Microsoft KB Archive/280573

= Table style for alignment in right-to-left language documents reverses left and right in Word =

Article ID: 280573

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2007
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q280573





SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Word features formatting support for languages that are written right-to-left, such as Arabic. However, the style definition for tables in documents and templates in which the language format uses the right-to-left orientation sets the alignment for tables as left-aligned, not right-aligned. An inserted table behaves correctly (for example, it is right-aligned), but the style definition for alignment appears to reverse left and right.



CAUSE
The Table Properties dialog box in the style definition uses &quot;Left&quot; to refer to &quot;the beginning of the line,&quot; whether that is actually on the left side of the document (as in English U.S.) or on the right side of the document (as in Arabic).



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to change the language format of text, press F1 to open Word Help, type change the language format of text in the search box, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: WD2002 WD2007

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB280573

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