WD2000: Cannot Change Language of Paragraph Style to a Right-to-Left Language

ID: Q231391

The information in this article applies to:
  • 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

You are unable to change language settings for paragraph styles from non-English languages (such as Croatian, or German) to a right-to-left (bidirectional) language, such as Arabic, or Hebrew, without first resetting the language to English.


CAUSE

You cannot apply right-to-left language formatting tags to left-to-right text, or vice versa.


WORKAROUND

To modify the language for the paragraph style to a right-to-left language, do the following:

  1. Open your document in Word.


  2. On the Format menu, click Style.


  3. Select the name of the style that you need to change and click Modify.


  4. Click the Format button, and click Language. Then click English and click OK.


  5. Click the Format button, and click Language. Then click the right-to-left language you want and click OK.



STATUS

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

Additional query words: style language bidirectional bi-directional right to left RTL LTR foreign

Keywords : kbdta kbBidi wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: October 1, 1999
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