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                      Arabic

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                      Arabic support

                      Math notation in Arabic language changes from country to country.

                      Your MathType technical administrator can determine a personalized behavior for your installation. You can configure the default Arabic numbers that will be used and whether to mirror math formulas or not.

                      The configuration for Arabic, language code ar, is to use mirrored formulas and Arabic numbers (1234..)

                      Please check the table below for details about how MathType handles Arabic math notation for your country.

                      Country Example Code RTL Formula mirror Arabic European Arabic Indic
                      Algeria
                      ar_dz ✓ ✓  
                      Bahrain
                      ar_bh ✓ ✓  
                      Comoros
                      ar_km ✓ ✓  
                      Dijbouti
                      ar_dj ✓ ✓  
                      Egypt
                      ar_eg ✓   ✓
                      Eritrea
                      ar ✓ ✓  
                      Iraq
                      ar_iq ✓ ✓  
                      Jordan
                      ar_jo ✓ ✓  
                      Kuwait
                      ar_kw ✓ ✓  
                      Lebanon
                      ar_lb ✓ ✓  
                      Lybia
                      ar_ly ✓ ✓  
                      Mauritania
                      ar_mr ✓ ✓  
                      Morocco
                      ar_ma ✗ ✓  
                      Omar
                      ar_om ✓ ✓  
                      Qatar
                      ar_qa ✓ ✓  
                      Saudi Arabia
                      ar_sa ✓ ✓ ✓
                      Somalia
                      ar_so ✓ ✓  
                      Sudan
                      ar_sd ✓   ✓
                      Syria
                      ar_sy ✓ ✓  
                      Tunisia
                      ar_tn ✓ ✓  
                      United Arab Emirates
                      ar_ae ✓ ✓  
                      Yemen
                      ar_ye ✓ ✓  

                      Arabic notation

                      Arabic languages have different text directions {Left-To-Right, Right-To-Left}, and different numeral sets {European, Arabic-Indic, Eastern Arabic-Indic}. You can learn more about this at the Arabic support section.

                      MathType detects the language you are using from your browser, your profile on the platform, or the platform settings. Each language has associated a text direction and a set of numerals. If you are curious about MathType defaults, please see configuration page. The sysadmins of your platform can change these defaults. You too can make MathType have different defaults, just by changing the language in your browser.

                      At any time you can force a text direction or numeral set just using the buttons for it:

                      By default, characters are considered individual variables. Some standard words have ligatures automatically added. You can manually add Arabic ligatures, using the button:

                      Additionally, the editor is fully accessible in the Arabic language, and the formulas produced have alternative text in Arabic.

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