Change default direction to LTR in comments in an existing MS Word document
Comment direction is controlled by the Comment Text
style, so you'll need to change that style.
- Place your cursor within a comment (doesn't matter which one).
- From the Home tab click the
Left-to-Right Text Direction
button. If you can't find this button, right click the comment text, selectParagraph...
and you can selectLeft-to-right
from there. This will set the direction of that one specific comment to LTR. - Click Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S to display the styles window.
- Click
Options ...
and then underSelect styles to show
chooseAll styles
. - Scroll down until you see the
Comment Text
style. Hover above it with your mouse and then click the small arrow that appears next to it. - Click
Update Comment Text to Match Selection
.
This will set the direction of all comments to LTR.
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vinnief
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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vinnief over 1 year
In MS Word, when I try to comment in a file someone shared with me, the text defaults to
Right to Left
, even if the whole document is in English.The author of the text has Right to Left languages installed, but I don't. My language settings of MS Office are English, new files have 'Left to Right' by default, so this SU article about getting Office to go 'Left to Right` by default does not apply.
I saw previous questions here on SuperUser & StackExchange were by people who had
Right to Left
languages installed and can switch it off. In another post I found Ctrl + Shift + Left/Right would reverse text direction, and that works but is tedious. Another post explains how to add buttons for R2L and L2r on the ribbon, but then still any new paragraph needs to be adjusted.How to eliminate this default R2L direction, ideally in any new document that would come my way, or at least for for a whole document?
I have: MS Word 2013, Windows 7
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vinnief almost 4 yearsIn Word 2016, the Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to change direction does not work.
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