: وأنوى تغييرها إلى وشىء آخر Access أنا استخدم قاعدة البيانات but when trying to accomplish this in Microsoft word 2010 when switching to English the…
Mahmoud Saleh
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Arabic letter heh (ه) is rendered incorrectly when using the Calibri font

When I type the word هذه into Microsoft Word 2010 using the Calibri font version 6.18, the word is rendered like in هذهذ (without the trailing ذ), which means that the last letter has the incorrect form. Using any font other than Calibri works…
Roland Illig
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How to copy from arabic PDF file to word?

When I copy from Arabic PDF file to word I get only scribble, I have tried to convert the whole file to word but I have get the same also.
Mr.lock
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Arabic Text shows in wrong-direction in Word, but not Google Docs

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…
youyong
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Allowing the terminal to write Arabic

How can allow the terminal on Linux to write Arabic without reversing its words? For example, when I write "زمالك" it is written from left to right. How can I fix this?
Neveen
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How can I get Windows 7 to display the "Insert Unicode control character" menu in Chrome?

I'm trying to help a translator l10n our application into Arabic and need to find a way for her to easily enter right-to-left and left-to-right Unicode characters in Google Chrome on Windows 7 (I'm not a Windows user BTW, so for both our sakes I'm…
fractious
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How to prevent interface flipping in GTK 2.16 for right-to-left languages (Arabic, Farsi)?

For programs using the GTK 2.16 interface, GTK automatically chooses the language for common items according to system settings, and when the language is right-to-left it automatically flips the interface so that it looks right-to-left.…
Hossein
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ffmpeg drawtext - Arabic fonts doesn't render correctly

What I'm trying to achieve: Loop an image into a video and overlay Arabic Text from the Qur'an on it including the text diacritical mark, using a custom font. Example of the text to be rendered: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The font…
Mahmoud Abdellatief
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