On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 09:48 -0700, stan wrote: > Shahab Shahasavari Alavidjeh wrote: > > hi list > > I can't add RTL LTR formatting icon in my openoffice.org writer > > formatting toolbar. > > This problem is there since FC6 but i used to work with abiword. now i > > need functionality of openoffice writer. everytime I must use abiword to > > create documents and then open it in openoffice. > > the official build of from openoffice.org doesn't work either. It > > complains lack of GLIBCXX that is already installed. > > I appreciate if there's any advice or solution. > > thanks > > > I'm running F10 x86_64. I went to the open office help, did a search on right to left, > and found the following: > > Currently, OpenOffice.org supports Hindi, Thai, Hebrew, and Arabic as CTL languages. > If you select the text flow from right to left, embedded Western text still runs from left to right. The cursor responds > to the arrow keys in that Right Arrow moves it "to the text end" and Left Arrow "to the text start". > You can change the text writing direction directly be pressing one of the following keys: > Ctrl+Shift+D or Ctrl+Right Shift Key - switch to right-to-left text entry > Ctrl+Shift+A or Ctrl+Left Shift Key - switch to left-to-right text entry > The modifier-only key combinations only work when CTL support is enabled. > In multicolumn pages, sections or frames that are formatted with text flow from right to left, the first column is the > right column and the last column is the left column. > > I didn't try it as I don't know how to use any of those languages, but it > seems to suggest that it is possible and supported in OO 3. > thanx for solution i tried it but i find that problem was somewhere else. CTL (Complex Text Layout) language support is not enabled by default in openoffice and i didn't know. that was not a problem of Fedora or openoffice.org. to enable it i just go to: Tools > Options > Language Settings > Language and mark Enabled for complex text layout (CTL) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
