Issue 51682 - Support For Auto-Switch Formatting in RTL Documents.
Summary: Support For Auto-Switch Formatting in RTL Documents.
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: formatting (show other issues)
Version: current
Hardware: All All
: P5 (lowest) Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
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Reported: 2005-07-07 15:54 UTC by musafir_86
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:42 UTC (History)
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Description musafir_86 2005-07-07 15:54:05 UTC 
Hello,

-We should make OpenOffice's Writer (& other components) automatically switch :

-the language,
-keyboard layout,
-numeral formatting (whether Hindi or Arabic),

when the user select Right-To-Left document layout (e.g. Arabic). The CTL 
(Complex Text Layout) language will be set according to "Tools->Options-
>Language Settings->Languages" (such as Arabic (Saudi Arabia)).

-The numeral formatting (Tools->Options->Language Settings->CTL) should be 
automatically set according to language selected (e.g. Hindi when "Arabic 
(Saudi Arabia)" is selected). This is set by referring to common numeral 
system usage in the specific country/region.

-The language, keyboard, & numeral will be restored when he/she select Left-To-
Right (normal Latin) layout.

-Also, the Hindi & Arabic numerals should be able to CO-EXIST inside ONE 
document; eg. mixed in one line, side-by-side.

#References:

-These features have long been inside MS Office :
(1)Tools->Options->Edit->Auto-keyboard switching (MS-Word 2002).
(2)Tools->Options->Complex Scripts->Numeral->Context (MS-Word 2002).

You should give attention to this issue. Most Asian users will appreciated 
this feature when it's available.

Thank you.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2005-07-07 16:04:20 UTC 
Reassigned to requirements.
Comment 2 ace_dent 2008-05-16 00:54:08 UTC 
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request.

The Issue you raised is currently assigned to 'Requirements' pending review, but
has not been updated within the last 3 years. Please consider re-testing with
one of the latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been
addressed. Either use the recent stable version:
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing):
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Many thanks,
Andrew
 
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