[Solved] Writing Arabic on OpenOffice Mac

[Werefrog]

Hello there,

newest version of Open Office, Mac is OS 10.6.

My arabic letters do not connect with each other.

And i do not find a way to connect them, never had problems with that on a windows-based computer.

What can i do ?

Instead of

أهلا it shows اه ل ا

[RoryOF]

I have never used Arabic, so my knowledge is limited, but have you checked the settings in
Preferences /OpenOffice /Options /Language settings /Languages?

I can go no further than to point you to that area, which may lead you to a resolution sooner than waiting for someone with exact knowledge of settings for Arabic to come online.

[Werefrog]

Thank you for your quick answer. CTL is activated for arabic(egyptian)
Which should normaly do it, but nothing changed,
letters still do not connect. as they dont connect using word.

they do using rtf-text ?

[Hagar Delest]

Can you upload a sample file so that we check (see How to attach a document here)?

[Werefrog]

Here is a file

[Werefrog]

And here is the PDF.File for that in OpenOffice

[Hagar Delest]

I've no experience with Arabic language. Here is what I get with AOO and your PDF. I would say that the AOO rendering seems correct. If so, it may be a problem with your Mac configuration.

[jrkrideau]

I am seeing the same result as Hagar has shown. It may be a MAC peculiarity or perhaps you should try resetting the user profile

[lgusaas]

It renders correctly on my Mac after enabling Eastern Asian and Bi-directional writing.

[Werefrog]

I followed every hint here - new user profil etc etc. Open Office still doesnt do it. And Microsoft Word neither. No connection between the letters.

NeoOffice does, but i dont like working with it.
And the RTF reader does as well, but well, i cant work with it.

[Werefrog]

If the problem accurs somewhere in this forum again:

http://www.ufonts.com/download/geeza-pro/147321.html

this font solves the problem !

thank youn everyone for your time and help