Microsoft KB Archive/312385

= OFFXP: Right-to-Left Text in Excel Objects Is Printed Incorrectly from Word =

Article ID: 312385

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q312385





SYMPTOMS
When you use the Paste Link command to paste a Microsoft Excel worksheet into Microsoft Word, and the worksheet contains right-to-left text, such as Arabic or Hebrew text, the text changes to diagonal lines, rectangles, Latin letters, or other characters when printed.

Note, the right-to-left text appears correctly on the screen.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, before you print, press CTRL+SHIFT+F9 to break the link to the Excel worksheet object. After you print, undo the broken link by clicking Undo on the Edit menu.



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



MORE INFORMATION
NOTE: This article discusses complex scripts functionality. Complex scripts functionality is available when you use the Office Language Settings tool to enable a language, such as Arabic or Hebrew, that requires this functionality. For more information about multilingual features, click Microsoft your Office product Help on the Help menu, type multilingual features in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics that are returned.

Additional query words: OFFXP bidi bi-di bi-directional right-to-left

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbofficexppresp1fix KB312385

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