From Hebrew to English

[Hal9000]

Hello,

I bought my computer in Israel. All settings are made for USA user
though.

My problem is that each time I start Word 2003 the cursor start
blinking on the right side of the page, directing me to write fro
right to left (in Hebrew), although I do not have Hebrew suppor
enabled(installed).
There is an option called "left to right" to change this, and it work
fine, but only while the current document is open. After I close th
document and open new one, the cursor again starts from the righ
side.

Word simply does not remember my last setting.
HOW CAN I MAKE THIS SETTING, TO WRITE LEFT TO RIGHT, PERMANENT

I also have my dvd software light scribe control panel in Hebrew,I
there an option to change it in English? The computer is HP and DV
device is Pioneer.

Than

 

[grammatim]

This is probably a Windows rather than a Word thing. Go to Start >
Control Panel > Regional and Language Options and see what it says
there.

 

[Hal9000]

All the settings in Regional and language are made in English.
Also when I installed Vista for the first time I started the computer I
set it to English

 

[Hal9000]

Has anybody encountered such problem?

My Microsoft Picture Manager also moves pictures from right to left.

Does anybody know how to change this permanently

 

[Tony Jollans]

The fact that you have the right-to-left option available at all in Word
means that you have a 'complex' language (presumably Hebrew) enabled. If you
don't ever plan on using it, you can remove it in the Language Settings.

The first thing to do is make the l-t-r setting stick. I don't know off the
top of my head but I presume it is set in your Normal template and you need
to make sure it is changed there.

(in Word) Press Alt+F11, press Ctrl+G, type "NormalTemplate.OpenAsDocument"
(without the quotes) and press Enter; then press Alt+F4 to quit the VBE. Now
change the text direction setting and explicitly save and close Normal (from
the File menu). Close Word and start again with a new document. If - and I'm
guessing and hoping a little here - you now have your text direction set as
you wish that is half the battle won.

You may find that documents you have already created still have the text
direction set as right to left. If you remove the Hebrew support (as below)
you will lose the option to change it through the UI. You will still be able
to change it with VBA, so the choice is yours.

To remove language support - I forget exactly but it's something like this -
go to Windows Start Menu > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft
Office Tools > Microsoft Office Language Settings. The right hand list in
the dialogue shows your enabled languages and you can remove any that you
don't want.

I know nothing about Picture Manager but it does have a direction setting
(on the View Menu). It would be advisable to set this as you want it before
removing the language support as well.