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How can I write Arabic and Hindi numeral in Powerpoint and Excel 2010?

Anonymous
2011-12-20T12:38:31+00:00

Original Title: "Arabic / Hindi Numerals in Powerpoint / Excel / word"

How can I write Arabic and Hindi numeral in Powerpoint / Excel. 

I have seen many stupid answers suggesting to change default language which is not a solution at all.

If I have one paragraph in  English and another para in arabic I want to write numbers also in arabic and hindi (Arabic Saudi Arabia) format.

Is there a way to do this in Office? word offer a solution to have numerals per context.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-12-21T02:35:07+00:00

    I go to http://www.google.com/transliterate

    Choose Hindi in the dropdown then (Arabic is also an option)

    Type my numbers and then paste them back in Excel/Powerpoint

    sample..

    १२३४५६७८९० Hinid

    ١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠ Arabic

    btw I do NOT need any special fonts... the above sample is using Calibri. It works with Arial etc. too.

    The format, in Excel, of the cells I paste the Hindi numerals changes to

    Custom->[$-4000439]0

    For Arabic it is

    [$-2000401]0

    If I have this format in any cell, in Excel, then I can directly type in Roman numbers to get Hindi numbers.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-12-21T07:39:31+00:00

    Just let me make it more clear:

    ١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠ is Hindi

    123457890 is Arabic

    First understand the above points. 

    I am not a stupid to type in google translate and paste back; for that I do not need an expert answer.

    And assume that when some one post a question over here he might have searched at least google for a possible solution before posting it here and  do not expect  that some one will try to type something without having installed the correct font.

    Look back my post

    "If I have one paragraph in  English and another para in arabic I want to write numbers also in Arabic and Hindi (Arabic Saudi Arabia) format."

    I do mentioned, I am typing both English and Arabic and I clearly mentioned that Hindi numerals is Arabic Saudi Arabia

    and I have made it clear I am looking for a solution in Powerpoint too. In powerpoint there is no format option which is available in Excel.

    If some one know a clear solution then post back..

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-12-21T01:58:10+00:00

    Do you have the fonts installed for Arabic and Hindi ?

    If not, install the fonts and then check for results.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-06-10T18:30:21+00:00

    in format cell choose > number > custom , and put the following as format

    [$-2000401]0

    i will work 100%

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  5. Anonymous
    2011-12-24T06:27:19+00:00

    For words Yes.. but for numbers NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

    Abcdefg 1234567890

    أبتحخعغ 123456789

    from Word I copied ١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠ أبتحخعغ, but in  PPT it shows as above... The numbers automatically changed to Arabic (Eglish) from Hindi (Arabic Saudi Arabia)

    ١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠ أبتحخعغ

    I think Microsoft is missing something here..!!!

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