Arabic Typing Using

Microsoft Office 2007

A Study Note

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

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.
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.

‫َل َأ ۡم ۡس َل َل َل َل ۡم مُك ۡم ىِف َل َل مُك ۥ َل ىِف َل ًة َل َل ىِف َل ًة َل ىِف َل ٱ َّن ىِفا َل مُك َل ىِف مُك‬ ‫ىِف‬ ‫َل َل ىِفا ٱ ْا ۡمَأ‬ ‫َل ىِف‬ ‫ٱ‬ ‫مُك‬ ‫َل‬ ‫ٱ‬
‫َأ َل ۡم َل َل ۡم ْا َأ َّن َهّٰلل َل َّن َل َّن ىِفا َّنل َل‬
‫َل‬
]٢٠: ‫َل‬ ‫ًة ۝ [ مُك ْا َل‬ ‫ٍ مُك ىِف‬ ‫ىِفا ٱ َهّٰلل ىِف ىِف َل ۡم ىِف ﻋىِف ۡم ٍ َل َلال مُكه ًة ى َل َلال َلىِف‬
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
ZERO-WIDTH NON JOINER (invisible) 200C Without separation:
Separate letters that aren’t supposed
to concatenate. … ‫َأ َل ۡم َل َل‬
Separation using space:

… ‫َأ َل ۡم َل َل‬
Separation using zero-width non joiner:

… ‫َأ َل ۡم َل َل‬
SMALL HIGH DOTLESS HEAD OF
KHAH
Comma-shaped sukun.
‫ۡم‬ 06E1 Character usage example:

… ‫َأ َل ۡم‬
ALIF WASL
This alif shall not be read.
‫ٱ‬ 0671
… ‫… َأ َّن ٱ َهّٰلل َل‬
SUPERSCRIPT ALIF, KASRAH, AND
DOMMAH
You called the first two mad badal and
ٖ ٗ respectively:
0670, 0656, 0657 … ‫… ىِفا ٱ َّنل َل َل ىِف‬
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
instead of superscript kasrah and
‫ۥۦ‬ respectively:
06E6, 06E5 …‫… َل َل ۡم مُك ۡم ىِف َل َل مُك ۥ‬
dommah.
…‫… ىِفَهّٰلل ىِفَهّٰلل ۡم ىِف ىِف ۦ‬
WAQF
Clear sign of stop and non-stop spot. ۘ ۖ respectively:
06D8, 06D7,
06D6, 06DC,
Microsoft Word can’t display the waqf perfectly when it’s preceded
by a fathatain:

ۜ ۛ ۚ 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:
Like its name, indicates the end of
ayah.
‫۝‬ ‫… مُك ىِف ًة ۝‬
You can overwrite the symbol with desired ayah’s number to create
this:

۲۰ ‫… مُك ىِف ًة‬

‫۝‬
Put the number inside a textbox, set its wrapping to In Front of Text,
then place the box properly.
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.
‫ج‬ ‫ َل َل َل ٱ ۡم َل ۡم ىِف‬... ‫ا‬
‫ َلﻋ ىِف َهّٰلل َل ىِف َل ۡم‬... ‫ﻣ‬
‫ َأ ۡم ىِف َل ٓا َل‬...
FYI: Unfortunately, you’ll never find mim in the above shape on the keyboard. Insert it
via Symbol window (code FEE3).

Some-letter-waqfs
You can’t create these waqfs just by typing normally because ya barri letter as the end
character of each waqf isn’t listed on the keyboard. Once again, you have to insert it via
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.

‫ ﮯ= ﻗﮯ‬+ + ‫ﻗ‬
FBAF FEE0 FED7
‫ ﮯ = ﺻﮯ‬+ + ‫ﺻ‬
FBAF FEE0 FEBB
 Now, the displays are consistent, on the both apps.
‫ﻗﮯ‬ ‫ ىِف َل َل ٍ ىِفَهّٰلل َل ٱ َّن ىِف‬... ‫ﺻﮯ‬ ‫ۡم‬ ‫ ىِف اَل ٱ‬...
‫َهّٰلل َل َل َل َل َل‬
The others
This part is really not a big deal. Code of the 3-dot character is 061E. Just insert it, and…
tadaaa!
‫؞ ىِف ؞‬
‫ َلال َل ۡم َل ىِف‬...

‫ْا َلْش ٌم‬

ِ
‫َل َل َلا َلال َل ۡمٔا َل ۫ـ َّن َل َل ى مُك مُك َل َل َّن َل مُك ۥ َل َل ىِف مُك َل ۝‬ ‫َل‬
‫ﻗَل َأ َل َل‬ ‫ْا‬ ‫مُك‬
ِ ﴾۱۱: ‫﴿ مُك مُك َل‬

‫َل َل ٌما‬
ِ

‫َل ْا ٌم‬

۠ 06E0
 ‫۫ـ‬ 06EB

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