Microsoft Office For Mac 2011 Does Not Supports Arabic

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Overview

Update on April 28th: I got the chance to try Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 beta 2. I discovered the following: Arabic letters do not render properly in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 (first picture). However it works find in Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel (next 3 screen-shots). Update: According to Apple-wd Word does support Arabic. Remember that this is not the final product. The issue is not that Apple doesn’t support Arabic language (it does). The problem is that Microsoft Office for Mac is not built to work with right-to-left languages like Arabic, Farsi, and so on. And since most workplaces use Office as the standard software package, it is difficult (but not totally impossible) to use Office for Mac as an. MS Office for Mac OS X has never supported RTL scripts. You must use another app. Mellel is the best. TextEdit, Nisus Writer, OpenOffice also work well. Pages 4 has bugs that make it unsuitable for RTL for most purposes, but Pages 5 should work ok. Pages beta for iCloud also works after the update of 11/21/14.

Traditional Arabic is a TrueType font with Arabic support.

File nameTrado.ttf
Tradbdo.ttf
Styles & WeightsTraditional Arabic
Traditional Arabic Bold
DesignersN/A
Copyright© 2015 The Monotype Corporation. Portions © Monotype Imaging. All Rights Reserved.
Font vendorGlyph Systems
Script Tagsdlng:'Arab'
slng:'Arab', 'Latn'
Code pages1252 Latin 1
1256 Arabic
862 Hebrew
437 US
Fixed pitchFalse

Licensing and redistribution info

  • Font redistribution FAQ for Windows
  • License Microsoft fonts for enterprises, web developers, for hardware & software redistribution or server installations

Products that supply this font

Product nameFont version
Windows 10See the Windows 10 page.
Windows 8.1See the Windows 8.1 page.
Windows 8See the Windows 8 page.
Windows 7See the Windows 7 page.
Windows Vista5.00
Windows XP1.01
Windows Server 20085.00
Windows Server 20031.01

This typeface is also available within Office applications. For more information visit this page.

Style & weight examples

Traditional Arabic

Microsoft Office For Mac 2011 Does Not Supports Arabic Pdf

Traditional Arabic Bold

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Use VBA add-ins and macros that you developed for Office for Windows with Office for Mac.

Applies to: Excel for Mac PowerPoint for Mac Word for Mac Office 2016 for Mac

If you are authoring Macros for Office for Mac, you can use most of the same objects that are available in VBA for Office. For information about VBA for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, see the following:

2 minutes to read.In this articleApplies to: Office for Mac, Office 2019 for Mac, Office 2016 for MacApple has long encouraged application developers to adopt the 64-bit runtime environment, and we've been hearing from customers that 64-bit versions of Office for Mac are desirable to enable larger address spaces, better performance, and new innovative features. Microsoft office for mac 2011 mac os catalina free.

Note

Outlook for Mac and OneNote for Mac do not support VBA.

Office 2016 for Mac is sandboxed

Unlike other versions of Office apps that support VBA, Office 2016 for Mac apps are sandboxed.

Sandboxing restricts the apps from accessing resources outside the app container. This affects any add-ins or macros that involve file access or communication across processes. You can minimize the effects of sandboxing by using the new commands described in the following section.

Creating an installer or putting user content

For instructions on creating an installer for your add-in, please refer to the article here: Installing User Content in Office 2016 for Mac

New VBA commands for Office 2016 for Mac

The following VBA commands are new and unique to Office 2016 for Mac.

CommandUse to
GrantAccessToMultipleFilesRequest a user's permission to access multiple files at once.
AppleScriptTaskCall external AppleScript scripts from VB.
MAC_OFFICE_VERSIONIFDEF between different Mac Office versions at compile time.

Ribbon customization in Office for Mac

Office 2016 for Mac supports ribbon customization using Ribbon XML. Note that there are some differences in ribbon support in Office 2016 for Mac and Office for Windows.

Ribbon customization featureOffice for WindowsOffice for Mac
Ability to customize the ribbon using Ribbon XMLAvailableAvailable
Support for document based add-insAvailableAvailable
Ability to invoke Macros using custom ribbon controlsAvailableAvailable
Customization of custom menusAvailableAvailable
Ability to include and invoke Office Fluent Controls within a custom ribbon tabAvailableMost familiar Office Fluent Control Identifiers are compatible with Office for Mac. Some might not be available. For commands that are compatible with Office 2016 for Mac, see idMSOs compatible with Office 2016 for Mac.
Support for COM add-ins that use custom ribbon controlsAvailableOffice 2016 for Mac doesn't support third-party COM add-ins.

idMSOs compatible with Office 2016 for Mac

For information about the idMSOs that are compatible with Office 2016 for Mac, see the following:

See also

Support and feedback

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Have questions or feedback about Office VBA or this documentation? Please see Office VBA support and feedback for guidance about the ways you can receive support and provide feedback.