Index: sd/source/filter/eppt/epptso.cxx
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RCS file: /cvs/graphics/sd/source/filter/eppt/epptso.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.90
diff -u -r1.90 epptso.cxx
--- sd/source/filter/eppt/epptso.cxx	6 Mar 2006 09:03:32 -0000	1.90
+++ sd/source/filter/eppt/epptso.cxx	26 Oct 2006 17:40:59 -0000
@@ -1773,6 +1808,7 @@
 {
     String aString( rXTextRange->getString() );
     String aURL;
+	BOOL bRTL_endingParen = FALSE;
 
     mnTextSize = aString.Len();
     if ( bLast )
@@ -1821,8 +1857,15 @@
         }
         else
         {
-            mpText = new sal_uInt16[ mnTextSize ];
             const sal_Unicode* pText = aString.GetBuffer();
+			// For i39516 - a closing parenthesis that ends an RTL string is displayed backwards by PPT
+			// Solution: add a Unicode Right-to-Left Mark, following the method described in i18024
+			if (mbLastPortion && pText[ aString.Len() - 1 ] == sal_uInt16(')') && mnAsianOrComplexFont)
+			{
+				mnTextSize++;
+				bRTL_endingParen = TRUE;
+			}
+            mpText = new sal_uInt16[ mnTextSize ];
             sal_uInt16 nChar;
             for ( int i = 0; i < aString.Len(); i++ )
             {
@@ -1873,6 +1916,9 @@
                 mpText[ i ] = nChar;
             }
         }
+		if (bRTL_endingParen)
+            mpText[ mnTextSize - 2 ] = 0x200F; // Unicode Right-to-Left mark
+
         if ( bLast )
             mpText[ mnTextSize - 1 ] = 0xd;