OFF2000: Printing Right-to-Left Documents May Produce Unreadable Characters and Incorrect Formatting

ID: Q241336

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Access 2000
Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft Outlook 2000
Microsoft Word 2000

NOTE: This article discusses complex scripts functionality. Complex scripts functionality is available when you use the Office Language Settings tool to enable a language, such as Arabic or Hebrew, that requires this functionality. For more information about multilingual features, click Microsoft <your Office product> Help on the Help menu, type multilingual features in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

SYMPTOMS

When you print a document that was created by using the right-to-left language features in a Microsoft Office 2000 program, the document may be printed with unreadable characters, missing sections, or incorrect formatting.

CAUSE

The printer and its drivers may not be supported for right-to-left documents.

RESOLUTION

Some printers require updated printer drivers to print right-to-left documents. Contact your printer manufacturer if you encounter the problems described in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

Additional query words: bidirectional bi-directional Arabic Hebrew

Keywords : kbBidi kblpk
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb