Urdu & Microsoft Word Grrrrrrrrrr

[snakelegs]

i have been studying urdu on my own for several years.
i wanted to type in urdu on a word document.
i can get the fonts and i can get the doc to go right to left, but either the text goes from left to right, or it is ok until i hit the space bar and then all kinds of nightmarish things happen.
any advice/consolation/sympathy?
much appreciated.
p.s. i've done the thing with regional and language settings and "set language" in word.

[NoName55]

"you must install a arabic version of Office, or you must install the English version of Office with the Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI)".

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311015

I know of only 2 choices

1. buy language pack from Microsoft or
2. Buy Urdu Mahir which provides Urdu Nastaleeq script in Office XP or later. US$120/-

[snakelegs]

oh - this is why i've been going nuts! i need to buy something. do you know if you have to buy something if you have word 2007?
thanks for your reply. that should keep me busy for a while.

[NoName55]

Individual Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 (Arabic that works with urdu) is available for $25 from http://buy20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/...&culture=en-US

Note: Arabic has fewer letters than Urdu alphabet so it won't be a perfect solution. (urdu Mahir is a better but more expensive)

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[snakelegs]

thanks! do you think any of these downloads would help?
http://www.crulp.org/
also, do you think word 2007 is any better for urdu?

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Im not sure if ive tried on Word but on notepad urdu works fine you just need to install the keyboard type from somewhere in control panel and then press the keys that code for it and it types in urdu

dunno if thats what your after though.. :)

[shunix]

using urdu with ms word is simple ..............

just install urdu support for your operating system from :

http://www.boriat.com/urduinst/winxp.php

then open word change language in task bar and write .....

it is really easy .... believe me

[Pk_#2]

^^ yeah try that one it gives you the phonetic alphabet all you have to do is change the settings on your pc :o)

Peace.

[snakelegs]

using urdu with ms word is simple ..............

just install urdu support for your operating system from :

http://www.boriat.com/urduinst/winxp.php

then open word change language in task bar and write .....

it is really easy .... believe me

hehe - that is hard to believe!
thanks - i will try this. i already have some of those fonts installed.
so it will be a completely different keyboard than the one that starts like this
ح ج ب ت ت
i may well be back with stupid questions. it's easier to type here than it is in word!

[snakelegs]

Im not sure if ive tried on Word but on notepad urdu works fine you just need to install the keyboard type from somewhere in control panel and then press the keys that code for it and it types in urdu

dunno if thats what your after though.. :)

hmmm....notepad won't give me my fonts at all.