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How to change right-to-left text direction comments to left-to-right in Word document?

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As below screenshot shown, have you ever received a Word document with right-to-left text direction comments? How to change the right-to-left direction comments to left-to-right in Word? The method in this can help you solving the problem.

Document with right-to-left-text-direction comments

Change right-to-left direction comments to left-to-right


Change right-to-left direction comments to left-to-right

Please do as follows to change right-to-left direction comments to left-to-right in a Word document.

1. Click Customize Quick Access Toolbar > More Commands. See screenshot:

More Commands option on the Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu

2. In the Word Options window, you need to:

2.1) Select All Commands from the Choose commands from drop-down list;

2.2) Select Left-to-Right Text Direction in the commands box;

2.3) Click the Add button;

2.4) Click the OK button. See screenshot:

Word Options window

3. Now the Left-to-Right Text Direction button is added to the Quick Access Toolbar.

Left-to-Right Text Direction button on the Quick Access Toolbar

4. Select the whole texts in the comment you will change to left-to-right direction, click the Left-to-Right Text Direction button. Then the text direction in selected comment is changed to left-to-right. See screenshot:

Text direction in the selected comment changed to left-to-right

5. Repeat the step 4 to change all comments’ text direction in the document.

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