OFF2000: System Policy Editor Characters Not Displayed Correctly

ID: Q241343

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 2000, used with:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit

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

In the Microsoft Office 2000 System Policy Editor, bidirectional (right-to-left) characters may not be displayed correctly. This may occur in customizable error messages, or other user-defined text fields.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when all of the following conditions are true:

You are running a bidirectional version of Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98.

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You are typing bidirectional text in the Microsoft Office 2000 System Policy Editor.

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You are running an English version of Microsoft Office 2000.

WORKAROUND

When typing text in the Office 2000 System Policy Editor, type your text in English or some other Western European language (Latin 1, Code Page 1252).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Bidirectional text is not supported in the Microsoft Office 2000 System Policy Editor running on Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98. This behavior does not occur when running the localized bidirectional version of Microsoft Office 2000, operating system, and System Policy Editor.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Microsoft Office Resource Kit, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/

Additional query words: OFF2000 bidi bi directional bi-directional bidirectional

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