Step one is to turn on Arabic language support within Apple’s OS X operating system. So we’ve put together this quick guide for getting the most out of your Mac within an Arabic environment.Įnabling Arabic Language Support on the Mac Using Arabic on Mac is more difficult than on a Windows PC but it’s not impossible. If you’re like me, you can join this Facebook group calling on Microsoft to offer Arabic support in future versions of Office for Mac. The problem is that Microsoft Office for Mac is not built to work with right-to-left languages like Arabic, Farsi, and so on.Īnd since most workplaces use Office as the standard software package, it is difficult (but not totally impossible) to use Office for Mac as an Arabic language word processor.įirst off, let’s stop for a minute and reflect on how outrageous it is that Microsoft has not included this critical function in Office for Mac, the standard “work” software used around the world.
The issue is not that Apple doesn’t support Arabic language (it does). And while I love my new Macbook Air, there are some pretty significant barriers to working with Arabic text on a Mac. If you need to translate the entire text of your document, there are a number of online translators available, such as Google Translate or Microsoft Translator.More and more of our clients are now using Apple computers. Word does not have an extensive translator. Results are displayed below Microsoft Translator, as shown in the example above.In the under Translator, specify the original language of your document (under the scroll-down menu next to From) as well as the language to which you would like your text to be translated to (under the scroll-down menu next to To), as shown below.A pane will appear on the right-hand side of the screen called Translator.Click on Translate and then on Translate Selected Text.Highlight a word or a phrase in your document that you would like translated.Under the File tab, click on Open and navigate to the file that you need. The program will now open on the desktop.Highlight your preferred language by clicking on it, as shown below. A window will appear on the screen labelled Language.Under Language, click on Set Proofing Language.Under the Start menu, scroll up to Microsoft Office icon and click on Microsoft Word.Login to one of the workstations with your UTORid and password.
If you would like to check the spelling and grammar of your file in a language other than English, follow these steps:
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