Arabic Typing Using

Microsoft Office 2007

A Study Note

Almania Febrasari
fakalfd@gmail.com
+62 857 6951 7960
18 July 2015
System Requirements
1. Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit (x64),
2. installed Arabic Typesetting font,
3. and of course, Microsoft Word 2007.

Setting Up
First, we have to activate the Arabic keyboard. Please execute all following instructions:
1. Open Control Panel.
 Under View by Category: choose Clock, Language, and Region  Change keyboards or
other input methods.
 Under View by Large icons or Small icons: choose Region and Language.
2. Choose Keyboards and Language tab.
3. Click Change keyboards  Add.
4. Expand Arabic (Saudi Arabia), expand Keyboard, then check Arabic (101), Arabic (102), and
Arabic (102) AZERTY.
5. Click OK three times.

If you succeed, Arabic (Saudi Arabia) option will

appear in the Language Bar. You can see it via the
taskbar, just like the image on the right.

Before you start typing Arabic, you must turn the

Arabic (Saudi Arabia) mode on. If you haven’t marked
your QWERTY keyboard with corresponding Arabic
letters yet, you can use On-Screen Keyboard to
accomplish the task. Find it via Start-button-search or
Run  osk.exe.
Typing
Now, just try to type some Arabic letters. Don’t worry, Microsoft Word has arranged all of difficult part, so letters will be concatenated
automatically, if possible. Last advice: use Arabic Typesetting font either when you type manually or insert symbols. I’ve given you an example
below, taken from Qur-an Surah Luqmaan verse 20. For your information, the typesetting used here follow those that used by Utsmani mushaf.

‫ِىٱ‬
‫وماف‬ََ ِ
ۡ‫ت‬ۡ‫و‬َ
ۡ‫م‬َ
ۡ‫ِىٱلس‬ ُ ََ
‫ّللسخرلكمماف‬ َ َ ٰ
ۡ‫ۡٱ‬ َ
‫ۡاأن‬ْ َ َ
‫ۡترو‬ َ
‫ألم‬َ
َ
‫نٱلن‬
ۡ ِۡ َ
‫وم‬ۡ‫ة‬ً َ
ۡ‫ِن‬ ََ ً
‫ِرةوباط‬ َ َ
‫ظه‬ َُ َ
ۡ‫ِعم‬
ۡۡ‫ۥ‬
‫ه‬ ‫ۡن‬ ُ
‫ۡكم‬ َََ
‫غعلي‬ َ
ۡ‫ۡب‬ َ َ
‫ضوأس‬ ۡ
ِۡ َ
‫ْْلر‬
ً
ۡ‫ِي‬
‫ر‬ ‫من‬ َۡ
ٍُ‫ب‬ ِۡ
‫ت‬ ‫َالَك‬ ً‫ه‬
‫دىو‬ َُ‫َال‬
‫مو‬ٍ‫عل‬ِِۡۡ
‫ر‬ ‫َي‬
‫ِغ‬ ٰ‫ِىٱ‬
‫ّللِب‬
ۡ ‫لف‬ُِ
ۡ ‫َد‬ۡ‫ي‬
‫ج‬ ُ‫َن‬‫اسِم‬
ۡ
ۡ]٢٠:َ ‫َان‬ ‫ْم‬
‫۝ۡ[ُلق‬
I list some punctuation marks and auxiliary characters that you can’t find on keyboard. You have to insert these via Insert  Symbol. Make sure the
encoding type which is used is Unicode.
Name/Function Character Unicode Code Keterangan

‫ََلم‬
ZERO-WIDTH NON JOINER (invisible) 200C Without separation:
Separate letters that aren’t supposed to
concatenate. َۡ
…َ
‫ر‬ ‫ۡت‬ ‫أ‬
َ
…‫ر‬ َ
ۡ‫ۡۡت‬ َ
‫ألم‬َ
Separation using space:

َ
…‫ر‬ َ
ۡ‫ۡت‬ َ
‫ألم‬َ
Separation using zero-width non joiner:
SMALL HIGH DOTLESS HEAD
OF KHAH
Comma-shaped sukun.
ۡ
06E1

…ۡ‫ألم‬ ََ
Character usage example:

ALIF WASL
This alif shall not be read. ‫ٱ‬
0671
…َ‫ّلل‬
ٰ‫ۡٱ‬
ۡ ‫َن‬‫…أ‬
SUPERSCRIPT ALIF, KASRAH,
AND DOMMAH
You called the first two mad badal and
ۡۡۡ
respectively:
0670, 0656,
0657
َۡ
…ِ‫ت‬ َۡ
‫و‬ ۡ‫ِىٱلس‬
‫م‬ ‫…ف‬
the last one mad silah qoshiroh.
FYI: Superscript kasrah and dommah
used only by non-utsmani mushafs.

SMALL YA & SMALL WAW

Utsmani mushafs use those two ۡ‫ۥ‬
‫ۦ‬
respectively:
06E6, 06E5 َُ
…ۡ‫ۥ‬
ۡ
‫ه‬ ‫َم‬
‫ِع‬ ‫ُم‬
‫ۡن‬‫ۡك‬ ََ
‫لي‬‫…ع‬
instead of superscript kasrah and
dommah.
…ِ
ِۡ
‫ه‬
ۡ‫ۦ‬‫ۡل‬
‫ِث‬‫ِنم‬
‫…م‬
ۡۡۡ
WAQF respectively: Microsoft Word can’t display the waqf perfectly when it’s preceded
Clear sign of stop and non-stop spot. 06D8, 06D7, by a fathatain:
06D6, 06DC,

ۡۡۡ 06DB, 06DA,

06D9
If you face this case, you better convert your file to PDF type:

But, if you insist on having pdf-looking-waqf but stay on .docx

format, I will explain your solution later.

‫۝‬
END OF AYAH 06DD Character usage example:
٢
‫۝‬٠ً
ۡ‫ِي‬
‫ر‬ ‫من‬ُ…
Like its name, indicates the end of
ayah.
You can overwrite the symbol with desired ayah’s number to create
this:

‫ً۝‬
ۡ‫ِي‬
‫ر‬ ‫من‬ُ…
Put the number inside a textbox, set its wrapping to In Front of Text,
then place the box properly.
Outsmarting
Earlier, I've told you that I'll explain how to tweak the display of Arabic letters. And here we are.
You better pay attention and get ready to practice. But, first of all, you have to know what
problems that sometimes arise when typing Arabic using Word.

Problem #1
The harakat fathatain and kasratain sometimes can’t be seen.
Solution

Problem #2
The waqf can’t be seen if it’s preceded by a fathatain. Please inspect the example in the table
(WAQF part) on previous page.
Solution
1. Like I’ve suggested before, convert your file to PDF format, or
2. Create the waqf manually.
Single-letter-waqfs
Type the letter then apply superscript effect to it. If the waqf size’s still too large, you can
decrease the font size.

َ
ۡ...
‫ح‬ َۡ... ...
‫ع‬
َ
‫َٱل‬َۡ َ
‫ِىما‬ ِۡ
‫ل ن‬
ۡ ‫أو‬
FYI: Unfortunately, you’ll never find mim in the above shape on the keyboard. Insert it
ۡ ‫ر‬‫ذ‬
via Symbol window (code FEE3).

ۡۡ
‫ت‬ َ
Some-letter-waqfs
‫ِج‬ ‫مو‬ ‫َه‬
ۡ ‫ۡس‬‫لي‬ َۡ
ِ ‫ء‬
ۡ َ
‫يا‬
You can’t create these waqfs just by typing normally because ya barri letter as the end

ۡ ‫ ﻣ‬you have to insert it via

character of each waqf isn’t listed on the keyboard. Once again,
Insert  Symbol  code 06D2. But it’s all wrong. Looks good on your Office, but please
don’t judge too high before you see it through a pdf viewer:

Well, I don’t know what the cause is, but I suppose it happened because of rendering
engine differences. Whatever that is, it’s clear that you have to come up with another
solution, which is the same as before: assemble the symbols.

‫ ﻗلﮯ‬FBAF=FEE0ۡۡFED7
‫ﻗ‬
ۡ+ۡۡۡ‫ۡۡل‬+
‫ۡۡۡ = ﺻلﮯ‬ ‫ﺻ‬
‫ۡۡﮯ‬
FBAF FEE0 FEBB
ۡ+ۡۡۡ‫ۡۡل‬+
 Now, the displays are consistent, on the both apps.

َِۡ
‫غ‬‫ب‬... َ
َۡ
‫ص‬ ‫ِع‬
‫ب‬...
‫َٱ‬
ِۡ
‫ن‬ َۡ
‫بٍم‬ ‫ض‬
The others
َ
َۡ
‫ج‬ ‫َٱل‬
‫ۡح‬ ۡ‫ا‬
‫ك‬
This part is really not a big deal. Code of the 3-dot character is 061E. Just insert it, and…
tadaaa!

َ
‫ر‬ َۡ ‫ِﻗلﮯ‬
ۡ‫ال‬...‫ّلل‬
ۡ ۡ‫َﺻلﮯ‬
ۡ
‫ر‬
‫ِي‬‫َ؞ف‬ۡۡ
‫ب‬ ‫ي‬
ۡ‫ِ؞‬ ۡ
‫ه‬ ٌ‫َا‬
‫م‬ ‫ِشْم‬
‫إ‬
‫ۡن‬
ۡ‫مـ‬َۡ َ
‫التأ‬َ
ۡ‫ك‬َ َ َ َ
ۡ‫أبانامال‬ َ َ
ۡ‫ي‬َ
ْۡ
ۡ ‫َاُل‬
‫وا‬ ۡ
‫ﻗ‬
ۡ‫ن۝‬َ ُ
ۡ‫ِحو‬ َ
ۡ‫ۥَۡل‬
‫نص‬ ُ‫ِناَل‬
ۡ
‫ه‬ ‫َإ‬‫َو‬
ُۡ‫يوس‬
‫ف‬ ََ
ُ‫لى‬
ۡ ‫اع‬
﴾۱۱:َ ُۡ‫يوس‬
‫ف‬ ُ﴿
َ ‫م‬
ۡ‫ال‬
‫ة‬ َِ‫إ‬

ْۡ
‫ل‬ َ
‫نق‬
ۡ

ۡ 06E0
ۡ 06EB

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