WD2000: Click and Type May Not Work Correctly with Right-to-Left Word 2000 Documents (231435)

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to use the Click and Type feature in a right-to-left paragraph, the feature may not work properly. Instead, when you try to use Click and Type to change the paragraph alignment, the paragraph always remains right-to-left with right alignment, regardless of your keyboard settings, where you clicked in the document (center, left, right), or what the previous paragraph setting was.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when both of the following conditions are true:

The Microsoft Office Installation Language is set to a right-to-left language (Arabic, Hebrew, and so on).

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There is no existing Normal template, or the Normal template has been created under a right-to-left language.

The Click and Type feature is only supported in left-to-right paragraphs. When used in right-to-left paragraphs, Click and Type may not work properly.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Click and Type allows you to position your insertion point anywhere in the document and start typing immediately from that point. The right-to-left property exists in the Normal style, which is applied by Click and Type code to paragraphs that are inserted.