text direction

[farshad]

i am using MS Projects 2007 professional. i would like to change the
direction of the text. my written language is right to left.
in other Office products i can change the text direction from left to right
to right to left, but in Project i cannot do it. i can change the language,
but the text direction is still the same. actually the software thiks that i
am still writting in English but in opposit direction!!
anybody knows how i can solve the problem?
thanks,
Farshad

 

[Hisham]

Hi farshad,

From the formatting toolbar you can align the text direction to be Right to
Left.

Hope this helps

 

[farshad]

Hi Hisham,
thank you for your mail. but it doesn't help. when you are in Word there are
two keys when you click them you switch everything from LR to RL. when you
are in Exel, in format you can change the direction of the sheets even. but
it seems in project there is no Automatic language switch. the tables are
still on the left and you cannot order them from right side.
this is my problem.

 

[Jack Dahlgren MVP]

This is correct, The Table is ALWAYS on the left at least for the English
version of Project. There are localized versions of Project, but I don't
know if any of them have the table on the right.

-Jack

 

[DavidC]

Hi farshad,

Not wishing to be disrespectful, but I think I understand your dilema. I
had a look at the Microsoft site and found a reference to a solution I
believe you are looking for, but it seems that it may only be available for
the hebrew language version. I have copied the text from the site:

Specify the language direction for your views
Applies to: Microsoft Office Project 2003
This topic only applies to Hebrew language versions of Microsoft Office
Project 2003.

On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click Edit.
Under Text direction options for, do one of the following:
To display items in a layout familiar to left-to-right languages, click
Left-to-right.
To display items in a layout familiar to right-to-left languages, click
Right-to-left.

My guess is you are looking for Arabic, Farsi, or Urdu language support.

Sorry I cannot be of any further help, but hopefully it may give you a
further direction to look.

regards

DavidC