Microsoft Word, words get shuffled when Arabic Language documents are opened

Hi Abdullah,

It seems that this problem only occurred when you open with a newer version. If you open the same document in Office 2016 apps, this scenario doesn’t occur based on your updates.

To further narrow down this problem, may I confirm the following information at your convenience?

1: What is “newer version” you are using to open this document that has this problem? You can open Word app > File > Account > Under Product Information to find details and share a screenshot like below.

2: Except this document that others sent to you, if you create a new document in the newer Office version and enter the Arabic text, does the same scenario occur?

Best regards,

Dihao

Hi Abdullah_360,

Have you checked information above? Welcome to post back if there are any updates.

Regards,

Clark

Yes I checked and the solutions offered i already applied before asking. I downgraded to office2016 and it works fine on there. But can't find a solution to make it word on the newer versions

Hi Abdullah_360,

Have you checked information above? Welcome to post back if there are any updates.

Regards,

Clark

Select the text in Word and then in the Paragraph dialog, select the Right to Left text direction radio button

Hi Abdullah_360,

We are not familiar with Arabic language, but according to your issue we found some suggestions, you can try it.

1. Finish typing the Arabic word and add a space after it (this space separates the embedded text from the Arabic text to its right).
2. Insert special character U+200F (to render the preceding space an Arabic character). The character name is "Right to Left Mark".
3. Insert special character U+202A (to begin the left-to-right embedding). The character name is "Left to Right Embedding".
4. Insert another space (to separate the embedded text from the Arabic text that will continue to its left).
5. Change the keyboard to e.g. English and type the left-to-right word.
6. Insert special character U+202C (to restore the bidrectional state to what it was before the left-to-right embedding). The Character name is "Pop directional formatting".
7. Change the keyboard back and continue writing in Arabic.

For more information you can also refer to Why words are shuffled when I insert English words in any Arabic/Urdu/Persian text on Notepad or MS Word? - Stack Overflow.

Hope this helps you.

Regards,

Jason