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How to write arabic words in Open Office ??

Hi every body, When i started using open office i found that i couldn't use arabic letters !!

I tried to use "ALT+Shift" or "ALT+Ctrl" but i couldn't change the language.

I also tried to choose a diffirent font from the drop down menu but i found no arabic font at all !!

Can anyone help !! .... I need to install arabic fonts and know how to change the keyboard language while writing.

I'll be waiting 4 relpy >>> Thanks in advance.... ;-)

MSameer's picture

What's your distro ? WWW

What's your distro ?

Mohammed Ahmed's picture

u don`t need that sign

plz your sign pIC is so big also that java script of your IP is annoying plz remove it

CVirus's picture

Stop It !!!

Will you please stop this attidute of LARGE signatures like in alot of those arab forums and websites ... In fact they look "Bee2a"

Ahmed Hashim's picture

why there is no restrictions

why there is no restrictions on the pic size, dimention?

this will solve the problem

MSameer's picture

This is his signature, Not th

This is his signature, Not the avatar.

The avatar is restrictd, But you can put whatever you want in your signature.

Alaa's picture

but it is true

yet it is true that this particular signature is annoying, we don't have a way to restrict signatures since they are pasted and anything allowed in posts is allowed in signatures, all we can do is apply to common sense.

if your signature is larger than your post then you should think about changing the signature.

Alaa


"i`m feeling for the 2nd time like alice in wonderland reading el wafd"

YoussefAssad's picture

Easy

Sometimes people are new and haven't had the chance to learn netiquette. This means it is a chance to educate them patiently, not to bang on them.

Relax fella.

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you can try "Alt+Alt", I mean

you can try "Alt+Alt", I mean both right and left Alt buttons at the same time. Good luck

Ahmed Hashim's picture

#you should have the arabic f

  1. you should have the arabic fonts installed in your system
  2. Goto the Keyboard layout manager and add the arabic language, define the keys which switch between the langauges.
  3. open OO and switch the lang.

by the way whats your distro?

phaeronix's picture

Enable arabic in Openoffice

  • Choose the tools -- options menu.
  • In the left hand pane exapnd the "Language settings" menu.
  • Choose the language sub-item.
  • On the right check the last option in enhanced language support -- "Enabled for complex text layout (CTL)"
  • On the right choose in Default languages for documents -- CTL -- "Arabic (Egypt)"
  • Now you will have option to switch from LTR to RTL
  • Add keyboard layout in gnome keyboard settings or its equivalent in KDE.
  • Make sure you have fonts that have arabic characters.
  • Good luck.

It's never over till it's over.

mborn's picture

Assalam Alikum, I have

Assalam Alikum,

I have done all your points here, and I have installed avery good set of arabic fonts. Yet I can't right in Arabic in the OOo. What should I do? I mean what is the equivalent to Alt+Shift (right) for the OOo.

M B.

PS. I like your style of answering this question. The 1,2,3 formt is the best format for answering.

DarKnesS_WolF's picture

xorg.conf

add this line into /etc/X11/xorg.conf under Section "InputDevice" for your keyboard

Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"

peace


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mborn's picture

I can only write in arabic

I can only write in arabic when I add arabic to the keyboard layout. I can´t get back to englsih unless I remove arabic from the layout. I want to know how can I easily toggle between the two languages? The default for my keyboard to toggle is Ctrl+Alt+K, which I kept for the moment.

M B

PS. After adding your line to my xorg.conf, I noticed nothing with the Alt+Shift compination! What should I do else.

M B

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