Arabicizing Windows:
Enabling Windows Applications to Read and Write Arabic
 

by:
Al-Husein N. Madhany
The University of Chicago

 

  Abstract

  Step 1: How to determine the version of your Windows operating system
  Step 2: How to determine the version of your word-processing program
  Step 3: How to enable Windows to read Arabic script
  Step 4: How to enable Windows to type Arabic script
  Step 5: How to enable the On-Screen Arabic Keyboard in Windows
  Step 6: Arabic Keytop Labels, US English/Arabic Keyboards & Arabic Keyboards
  Step 7: How to enable right-to-left typing of Arabic in Microsoft Word
  Step 8: How to enable Arabic Proofing Tools in Word; Hindi vs. Arabic numerals
  Step 9: Arabic Fonts
  Step 10: How to enable Arabic Web Browsing
  What next?

 

About the author

Al-Husein N. Madhany is a Lecturer in Arabic at Georgetown University and is also a doctoral student in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at The University of Chicago.  He can be reached at Dr_Madhany@yahoo.com with comments, criticisms, and questions related to enabling Arabic in Windows Applications, a skill set he refers to as “arabicizing Windows.”

 

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