Microsoft KB Archive/241336

= OFF2000: Printing Right-to-Left Documents May Produce Unreadable Characters and Incorrect Formatting =

Article ID: 241336

Article Last Modified on 6/24/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q241336



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.



SYMPTOMS
When you print a document that was created by using the right-to-left language features in a Microsoft Office 2000 program, the document may be printed with unreadable characters, missing sections, or incorrect formatting.



CAUSE
The printer and its drivers may not be supported for right-to-left documents.



RESOLUTION
Some printers require updated printer drivers to print right-to-left documents. Contact your printer manufacturer if you encounter the problems described in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

Additional query words: bidirectional bi-directional Arabic Hebrew

Keywords: kbintldev kbprb KB241336

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