how to write arabic numbers without changing the PC language ?

[Marwa]

PLS help.

How can I write arabic numbers without changing the computer language to
arabic,
from the regional settings ?

My PC default language is english, when i use arabic language, only the
alphabets change, but the numbers don't ! they stay 1 2 3 , the don't change
to the arabic numbers.

I have to change the default PC language to arabic !!!

I'm using Microsoft Office 2003.

PLS I need a quick reply .

Best Regards,
Marwa

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

When I was growing up I was taught that 1, 2, 3, etc were Arabic numerals
and I, II, III, etc were Roman numerals. I assume you mean you want numerals
in Arabic script. For that you will need a font that includes them.

 

[Val]

In Word (at least) use Insert/Symbol. There you will have to find a
typeface that includes the Arabic in the list of Subset - not all include
it. Times New Roman is one that does.

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Val

 

[James Silverton]

Hello, Val!
You wrote on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:24:56 -0600:

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As usual, you could use autocorrect to include Arab numbers, for
example, ~1 might be corrected to Arab 1. Macros and special
dictionaries might also be used to "correct" the numbers. (The
term "Arab number" is being used simply to differentiate from
the English term "arabic number" and does not imply any value
judgement here.)

I've never tried writing in the Arabic language but I suppose
the number order is reversed even if Word will not change the
symbols. I recently did a little investigation and it seems
that, if early copying machines had not been semi-literate
scribes, we might still be using very similar numbers. The ones
used by al-Banna-al-Marakushi in his 14th century arithmetic
book are very close to present day arabic numbers.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious anti-spam: not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not