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Numbers in "arabic" in arabic documents
 
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lebarbu
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Joined: Aug 07, 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:28 pm    Post subject: Numbers in "arabic" in arabic documents
hello. I am noob with mac os and neoffice. so i want help how to type numbers in arabic documents and to get the real "arabic typing" and not the hindi typing. My preferences are set correctly but with no luck

THX

(La même requete en francais cette fois en vous priant d'excuser mon anglais idigent)

Bonjour.Je suis novice en matière de Mac os et de neooffice. alors j'aimerais savoir comment editer des textes en arabe avec des chiffres arabes et pas en caractère hindi. les préferences linguistiques sont correctement configurés. (sachant que dans les pays du maghreb utilisent les chiffres arabes et non hindi)

Merçi

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OPENSTEP
The One
The One


Joined: May 25, 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:38 pm    Post subject:
(Note: I moved this to the support forum to get it better exposure. There are a couple of frequent fora visitors that use Arabic and may be able to help. I'm not sure myself)

ed
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sardisson
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:11 pm    Post subject:
Open your NeoOffice preferences, expand the triangle next to "Language Settings" and choose the "Complex Text Layout" item, and switch the number format in the "General Options" section. In theory, at least. Sad

I'm not sure that this works properly on Mac OS X, actually, because any time I'm using an Arabic keyboard layout, I get Hindi numbers (even in TextEdit), even if I set Mac OS X to use a Maghribi locale which shows it uses Arabic numbers.

The way you can work around this in Neo is to set the number format to "Arabic" using the instructions above, and then switch quickly to a non-Arabic keyboard layout to enter the numbers.

It's not simple, but it seems like a Mac OS X bug that Maghribi locales don't force Mac OS X to use Arabic numbers rather than Hindi ones Sad

Si vous voulez une traduction française, j'espère que les francophones peuvent aider; je m'excuse...je ne parle pas français très bien.

Smokey
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jgd
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Joined: Feb 27, 2005
Posts: 1531
Location: France
PostPosted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:46 am    Post subject:
sardisson wrote:

Si vous voulez une traduction française, j'espère que les francophones peuvent aider; je m'excuse...je ne parle pas français très bien.

I can try Wink
"Ouvrez les préférences de NeoOffice, cliquez sur le triangle à gauche de "Paramètres linguistiques" et choisissez "Langues" puis cochez la case "Activé pour les scripts complexes", et modifiez le format des nombres dans la section "Options générales". En théorie, au moins.
(Consultez au besoin l'aide de NeoOffice en cliquant sur "Aide" après avoir coché la case "Activé pour les scripts complexes" N.d.T)

À vrai dire, je ne suis pas sûr que cela marche correctement sur Mac OS X, parce que chaque fois que j'ai utilisé un clavier arabe, j'ai obtenu des chiffres hindi (même dans TextEdit), même en réglant Mac OS X dans une version maghrébine qui indique qu'il utilise les chiffres arabes.

Vous pouvez contourner ce problème dans NeoOffice en réglant le format de nombres sur "arabe", en suivant les instructions ci-dessus, et en passant rapidement à une disposition de clavier non-arabe pour entrer les nombres.

Ce n'est pas simple, mais il semble que ce soit un bug de Mac OS X qui fait que les versions maghrébines ne forcent pas Mac OS X à utiliser les chiffres arabes plutôt que les hindis."

J'espère que c'est clair.

Jacqueline
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lebarbu
Blue Pill


Joined: Aug 07, 2006
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:53 pm    Post subject: Patience
Thx everybody

As i mentioned in my post "language preferences" are set correctly,with no success.

Arabic users must be frustrated because "Openoffice" is carrying the same weakness and that Micro$oft office doesn't support Arabic at all.

It's hard to be arabic nowadays (in real world too)
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