Hebrew and English text Thread poster: john-but
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john-but
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:37
Hi
I'm hoping someone in this forum can help with this problem as I've Googled it to death but still can't find a solution.
I have Hebrew text in word documents that I need to copy and paste into a content management system (cms) that uses Internet Explorer for it's interface. I can copy the Hebrew text into the textarea that the cms uses without a problem, however, I also need to enter English words into... See more Hi
I'm hoping someone in this forum can help with this problem as I've Googled it to death but still can't find a solution.
I have Hebrew text in word documents that I need to copy and paste into a content management system (cms) that uses Internet Explorer for it's interface. I can copy the Hebrew text into the textarea that the cms uses without a problem, however, I also need to enter English words into the Hebrew text but as soon as an English character is typed then the Hebrew text changes from right-to-left text to left-to-right text.
For example, this line:-
ה- שואבת השראתה מערכי התרבות היפנית המוקירה את ערך
will be swapped to left to right when an English character is typed:-
ה- some English text שואבת השראתה מערכי התרבות היפנית המוקירה את ערך
Does anyone know how to insert English characters into Hebrew text without losing the right-to-left text?
MTIA
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| | | | Yossi Rozenman 
Germany
Local time: 08:37
Member (2006)
English to Hebrew
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| You should set the text direction to Right-to-Left | Jul 12, 2010 |
Try clicking right Ctrl+Shit to set the writing direction to right-to-left. If it does not work, than your system does not have a full right-to-left support.
In any case, in order for the text to be displayed proplerly in the final HTML page, you should set the paragraph direction, if it is only a paragraph in Hebrew, or the page direction, if the whole page is in Hebrew, to right-to-left direction.
In order to do that, dir="rtl" attribute should be added to the ... See more Try clicking right Ctrl+Shit to set the writing direction to right-to-left. If it does not work, than your system does not have a full right-to-left support.
In any case, in order for the text to be displayed proplerly in the final HTML page, you should set the paragraph direction, if it is only a paragraph in Hebrew, or the page direction, if the whole page is in Hebrew, to right-to-left direction.
In order to do that, dir="rtl" attribute should be added to the paragraph or the HTML tag.
HTH
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| | | | Robert Tucker (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:37
German to English
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| john-but
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:37
TOPIC STARTER | Many thanks for the replies! | Jul 13, 2010 |
Yossi Rozenman wrote:
Try clicking right Ctrl+Shit to set the writing direction to right-to-left. If it does not work, than your system does not have a full right-to-left support.
In any case, in order for the text to be displayed proplerly in the final HTML page, you should set the paragraph direction, if it is only a paragraph in Hebrew, or the page direction, if the whole page is in Hebrew, to right-to-left direction.
In order to do that, dir="rtl" attribute should be added to the paragraph or the HTML tag.
HTH
Yossi
Many thanks Yossi! I Googled forever and didn't find Right ctrl + shift! It solved half of my problem. I can now enter the Hebrew and English and it formats correctly. However, when I save and open it again the right-to-left formatting is lost again.
I know this may be something to do with the CMS that it's being saved into but if you can think of absolutely anything that I can try then it'd be appreciated!
Robert, I've tried entering unicode RTL characters (alt+0254) in the copy and the character appears but doesn't seem to do anything?
Thanks again
John
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Yossi Rozenman
Germany
Local time: 08:37
Member (2006)
English to Hebrew
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| CMS should have RTL support | Jul 13, 2010 |
Otherwise, there's no way to make the text stay RTL.
But, what is really important is if the final text is displayed properly in RTL.
| | | | | Which CMS are you using? | Jul 13, 2010 |
Off-the-shelf or proprietary solution?
In the latter case, just have a chat with the company's IT developers.
| | | | Robert Tucker (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:37
German to English
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john-but wrote:I've tried entering unicode RTL characters (alt+0254) in the copy and the character appears but doesn't seem to do anything?
I think Alt+0254 gives a þ which apparently is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, and Icelandic alphabets according to Wikipedia.
Inserting control characters can be tricky on Windows – you may even want to install software to input characters by Unicode number.
Does your CMS use TinyMCE? If so, it looks as if you need "Extended" functionality enabled.
| | | | john-but
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:37
TOPIC STARTER
Thanks for everyone's feedback on this.
It was the initial solution from Yossi that resolved this issue. The second issue turned out to be a non issue as the cms was actually storing the content correctly. We have a Flash app that wasn't displaying the Right-to-left text and this is now being investigated seperately.
Rob... See more Thanks for everyone's feedback on this.
It was the initial solution from Yossi that resolved this issue. The second issue turned out to be a non issue as the cms was actually storing the content correctly. We have a Flash app that wasn't displaying the Right-to-left text and this is now being investigated seperately.
Robert, I got the alt+0254 shortcut from here - http://www.proz.com/forum/right_to_left_language_technical_forum/154394-sdlx_2007_need_keyboard_shortcut_for_insert_unicode_control_character_right_to_left.html
Anyway, this has now been resolved so thanks again for all your feedback. Very much appreciated.
Regards
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| Not a reply rather a plea for help | May 22, 2012 |
I'm trying to copy & paste from hebrew wikipedia into a word document & the words are getting all jumbled out of order & sumetimes even the letters are out of order. Any ideas how I can copy the information & keep it in correct order?
| | | | Yossi Rozenman
Germany
Local time: 08:37
Member (2006)
English to Hebrew
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| Try using paste special | May 23, 2012 |
jlandau3 wrote:
I'm trying to copy & paste from hebrew wikipedia into a word document & the words are getting all jumbled out of order & sumetimes even the letters are out of order. Any ideas how I can copy the information & keep it in correct order?
In Word, select Edit -> Paste Special -> Unformatted text.
HTH
Yossi
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