Use right-to-left features in data access pages

The feature described in this Help topic is only available if support for right-to-left languages is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

In addition, to enable the right-to-left features in Microsoft Access, you must be running a 32-bit Microsoft Windows operating system that has right-to-left support - for example, Microsoft Windows 2000.

Set the direction for new tables, queries, forms, reports, and data access pages

On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the International tab.
In the Default Direction option group, do one of the following:
- Click Left-To-Right to have new objects displayed in a direction familiar to left-to-right users.
- Click Right-To-Left to have new objects displayed in a direction familiar to right-to-left users.

Specify the direction of a data access page

Do one of the following:

For a new data access page:
Before creating a new data access page, set the direction, either left-to-right or right-to-left, under Default direction on the International tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu). That direction will appear as the setting of the Dir property of the new data access page.
For an existing data access page:
1. From the Database window, open the data access page in Design view.
2. Select the page by clicking the page title bar.
3. On the Page Design toolbar, click Properties , click the All tab, and change the Dir property setting to the page direction you want: rtl for right-to-left or ltr for left-to-right.

Tip

To set text direction directly in HTML, click HTML Source on the View menu and modify the <HTML> element to <HTML DIR=RTL> for a right-to-left page direction or <HTML DIR=LTR> for a left-to-right page direction.

Specify the direction of a control on a data access page

From the Database window, open the data access page in Design view.
Make sure the control is selected, and then click Properties on the Page Design toolbar.
On the All tab, find the right-to-left property associated with the control (such as Dir).
Do one of the following:
- Click Right-to-left (or the equivalent setting such as "rtl") to display the control with a right-to-left direction.
- Click Left-to-right (or the equivalent setting such as "ltr") to display the control with a left-to-right direction.