On Tuesday 29 November 2005 11:02 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello! > > I strongly support open use software, and was happy to read online that > OpenOffice allows the use of right-to-left typing, since I am learning > biblical Hebrew. But after I downloaded and installed the OpenOffice > Writer, although I can click on "right to left" for paragraph setup, it > doesn't actually type from the right to the left. That is, the cursor > moves to the right margin of the page, but it just types as if > right-justify is on - if I start at the beginning of the Hebrew word, the > cursor moves from left to right, and the word comes out backwards.. I have > enabled Hebrew in the CTL, and selected my BST Hebrew fonts in order to > type. I even selected "none" in the western fonts drop-down. How can I > get the cursor to actually type each word from right to left, as Hebrew is > written? Are there certain fonts I have to use? > > I would greatly appreciate any help you can offer with this. > > Thanks, > > Kirk Baker
You must first enable CTL (complex text layout) first. Check in Help by entering right-to-left text in the Search box under the Index tab. Dan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
