WD2000: Tabs Follow Paragraph/Line Direction Rather Than Text Direction When Saved As HTML

ID: Q231493

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you insert a left-to-right tab in a right-to-left paragraph and save the file as HTML, the tab appears on the wrong side of the text. The opposite is also true, when a right-to-left tab is inserted in a left-to-right paragraph. The result is that when you view it in your Web browser, the tabbing structure is lost.

Example:

In Word you see:

fourth third second first

But after viewing in HTML you see:

first second third fourth

WORKAROUND

It is recommended that you use tables instead of tabs when you type Latin text in right-to-left paragraphs, or Hebrew or Arabic text in left-to-right paragraphs if you are going to export to HTML. The table structure will remain intact in HTML, which gives you the correct display in Internet Explorer or other browser.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kbdta kbBidi wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 27, 1999