--- Forwarded Message from "Kanig, David" <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Subject: How to select Hindi numerals in Outlook 2003
>Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:52:58 -0400
>Thread-Topic: How to select Hindi numerals in Outlook 2003
>Thread-Index: AcS9z1wkrfm2irKqS8qsGfVaR9K4vg==
>From: "Kanig, David" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>

Dear LLTI,

A user would like to type Hindi numerals within Arabic text in Word docs
and Outlook e-mails.  She's using Windows XP and Office 2003.

In Word, she can make the appropriate selection:
Word >
Tools >
Options >
Complex Scripts >
Numerals  (1. Arabic.  2. Hindi.  3. Context.  4. System).

However, a selection of Hindi numerals in Word does not carry over to
Outlook, and the options in Outlook > Tools do not offer Complex
Scripts.  In Outlook, she's able to receive Arabic e-mail with Hindi
numerals, but when responding those numerals in the sender's original
are automatically converted to Arabic.  In addition, she's only able to
input only Arabic numerals herself; we cannot find a way to enter Hindi
numerals in Outlook.  Even a string of Hindi numerals pasted in from a
Word document is immediately converted to Arabic.  Is there a way to
select Hindi numerals for Outlook?

Sincerely,
Innumerable in Providence.

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David Kanig
Manager, Technical Services
Language Resource Center, Brown University
Box 1935, Providence, RI 02906

office: (401) 863-7090     cell: (401) 641-0431