#CANNOT ONE WORD WINDOWS#

Newer OS'es and programs should be fine try with Windows Notepad for example. Some text display widgets of some platforms may discard these control characters though, particularly older (pre-2000) platforms or those who do not support Unicode bidirectional algorithm correctly. The control characters LRE and RLE (0x202A and 0x202B) and also LRM and RLM (0x200E and 0x200F) need to be applied to the whole paragraph, i.e they should come at the beginning of the sequence. In Notepad or Word, press right Ctrl+Shift to make their direction right-to-left and it will be okay. You just need to make them right-to-left. This is OK they're not shuffled: you're seeing them in LTR rendering mode. Pay attention to select the RTL option from the ribbon when the majority of your paragraph is RTL and keep it selected. You can also add the character by writing it's unicode and then selecting it and pressing Alt+X - but that can be confusing because it needs constant change between Arabic and English.Īll of the special characters involved in this little manoeuvre are invisible characters (their job is simply to change the direction of the text) so don't be surprised if it looks like you're not inserting anything. Scroll through until you find the character with the appropriate Unicode number, and if the Unicode number does not appear in your version of MS Word, select it by its name. If you're working in Microsoft Office or Open Office, the 'special characters' can be found under 'insert'. Change the keyboard back and continue writing in Arabic.The Character name is 'Pop directional formatting'. Insert special character U+202C (to restore the bidrectional state to what it was before the left-to-right embedding).Insert another space (to separate the embedded text from the Arabic text that will continue to its left).The character name is 'Left to Right Embedding'. Insert special character U+202A (to begin the left-to-right embedding).The character name is 'Right to Left Mark'. Insert special character U+200F (to render the preceding space an Arabic character).Finish typing the Arabic word and add a space after it (this space separates the embedded text from the Arabic text to its right).

Cannot one word