A different style of language where characters or glyphs are read from right-to-left (RTL), as opposed to the English way of left-to-right (LTR). Some RTL languages include Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew.
Questions tagged [right-to-left]
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How to change the text direction in LibreOffice?
I need "right to left" text direction to write in Persian.
Ali
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How to untoggle Right-to-Left text in Notepad?
I seem to have accidentally hit a couple hot-keys and my Notepad is now showing text from Right-to-Left.
What was the hot-key combo and what can I do to reverse it back to Left-to-Right?
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How to change the text direction on Windows?
Sometimes when I'm typing, text orientation changes from LTR to RTL, but I am not able to find any shortcut to change the text direction on Windows.
How can I change the text direction inside a text box or a text area?
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How to set the default page layout from RTL to LTR in Excel 2010?
Whenever I open an Excel spreadsheet, it is displayed in a right-to-left layout by default (i.e the right most column is A and I need to scroll to the left to reach further columns).
I can change the layout by going to the Page Layout menu and…
yurib
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How can I prevent Ctrl+Shift from changing the text direction?
In Windows 7 and 8, the following keyboard shortcuts exist when both left-to-right and right-to-left languages are installed:
Ctrl+Right Shift sets the text direction to right-to-left.
Ctrl+Left Shift sets the text direction to left-to-right.
This…
Mert Nuhoglu
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How to make right-to-left footnotes in Microsoft Word
If I am using a right-to-left language in Microsoft Word 2010 and want to use footnotes, how do I make the line above the footnotes (dividing them from the main text) also be on the right side?
As in the below picture, I have the right-to-left…
b a
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Viewing pages from right to left in microsoft word
On 2-page view, I want to see the pages from right to left, like so:
instead of
This has something to do with right-to-left languages.
I found a few suggested solutions that didn't work (one that involved setting odd and even page numbers, and…
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What's the name and where can I find this strange RTL character?
See, I've just found out something that impressed and confused me at the same time. There's this strange character which allows you to type everything reversed by default. For example, if I type:
"Something like this"
Then it will turn out…
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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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Right-to-left columns (and tables) in LibreOffice Writer
I'm writing a document in Arabic, a language that is written right to left. I have found the right-to-left direction button and enabled it throughout the document.
Now, I would like to use two columns. The text should flow in the right column first,…
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Maintaining word order when copying Hebrew from and SE site to MS Word
When I try to copy text from Mi Yodeya (the Judaism SE site, which I usually render in Chrome) into a MS Word document (using Word 2007 on Windows 7), e.g. this one, I find that Hebrew text comes through with the words in reverse order. Is there a…
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How to switch writing direction (LTR/RTL) in Word 2007?
I received a word document that was probably created on a machine with some sort of right-to-left locale (e.g. Middle East). All text is in English but editing it is a pain. However, I can't figure out how I can switch the direction to left-to-right…
I Z
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My powerpoint seems working in right-to-left
I don't seem to find a way to switch it off. See picture.
There seems to be no way to say the paragraph is not RTL. There are addable RTL buttons in the customize ribbon dialog, but they are grayed in ribbon cfg view, even though buttons that are…
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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…
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Reversed text in Chrome
Possible Duplicate:
How to change the text direction on Windows?
I was typing something in Chrome and all of a sudden, the text reversed. It was now typing Right-to-Left like Arabic instead of Left-to-Right. I tried elsewhere and it was fine. It…
Yatharth Agarwal
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