Specify the view direction for the entire document

The feature described in this Help topic is only available if support for a right-to-left language, such as Arabic, is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

In addition, you must be running a Microsoft Windows operating system that has right-to-left support ù for example, Microsoft Windows 2000.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Complex Scripts tab.
2. Next to Document view, do one of the following:

   • Click Right-to-left to display the document with right-to-left direction.

   • Click Left-to-right to display the document with left-to-right direction.

Note  Setting the document view direction controls the outline direction and the order of pages in print preview when you view multiple pages.