Comma Within Large Numbers - Directionality switches

I am having a hard time with another RTF string for a complex
language. This time I am trying to write the number "100,000" in an
Arabic document. When I save to RTF and then re-open the document in
Word, the numbers visually switch order, and I see "000,100". The RTF
seems to be correct in all respects - and WordPad displays it fine. Is
this a Word bug? Should this RTF be written in some other way?

Please help.

Regards,

Paul

* Here is the sample of RTF generated by Word (I have left only the
key RTF for brevity): *

{\rtf1\adeflang1025\ansi
\ansicpg1252\uc1\adeff25\deff0\stshfdbch0\stshfloch0\stshfhich0\stshfbi0\deflang1033\deflangfe1033

{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fcharset0\fprq2{\*\panose
02020603050405020304}Times New Roman;}
{\f25\fswiss\fcharset0\fprq2{\*\panose 020b0604020202020204}Latha;}
{\f451\froman\fcharset238\fprq2 Times New Roman CE;}
{\f452\froman\fcharset204\fprq2 Times New Roman Cyr;}
{\f454\froman\fcharset161\fprq2 Times New Roman Greek;}
{\f455\froman\fcharset162\fprq2 Times New Roman Tur;}
{\f456\fbidi \froman\fcharset177\fprq2 Times New Roman (Hebrew);}
{\f457\fbidi \froman\fcharset178\fprq2 Times New Roman (Arabic);}
{\f458\froman\fcharset186\fprq2 Times New Roman Baltic;}
{\f459\froman\fcharset163\fprq2 Times New Roman (Vietnamese);}}

\pard\plain \rtlpar
\qr \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright
\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7671979
\rtlch\fcs1 \af25\afs24\alang1097 \ltrch\fcs0
\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033
{\ltrch\fcs1 \afs96 \rtlch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\lang12289\insrsid7671979
\u1633\'31\u1632\'30\u1632\'30,\u1632\'30\u1632\'30\u1632\'30}
{\ltrch\fcs1 \afs96 \rtlch\fcs0
\f0\fs24\lang12289\insrsid2320270\charrsid7671979
\par }}

Hi Paul,

What version of Word (including Service packs)?

Do you get the same result if you save it as a standard Word document format?

What version of Windows and what is the default regional and language setting ?

What langauges are turned on in the Office language settings tools in
Start=>Programs=>Microsoft Office=>Microsoft Office tools?

If in Word 2007 what is the setting in
Office Button=>Word Options=>Advanced=>Show document content=>Numeral ?

If you have a link to a small RTF file that shows this behavior it could be helpful.
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>><pswillies DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message news:5dfa167d-206b-4ad3-87f2-6d4142369ba7@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
I am having a hard time with another RTF string for a complex
language. This time I am trying to write the number "100,000" in an
Arabic document. When I save to RTF and then re-open the document in
Word, the numbers visually switch order, and I see "000,100". The RTF
seems to be correct in all respects - and WordPad displays it fine. Is
this a Word bug? Should this RTF be written in some other way?

Please help.

Regards,

Paul

* Here is the sample of RTF generated by Word (I have left only the
key RTF for brevity): *

{\rtf1\adeflang1025\ansi
\ansicpg1252\uc1\adeff25\deff0\stshfdbch0\stshfloch0\stshfhich0\stshfbi0\deflang1033\deflangfe1033

{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fcharset0\fprq2{\*\panose
02020603050405020304}Times New Roman;}
{\f25\fswiss\fcharset0\fprq2{\*\panose 020b0604020202020204}Latha;}
{\f451\froman\fcharset238\fprq2 Times New Roman CE;}
{\f452\froman\fcharset204\fprq2 Times New Roman Cyr;}
{\f454\froman\fcharset161\fprq2 Times New Roman Greek;}
{\f455\froman\fcharset162\fprq2 Times New Roman Tur;}
{\f456\fbidi \froman\fcharset177\fprq2 Times New Roman (Hebrew);}
{\f457\fbidi \froman\fcharset178\fprq2 Times New Roman (Arabic);}
{\f458\froman\fcharset186\fprq2 Times New Roman Baltic;}
{\f459\froman\fcharset163\fprq2 Times New Roman (Vietnamese);}}

\pard\plain \rtlpar
\qr \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright
\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7671979
\rtlch\fcs1 \af25\afs24\alang1097 \ltrch\fcs0
\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033
{\ltrch\fcs1 \afs96 \rtlch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\lang12289\insrsid7671979
\u1633\'31\u1632\'30\u1632\'30,\u1632\'30\u1632\'30\u1632\'30}
{\ltrch\fcs1 \afs96 \rtlch\fcs0
\f0\fs24\lang12289\insrsid2320270\charrsid7671979
\par }} >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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