Use complex fonts

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.

When you use Microsoft Word with right-to-left support, you can determine separate font characteristics for Western and complex script language text (including right-to-left).

Specify complex font characteristics

1. Select the text whose appearance you want to change.
2. On the Format menu, click Font, and then click the Font tab.
3. Choose the font characteristics in the set of controls that applies to the language type of your selected text.

Notes

• The default font for all runs is Times New Roman at 12 points. Documents opened from earlier versions of Word will retain their default settings.
• To give right-to-left and left-to-right text different font characteristics, you must separately select and set the characteristics for each type of text.

Change the color of diacritics

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Complex Scripts tab.
2. Select the Diacritics check box.
3. Select the Different color for diacritics check box, and select the color you want.