Ask Ubuntu Asked on December 15, 2021
I used to write and read .odf and .doc files in Arabic on my laptop and then suddenly one day LibreOffice stopped reading and writing in Arabic. I can normally write in Arabic in the browser for example or in other programs but if I for example copy and paste an Arabic text in LibreOffice it would only paste numbers and symbols. Same thing if I enable the Arabic keyboard and try to type in Arabic: no letters will appear in the document.
I have installed a language pack as suggested here:
LibreOffice Language Pack Installation
I have installed an Arabic font.
I have changed the Language settings as suggested here:
How to setup LibreOffice for Arabic and Persian
What is wrong?
(Sorry I am quite ignorant about these kind of issues (but willing to learn). Please try to speak a human language to let me understand which steps should I follow).
Thanks a lot
It looks like you have a corrupt preferences tree saved on your system.
backup this directory
"/home/yourUserName/.config/libreoffice/VersionNumber/user",
and remove it from there .
This will revert your LibreOffice to fresh install status .
Note: your custom settings,personal dictionnary, & recent docs list will be lost !
but youcan restore them one by one from your backup.
Answered by yanes on December 15, 2021
Did you enable support for "Complex Text Layout" (CTL)? See https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Selecting_the_Document_Language
Although I haven't tried this I understand it allows you to type Arabic text Right to Left.
Go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings -> Languages. Check the box at "Complex text layout (CTL)" - You can then specify the default language in the drop-down list (there are eight different versions of Arabic to choose from).
You can also specify that this will only apply to the current document fi you wish (check box on right).
If you want to have Arabic as the display language for the whole application, you can download an Arabic version of LibreOffice: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/?type=deb-x86_64&version=5.2&lang=ar
Answered by Christopher J Poor on December 15, 2021
Go to the Ubuntu settings menu and then click text entry. Add your preferable language. This way you can type with your preferable language.
Answered by baponkar on December 15, 2021
In System Settings > Region & Language > Input Sources add the Arabic keyboard layout you need.
While in Libre Office Writer, change your keyboard layout (in Gnome Shell it is at the top right corner of the screen), and start typing.
On my Ubuntu 14.04 it worked, but the list of available keyboard layout was not updated until I logged out & in from the system.
Answered by Victor Paléologue on December 15, 2021
I assume that you want to type from right to left ?! Right ?!
Well, there are two methods:
A) Complete new Ubuntu Installation into Arabian-Language with Arabian keyboard and Hardware purchased at airport in Dubai.
;o)
B) Here is the link to add new fonts for libreoffice (you simply need to add fonts in gimp):
Happy coding and writing and a nice winter-time to you.
Answered by dschinn1001 on December 15, 2021
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