[libreoffice-users] Re: How to change direction of Outline Numbering to RTL in LO Writer?

I'm still awaiting for any response to my question. If anyone know any
suggestion about the question below, please help me.

Regards,
   Sina Momken
On 08/07/2013 03:23 AM, Sina Momken wrote:
> Hello
>
> I've recently found another incompatibility between LO Writer and MS
> Word again. As you may know I'm working on my thesis and I have to obey
> rules of my university template which is also provided as a .doc or .tex
> file.
>
> The template is originally in Farsi as an RTL language. When you open
> the template in MS Word, Outline Numberings are shown in Right to Left
> order. For example sub-chapter (section) 1 of chapter 3 is represented
> as "‮۳-۱-‬" (with right to left order) in MS Office and LaTeX templates.
> But when I import that template in LO Writer, regardless of direction of
> the paragraph, sub-chapter 1 of chapter 3 is always shown as "‫۳.۱-‬"
> which is still in left to right format.
>
> You can practically see this wrong numbering direction in Chapter 3 of
> file below which is a partially translated version of my university
> template:
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4067241/iust_translated_english_template_for_thesis_final_%28nazanin%29_writable.doc
> The chapter 3 is not translated and you can see that by changing
> direction of paragraph of "‫۳.۱-‬" to LTR, it only changes to "3.1-",
> both of them in left to right direction
>
> Generally speaking numbers (like ۱.۹۹ = 1.99) in Farsi are from left to
> right and characters are from right to left, but for Outline Numberings
> (i.e. Numbering of Headings) most books and publications use the right
> to left direction as in characters and not as in simple numbers. But it
> seems that LO Writer represents Outline Numberings like simpler numbers
> from left to right.
>
> I want to know is there any method to show numbering of headings
> (Tools->Outline_Numbering) in right to left direction? (e.g. sub-chapter
> 1 of chapter 3 as "‮۳-۱-‬" instead of "‫۳.۱-‬")



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