WD2000: Left-to-Right Order Applied to Right-to-Left Word 97 HTML Document

ID: Q231449

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you save a file in a right-to-left version of Word 97 as HTML and then open it in Word 2000, right-to-left text in a left-aligned paragraph appears reversed, in a left-to-right order.


WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, run either the RtlRun or the LtrRun macro on the reversed text. This restores the text to the original reading order.

Follow these steps:

  1. Select the text that is reversed.


  2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and then click Macros.


  3. From the Macros in list, select Word commands.


  4. If you want the text to be right-to-left, select the RtlRun macro from the list, and click Run. If you want the text to be left-to-right, select the LtrRun macro from the list, and click Run.


  5. Repeat steps 1-4 for each section of text that appears reversed.



STATUS

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

Additional query words: Arabic, Hebrew, RTL, LTR 


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

Last Reviewed: May 24, 1999