There is a way in OpenOffice.org 1.9.x to insert the page number field
as Arabic letters rather than as numbers. This is great, but it doesn't
behave the way i expected it to. To my knowledge, when you use Arabic
numbers in the same way that in English we use Roman numerals (such as
to number items in a list), you don't use the regular alphabetic order:
alif baa' taa' thaa' jiim...
Rather, you use the "abgad hawwaz" order:
alif baa' jiim daal haa'...
(Those of you who know the song can sing along with me: "...shakl
il-'ustaaz ba'a munsagimun... :-) )
Anyway, this numbering feature in OOo uses the regular alphabetic order
rather than the abgad hawwaz order. I am planning on filing a bug on
this behavior, but i wanted to air the idea hear first, just in case
this is correct usage for some purpose or in some country.
Bulbul
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