Arabic numerals copied from a document converted into Eastern Arabic numerals when pasting in another document having Arabic numerals

Hi,

My MS Office 2007 is Arabic version. However, when I have tried copying the content of a word file (degrees for  students written in Arabic numerals, from 0 - 9). But while pasting those degrees in another document also having degrees written in  Arabic numerals 0 to 9, I found that the degrees  pasted were converted into Eastern Arabic numerals. (۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ۸ ۹). However, the other degrees in the original document to which I pasted were still in Arabic numerals . Also, the content (degrees) in the document from which I copied were still in  Arabic numerals.

Is this line problem?

This is the procedure I have followed.

1- I have created a word document ona Microsoft Office 2010 English Version installed on my laptop whose system is Windows 7. Only the degrees of students of that document were written in  Arabic numerals, from (0 - 9).

2- I have another word document created on a Microsoft Office 2007 Arabic Version installed on another laptop whose system is Windows XP. Only the degrees of students of that documents were written in Arabic numerals, from (0 - 9).

3- I copied a copy of that document created in the step one and pasted it in a FlashDrive. Then, I have plugged the FlashDrive to another laptop, and I opened both the Word files on the other laptop and tried copying the degrees from the file created in the Microsoft Office 2010 English Version and pasted them to the contents(degrees) of that word document created on a Microsoft Office 2007 Arabic Version .

4- I found that the degrees pasted into word document created on a Microsoft Office 2007 Arabic Version converted into Eastern Arabic numerals*(۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ۸ ۹). However, the original degrees previously written on that word document created in Microsoft Office 2007  were still written in  Arabic numerals (0- 9).  Only the new degrees pasted converted into Eastern Arabic numerals.

Also, in Microsoft Office 2010 English Version installed on my laptop whose system is Windows 7, I have another problem which is that when I write numbers, such as in Date, I find  that the numbers are only written in Arabic numerals (0- 9), although that the input language is Arabic. How can I control over  numbers.  If I want to convert the Arabic numerals (0- 9) written in the date inside a Word document into Eastern Arabic numerals*(۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ۸ ۹), how will I do? 



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Hello

Word is the only application in Office (Arabic Office or English Office with Arabic support) that has the capability of changing the look of the numbers (whether Arabic Numerals or Eastern Arabic Numerals [called Hindi in Word]) according to criteria set by the user. In Word 2010, go to File > Options > Advanced, and scroll down to section "Show document content". In front of "Numeral:" you have four options. If you choose "Context", the numbers will appear Arabic if the context is Left-to-Right (LTR) as in English, and will appear Eastern Arabic (Hindi) if the context is RTL for Arabic. If you choose Arabic, all numbers will appear Arabic for both contexts; and will appear Eastern Arabic if you choose Hindi.

I guess that the "Numeral:" of your Word 2010 is set to Arabic. Change it to "context" to see Eastern Arabic Numerals in your Arabic paragraphs. But please note the following: If you copy this document to another computer that has "Arabic" as Numeral in Word, those very numbers will appear Arabic, even in an Arabic paragraph. 

Regarding the first problem, since numbers are appearing Arabic AND Eastern Arabic, this could mean that the "Numeral:" in your Word 2007 is set to Context and the copied numbers are pasted in a RTL paragraph while the original numbers are in LTR paragraphs.

So you need to change your setting according to what you want. If the problem persists, it would be helpful if you upload the target document for us to check (after removing any sensitive information and names).

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