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Text comes on right side of Bullets?
I am using Word 2002. I have two main problems.
(1) Whenever I open the new document, the default insertion point comes on the right side of the document. How can I change it so it comes to the left side of the document? (2) Whenever I insert the bullets or numbering, the text comes on the left side of the bullets or numbering? How can I fix this? |
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Hi Troy,
I am using Word 2002. I have two main problems. (1) Whenever I open the new document, the default insertion point comes on the right side of the document. How can I change it so it comes to the left side of the document? (2) Whenever I insert the bullets or numbering, the text comes on the left side of the bullets or numbering? How can I fix this? I've been jumping by this the past couple of days because it's been a long time since I've actually dealt with this - I'm not sure I can remember exactly what needs to be done (in Office 2002). The problem is certainly that a right-to-left language has been activated for Word (Office). In Tools/Language/Set language you should be able to see what the language formatting is for the current selection. What is it? In the Windows START menu you should be able to drill through the "Programs" to find something like Microsoft Office/Office Tools and in there the entry for language tools. (I can't remember the exact menu names, so you have to do a bit of thinking.) The language tools dialog box should list which languages are "activated" and which the default language is. Remove anything from this list you don't actively want to use and (re-)set the default to your preferred language. I *think* this should solve it. As to how something like this can happen: one possible (and frequent) cause is copying something from the Internet into an Office application that has the RTL language format. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hey Cindy,
Thanks for trying to help me. In Tools/Language/Set language it is set to Arabic. I tired to set it to English and also made it Default, but after clicking OK (and also restarting computer) it again comes to the Arabic Language. I don't know what is the problem. In Microsoft Office/Office Tools/Language tools the default version is English but Arabic is also in the enabled languages section. So if the default language is English, why in WORD it shows the insertion point on right side? Why bullets comes in wrong side? I also noticed that I have Office XP. When I opened Word file, it shows "Microsoft Office XP" but in the Help/About Microsoft Word it shows 2002. Why it is like that? I have XP CD, how can I fix this problem? I have a lot of word, excel files, I don't want to lose any thing. So, please tell me step by step procedure. Thanks "Cindy M." wrote: Hi Troy, I am using Word 2002. I have two main problems. (1) Whenever I open the new document, the default insertion point comes on the right side of the document. How can I change it so it comes to the left side of the document? (2) Whenever I insert the bullets or numbering, the text comes on the left side of the bullets or numbering? How can I fix this? I've been jumping by this the past couple of days because it's been a long time since I've actually dealt with this - I'm not sure I can remember exactly what needs to be done (in Office 2002). The problem is certainly that a right-to-left language has been activated for Word (Office). In Tools/Language/Set language you should be able to see what the language formatting is for the current selection. What is it? In the Windows START menu you should be able to drill through the "Programs" to find something like Microsoft Office/Office Tools and in there the entry for language tools. (I can't remember the exact menu names, so you have to do a bit of thinking.) The language tools dialog box should list which languages are "activated" and which the default language is. Remove anything from this list you don't actively want to use and (re-)set the default to your preferred language. I *think* this should solve it. As to how something like this can happen: one possible (and frequent) cause is copying something from the Internet into an Office application that has the RTL language format. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Troy Vann" wrote in message ... Hey Cindy, Thanks for trying to help me. In Tools/Language/Set language it is set to Arabic. I tired to set it to English and also made it Default, but after clicking OK (and also restarting computer) it again comes to the Arabic Language. I don't know what is the problem. In Microsoft Office/Office Tools/Language tools the default version is English but Arabic is also in the enabled languages section. So if the default language is English, why in WORD it shows the insertion point on right side? Why bullets comes in wrong side? I also noticed that I have Office XP. When I opened Word file, it shows "Microsoft Office XP" but in the Help/About Microsoft Word it shows 2002. Why it is like that? I have XP CD, how can I fix this problem? I have a lot of word, excel files, I don't want to lose any thing. So, please tell me step by step procedure. Thanks "Cindy M." wrote: Hi Troy, I am using Word 2002. I have two main problems. (1) Whenever I open the new document, the default insertion point comes on the right side of the document. How can I change it so it comes to the left side of the document? (2) Whenever I insert the bullets or numbering, the text comes on the left side of the bullets or numbering? How can I fix this? I've been jumping by this the past couple of days because it's been a long time since I've actually dealt with this - I'm not sure I can remember exactly what needs to be done (in Office 2002). The problem is certainly that a right-to-left language has been activated for Word (Office). In Tools/Language/Set language you should be able to see what the language formatting is for the current selection. What is it? In the Windows START menu you should be able to drill through the "Programs" to find something like Microsoft Office/Office Tools and in there the entry for language tools. (I can't remember the exact menu names, so you have to do a bit of thinking.) The language tools dialog box should list which languages are "activated" and which the default language is. Remove anything from this list you don't actively want to use and (re-)set the default to your preferred language. I *think* this should solve it. As to how something like this can happen: one possible (and frequent) cause is copying something from the Internet into an Office application that has the RTL language format. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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I have already checked /cindymeister pages, but could not find any
information regarding my problem. My default Windows language is set to English and remaining things I have already explained in my post # 2. "Stefan Blom" wrote: See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP |
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Hi ?B?VHJveSBWYW5u?=,
In Tools/Language/Set language it is set to Arabic. I tired to set it to English and also made it Default, but after clicking OK (and also restarting computer) it again comes to the Arabic Language. I don't know what is the problem. If you Ctrl+A, then change to English, do things change for that one document? In Microsoft Office/Office Tools/Language tools the default version is English but Arabic is also in the enabled languages section. So if the default language is English, why in WORD it shows the insertion point on right side? Why bullets comes in wrong side? Try *deleting* the entry for Arabic. As long as it's available, Word can use it. Since version 97, Office takes the language for a new document from the WINDOWS environment. (You say you read the information in the link Stefan gave you, but apparently you didn't work all the way through it...) You should also check with Arabic is in your Windows Regional settings as a language. If it is, remove it. I also noticed that I have Office XP. When I opened Word file, it shows "Microsoft Office XP" but in the Help/About Microsoft Word it shows 2002 Using your CD to change the installation isn't going to affect this problem... "XP" (for eXPerience) was a marketing gag. Since 1995, the "real" names of the Office applications have been a year (Office 95, Office 97, etc.) That's why you see Word 2002 (= version 10.0). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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