How to change some of the numbers in word to be arabic numbers within Word

Question

I have a Word document.

It has two parts: one English and one Arabic.

The problem is that all the numbers are English numbers [0123456789], but I want the Arabic part's numbers to be Arabic numbers [٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩].

How can I do that in Word 2007 or 2010?

Since I didn't receive any response I created a program that converts English numbers to Arabic and then I use it to convert the numbers in the document. I am still wondering if there is a easier way to do it?

Answer 1

In Word 2010:

Go to File > Options > Advanced.

Scroll down to the Show document content section - you will find the Numeral option. Set it to Context.

Answer 2

i found the answer here
http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/blogs/gotunicode/2007/12/generating-arabic-hindi-curly.html

Word 2007

1. Make sure you have activated an appropriate Arabic, Persian or other regional keyboard in the Windows Control Panel
2. Open Word 2007, then click the circular Office icon in the upper left.
3. In the new window, click the Word Options button in the lower right corner.
4. Click Advanced in the left menu.
5. Scroll to the Show document content section then look for the Numeral menu.

6. Choose Context in the Numerals menu then close the window

   Note:
   Do not choose "Hindi" as your option unless you want this style in all documents (including English).

7. In the Word document, when you switch to an Arabic keyboard, numbers will be in the Hindi style.

Answer 3

Is there any way to use Arabic as well as Hindi numerical in different part of a text.

This was very simple with Arabic-enabled Windows 98. Now with new version I really don't have a clue. I followed the above instructions but without success. Some suggested the following to change tables in a document into Hindi numerals, while leaving main text in Arabic numerical, but I failed to do it.

Try with the Replace function of Word:

• Select a table and go to Edit → Replace → More → Special → Any digit → Format → Language → English
• Place the cursor at "Replace with" → Format → Language → Arabic

The comma (,) needs to be replaced with an empty space (), and the full stop (.) with a comma (,). I'm not sure if these replacements need to be done before of after the language replacement, so that the digits remain in the correct order.

Answer 4

1. Go to the top-left of the Word 2007 window and click the Office button.
2. Go down and click the tab Word Options. You will get a new window titled Word Options.
3. From this window select Advanced on the left side.
4. Scroll down until you find the Show document content section.
5. In the "Show document content" section you will find "Numeral". Select Hindi for the Arabic Numbers.

Answer 5

1. Make sure you have activated an appropriate Arabic, Persian or other regional keyboard in the Windows Control Panel
2. Go to the top-left of the Word 2007 window and click the circular Office button in the upper left.
3. Go down and click Word Options button in the lower right corner.
4. From this window select Advanced on the left side.
5. Scroll down until you find the Show document content section.
6. In the "Show document content" section you will find "Numeral". Select Hindi for the Arabic Numbers.

Answer 6

It is simple, just follow the following steps:

1. Click on the Office button in the top left-most corner in Word 2007
2. Click on Word Options
3. Click on Advanced
4. Scroll down to "Show document content" section
5. In the "Numeral:" dropdown select "Context"
6. Click on "OK"