Libre Office - Problems Working With Hebrew

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#1

Hi All ,

In My organization we use Word files That written in Hebrew. We have some problems While working on those files , such as :

1. fonts Type changing in Some of the Files .

2. page direction turning from rtl to ltr .

3. text becomes gibberish .

4. Line numbering Format turns from alphabetic to numbers .

We use WorkArounds that solve some of the problems but each file is different from another , So that The WorkArounds not Work Properly on Some of the Files.

We Use Libre Office 4.2.4 Running On Windows 7 x86

I would Like to know if there are special settings that can be Done in Libre Office to solving those problems

Sincerely,

Yaoz Vashdi

#2

Hi I am afraid I don't have any answer but are there any regional settings you could share with us? Armed with this information one of the more knowledgeable members may be able to help

Cheers

#3

Hi Yaoz,

In My organization we use Word files That written in Hebrew. We have some problems While working on those files , such as :

1. fonts Type changing in Some of the Files .

2. page direction turning from rtl to ltr .

3. text becomes gibberish .

4. Line numbering Format turns from alphabetic to numbers .

Most, if not all, of these problems are probably already entered into
the LibreOffice projects bugzilla. Some of the currently known bugs with
Hebrew are indicated in the following link:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=hebrew

This should give you an idea of the state of play as it stands today.

We Use Libre Office 4.2.4 Running On Windows 7 x86

I would try upgrading the version of LibreOffice you use to one that is
more current - 4.2.x is already end-of-life, and 4.3.x (current "stable"
production versions) will also soon be end-of-life.

LibreOffice 4.4.x is considered the current "stable" version, although
it still has many RTL bugs.

Future LibreOffice 5.0 has been released as a release candidate.

I suggest you try them out, to see which suits your needs better.

Alex

#4

Hi Yaoz Vashdi,

your problems might be caused by a mismatch between system language and document language.

Find the setting "Ignore system input language" in Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages. The help says about this option,
"Indicates whether changes to the system input language/keyboard will be ignored. If ignored, when new text is typed that text will follow the language of the document or current paragraph, not the current system language."

There exist some further settings, which you might have to set to your needs. Goto Tools > Options > Language Settings > Complex Text Layout. The setting "Load user-specific settings with the document" in Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General might influence the behavior too.

Which version of Word has produced your documents? Which file format have your documents?

You are using an old LibreOffice version and therefore have not got the newest improvements for the filter. You should setup a test environment with a "Fresh" version and test whether it has less problems with your documents. http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/

If documents are still handled wrong, it would be nice if you can help us to improve LibreOffice. Look in our Bugtracking system and if the problem is not reported already, write a bug report and _attach an example document_. https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/

Kind regards
Regina