When you enable the right-to-left language features in Microsoft Word, you can use these numbering formats: Arabic Alphabet and Abjad Hawaz, and Hebrew Alphabet and Biblical.

1. On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers, and then click Format.
2. Click the arrow to the right of the Number format box, and then choose one of the right-to-left formats.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Complex Scripts tab.

   If you don't see the Complex Scripts tab

   Enable a language for editing in Office by changing your settings in Microsoft Windows.

   1. Exit all Microsoft Office programs, including Word.
   2. Do one of the following:
      • If you are using Microsoft Windows XP, then on the Windows Start menu, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings.
      • If you are using Microsoft Windows 2000, then on the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings.
   3. Click the Enabled Languages tab.
   4. If the language that you want to use is not in the list of enabled languages, select it in the Available languages box, and then click Add.

      The language appears in the Enabled languages box.

   5. Click OK.
   6. Start Word.
2. In the Numeral box, select the option that you want.

The feature or some of the options described in this Help topic are only available if support for Hebrew is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Complex Scripts tab.

   If you don't see the Complex Scripts tab

   Enable Hebrew as a language for editing in Office by changing your settings in Microsoft Windows.

   1. Exit all Microsoft Office programs, including Word.
   2. Do one of the following:
      • If you are using Microsoft Windows XP, then on the Windows Start menu, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings.
      • If you are using Microsoft Windows 2000, then on the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings.
   3. Click the Enabled Languages tab.
   4. If Hebrew is not in the list of enabled languages, select it in the Available languages box, and then click Add.

      Hebrew appears in the Enabled languages box.

   5. Click OK.
   6. Start Word.
2. Under General, select the Add double quote for Hebrew alphabet numbering check box.

The direction of a numbered list follows the paragraph direction.

• On the Formatting toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Right-to-Left .

When you use Microsoft Word with right-to-left languages enabled, you can choose from up to three calendar types: Western, Arabic Hijri, and Hebrew Lunar.

1. On the Insert menu, click Date and Time.
2. In the Language box, select the right-to-left language that you want for month names.
3. In the Calendar type box, select one of the right-to-left calendar types.

Other options for Arabic only

1. Click Options in the Date and Time dialog box.
2. In the Numeral list, select a numeral shaping style.
3. In the Month names list, select an option for displaying Arabic month names in a Western calendar.