Never delt with this but, Try creating your text in a word processor set up for Arabic, then copy and paste into MI, True Type Fonts should be installed to support the character set. The problem with numbers you mention should be overcome with proper font installed, one would think.
William "Woody" Woodruff Zoning Administrator Charter Township of Union, Isabella County, Michigan -84.80947000 43.61095100 2010 S Lincoln Rd, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 (989) 772 4600 EXT 41 Visit our web site at http://www.geocities.com/ctuzoning/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 7:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Arabic numbers and text Hi there I'm using english Windows XP and arabic windows XP and mapinfo 7.0 In layout I write text info from database. Arabic text is right to left but I cannot align text right to left. Is there any way to do that. seccond and biggest problem is numbers. I connot use arabic nuimbers in mapinfo. number itself is always in latin alphapet. I have to add arabic letter to numbers to get arabic numbers on layout. is there any solution for this? -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13828 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13853