Re: [OOo-Hebrew] Hebrew Index

On Thu, Sep 21, 2006, Nadav Har'El wrote about "Re: [OOo-Hebrew] Hebrew Index":
>..
> > Does anyone know how do I tell OpenOffice to have the index's columns appear
> > from right to left?
> 
> Nobody answered my question, and I've given up on finding an answer myself:
> it looks like there's simply no way to do this in the current OpenOffice,
>..
> 
> So I've opened a bug on the OpenOffice bug tracker:
> 
> 	http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=69720

I guess one should never give up on one's-self :-)

By sheer luck, I found a solution to the problem of right-to-left index
columns. It happens that in Format->Page there's a setting of Text Direction
Right to Left. This setting first appears to do nothing (e.g., it doesn't
choose your default paragraph direction), but it does miraculously make
your index columns go from right to left! (you'll have to update the index
before it actually looks right).

This solution is counter-intuitive and in some cases limited (you can't set
the direction of each index separately), but it completely solves my problem
and makes indices usable in Hebrew. If someone is keeping a FAQ, or writing
a book on Hebrew OpenOffice, you might want to explain this issue there,
for the next person who wants to use an index in Hebrew. I find it very
strange that I am first person who ever wanted to use an index in a Hebrew
document.

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