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Houman
Asked: 2012-05-19 02:27:58 +0800 CST

How to Type in Persian in LibreOffice?

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I am new to Ubuntu 12.04 and am trying to install Persian language support for a friend. I have been googleing for an hour and can't find a tutorial to explain this.

I have added additional language support and added Persian.

What is the next step? How can I type in Persian in LibreWriter please?

Many Thanks

libreoffice rtl language-support 12.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Click on Gear icon (Session Indicator) in Unity panel and open system settings and select "Keyboard Layout".

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    Click on little plus button to add a new layout, Search for Persian and add it.

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    Now you will see a keyboard icon in your Unity panel, Just click on it to switch between layouts.

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  2. Did you install additional language support on OS level, too? If not it's likely that you're missing fonts that comprise farsi characters, and appropriate keyboard layouts. In addition, since farsi requires writing right-to-left, you need to activate CTL (complex text layout) in the language options of LibreOffice. After this is done, you should be able to set farsi as default language for new documents, change the user Interface language, and select farsi as language for the current paragraph from the status bar at the bottom of the LibreOffice screen.

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