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| width="150" | '''Author''' || Henning Brinkmann
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| width="150" | '''Last Change''' || 17.09.2007
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== Abstract ==

Microsoft Word marks numbers with the script to use by a
hint. Furthermore there is an option to display numbers as Hindi,
Arabic, by Context or determined by the System. This specification
defines how the script hint and the display option shall be handled on
import of Microsoft Word documents.

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== Acronyms and Abbreviations ==
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== Detailed Specification ==

When a digit is marked to have CTL script in the imported Word
document it shall be imported as Hindi digit iff the bidi language is one of the languages mentioned below. 


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| width="300" bgcolor="#dddddd" | '''Language''' || bgcolor="#dddddd" | '''Language Code'''
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| Arabic(Algeria) 
| 0x1401
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| Arabic(Bahrain) 
| 0x3c01
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| Arabic(Egypt) 
| 0xc01
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| Arabic(Iraq) 
| 0x801
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| Arabic (Jordan) 
| 0x2c01
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| Arabic(Kuwait) 
| 0x3401
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| Arabic(Lebanon) 
| 0x3001
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| Arabic(Libya) 
| 0x1001
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| Arabic(Morocco) 
| 0x1801
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| Arabic(Oman) 
| 0x2001
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| Arabic(Qatar) 
| 0x4001
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| Arabic(Saudi Arabia) 
| 0x401
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| Arabic(Syria) 
| 0x2801
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| Arabic(Tunisia) 
| 0x1c01
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| Arabic(U.A.E) 
| 0x3801
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| Arabic(Yemen) 
| 0x2401
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This feature shall only
be activated iff the configuration item RegardHindiDigits
(see below) is true.

If the configuration item RegardHindiDigits is set the following
mapping between Arabic and Hindi characters applies:

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| width="300" bgcolor="#dddddd" | '''Arabic (Unicode)''' || bgcolor="#dddddd" | '''Hindi (Unicode)'''
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| 0 (U+0030)
| &#x0660; (U+0660)
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| 1 (U+0031)
| &#x0661; (U+0661)
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| 2 (U+0032)
| &#x0662; (U+0662)
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| 3 (U+0033)
| &#x0663; (U+0663)
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| 4 (U+0034)
| &#x0664; (U+0664)
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| 5 (U+0035)
| &#x0665; (U+0665)
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| 6 (U+0036)
| &#x0666; (U+0666)
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| 7 (U+0037)
| &#x0667; (U+0667)
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| 8 (U+0038)
| &#x0668; (U+0668)
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| 9 (U+0039)
| &#x0669; (U+0669)
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 [[Specification_Template_Help#Detailed_Specification|Help]] | [[UI-Elements|User Interface Element Templates]] | [[Specification_Example|Example Spec]]

== Migration ==

The specified features improves interoperability with Microsoft Word.

== Configuration ==

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| Writer.xcs
| FilterFlags/WinWord
| RegardHindiDigits
| xs:long
| false
| If true yields to digits marked as CTL script to be imported as Hindi digits.
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 [[Specification_Template_Help#Configuration|Help]] | [[Configuration-Table|Configuration Table Template]]

== File Format ==

This specification covers import only and thus has no consequences
regarding the file format.

[[Specification_Template_Help#File_Format|Help]]

 [[Specification_Template_Help#File Format|Help]] | [[File Format Table|File Format Table Template]]

== Open Issues ==

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* It seems that this specification should also cater to the needs of Persian and Urdu users.
*:Farsi and Urdu use a slightly different form of Hindi numerals; see e.g.  http://behdad.org/download/Publications/persiancomputing/a007.pdf and http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/arabicdev/windows/winxp/DigitsSupport.aspx. According to the Microsoft source, Farsi uses different forms for 4,5 and 6, and Urdu uses different forms for 4,5,6 and 7. These digits are Unicode U+06F0..U+06F9 (where the Arabic "regular" Hindi numerals are U+0660..U+0669). I could not find different code-points mentioned for Urdu numerals, and in fact I found references which made Urdu digits the same as the Persian ones. -- [[User:Shai2platonix|Shai2platonix]] 01:27, 22 April 2008 (CEST)

:: Urdu (and Sindhi) uses the same Unicode code points for Extended Arabic-Indic (aka Persian) digits but has some glyph variation that is selected at the font rather than encoding level (using OpenType lang features and so), see [http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.0.0/ch08.pdf#G5460 Unicode book, Ch. 8.2 Arabic]. --[[User:Khaled Hosny|Khaled Hosny]] 17:59, 23 June 2008 (CEST)