how to add arabic to microsoft word?

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• Jul 15, 2010

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i just bought a new laptop with windows 7. its the first time i use windows 7 and the new microsoft word.
i googled how to change the language to arabic, but for some reason when u go menu-> word options -> advanced-> show document content, the part that is supposed to change the language isnt there.
what do i do?

 

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• Jul 15, 2010

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I hope this might help you..

You have to add additional editing language... as shown here

 

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• Jul 15, 2010

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thanks but i have no language part :/
do i need to get another version of microsoft?

 

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• Jul 15, 2010

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well, which version of MS Office 2010 are you using?

 

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• Jul 15, 2010

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microsoft office word 2007
installed it from a microsoft office cd we bought in 2008 from america.
microsoft office home and student 2007

 

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• Jul 16, 2010

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Well, for Office 2007 you can enable the language by changing the language options.

1. Go to "Word Options"

2. Popular > Language Settings

3. Select your preferred language, click "Add"

4. Change your "Primary Editing Languge"

5. Restart MS Office.

I hope you will be good to go.

 

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• Jul 16, 2010

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thank u,
i did that, it writes from right to left, but the arabic letters won't show. it still writes in english.

 

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• Jul 16, 2010

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you have to enable a arabic option in regional setting in control panel...

 

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• Jul 16, 2010

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it worked thank u sooo much!
and thanks everyone for your help!

 

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