How to write english and arabic in same line without corrupting the format

Question

i am writing an Arabic text and i want to insert an English word in the sentence, as follows:

وأنوى تغييرها إلى وشىء آخر Access أنا استخدم قاعدة البيانات

but when trying to accomplish this in Microsoft word 2010 when switching to English the cursor goes to the beginning of the line:

أنا أستخدم قاعدة البيانات Access

how to accomplish that please.

Perhaps it's because, in English and other languages, text is written from left to right, and that's the end of the line. — , May 22 '12 at 13:25
Looks like duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9613613/why-words-are-shuffled-when-i-insert-english-words-in-any-arabic-urdu-persian-te (where the answers are not perfect but I’ll try to improve them). — Jukka K. Korpela, May 22 '12 at 13:48

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 30 '12 at 05:25

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We need to enable the RTL for writing arabic and english together.

open word document just Press Right CTRL+SHIFT which enables RTL

Start typing Arabic by changing the keyboard then again English by changing the keyboard layout.

You will have to enable the RTL throught the document.

answered Jun 30 '12 at 05:25

sri

Is there any indication on the interface window of RTL mode? – NoChance Sep 29 '22 at 20:56

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