5 days ago - Hi, After spending some time searching the web, I found out that this problem has been around for a long time with no solution. Writing in Arabic. Change the keyboard back and continue writing in Arabic. If you're working in Microsoft Office or Open Office, the 'special characters' can be found under 'insert' [Insert -> symbols -> other symbols -> special characters in MS 2013].
This is how to enable your Windows XP to read arabic. The steps are easy so follow me: 1st go to start and then to control panel then click on regional options after that click on the language tab Make sure the 1st box is ticked, if it's not ticked you must tick it and have your Windows XP cd in the CD rom drive, then it will ask you to copy files from the CD rom just to install the extra files for complex and asian scripts, as said by Frank06. After you finish, it will ask you to restart your computer but you must click NO because you haven't finished yet. After that click on the advance tab and make sure you change the 1st box to arabic from Saudi Arabia and then click ok and restart your comp uter.
Now you should be able to run any Arabic program with no problems. Moderator note: Hello and welcome to the Arabic forum Please complete a fine contribution by following the forum rules, and writing in proper language, i.e. Capital letters, punctuations, no SMS/chat style. LR - All you need to do is: 1. Add Arabic as a language: Go to Settings, Language & Region, and at the lower left click + to add a language. Choose Arabic.
Launch TextEdit (included with your operating-system). To write a document in Arabic, look up at the top right of your screen, probably just to the right of the battery-symbol. You will see a national flag.
Click on it, and in the drop-down menu choose Arabic. You can align the text to the right in TextEdit, and every file is by default saved in TextEdit in RTF. If while you are writing text, you are not sure which key to press to get the Arabic character that you want, click on the Arabic symbol that has now replaced the national flag, and in the drop-down menu choose Show Keyboard Viewer.