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What's new for Arabic in PowerPoint 2003
White Paper
Abstract
This
paper presents how Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 supports the needs of the Arabic
region. It describes the new features in PowerPoint that supports the Arabic
Language.
Index
- Introduction
- Package
for CD
- New
smart tag support
- Document
Workspaces
- Research
task pane
- Microsoft
Office Online
- Conclusion
Introduction
This paper presents how Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 supports the needs of the
Arabic region. It describes the new features in PowerPoint that supports the
Arabic Language.
Package
for CD
Package for CD is the new Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
way to distribute your Arabic presentations efficiently. Make CDs of your Arabic
presentations for viewing on computers running a Microsoft Windows operating
system with no need for having Microsoft Office installed first. Package for CD
allows you to package your Arabic presentations and all supporting files,
including linked files, and automatically run your presentations from the CD.
Moreover, you can secure your presentation by setting Arabic password for open
each file or modify each file. Package for CD supports packaging
presentations with Arabic names and content and saving it to Arabic folder
names. Kashida, Diacritic and Alef Hamza are supported as well
Figure 1: Using an Arabic Name for the CD Using Kashida and Diacritics
To Package your presentation for CD:
- On the File menu, click Package for CD
- Type the desired Arabic Name in the Name the CD text box
- Click the appropriate way for your package whether Copy to CD or
Copy to Folder
Figure 2: Arabic folder
name (including Kashida and Diacritics) created by PowerPoint containing the
Arabic presentation
The folder of the Package for CD or your archiving folder will include the
Viewer tool, which will allow your Arabic presentation to run over any other
Operating system that doesn’t contain the Microsoft Office installed.
New smart
tag support
The popular
smart tag support has been added to Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. Smart
tag is the purple dotted lines beneath text in your document. Dates, financial
symbols, and person names are included in the list of smart tag recognizers that
ship with PowerPoint 2003.
Smart tags are
turned off by default in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003. You will turn it On, simply
by following these steps:
- On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options
- Click the Smart Tags tab
- Select or clear the Label text with smart tags check box.
Figure 3: Turning the Smart Tag On or Off
You can set the
options for Smart Tags to be saved with your presentation. This option will
allow PowerPoint to display the Smart Tags in your presentation on any computer
even if Smart Tag general option was turned off.
To save smart tags with your presentation:
- On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options
- Click the Smart Tags tab
- Select or clear the Embed smart tags in this presentation check
box.
Figure 4: The Smart Tag saved for a specific
presentation
When you have
smart tags turned on and you type text into a new presentation or in an existing
presentation, PowerPoint looks for words that match the data types selected in
the list of recognizers. When PowerPoint recognizes any match, it places a smart
tag indicator, a purple dotted underline. The list of actions you can take will
vary depending on the type of smart tag recognized. To find out what are the
actions you can take, move your mouse over the underlined text until the Smart
Tag Actions button
 appears.
Then you can simply click the down arrow beside the button to view the list of
actions available for this specific smart tag.
PowerPoint 2003
provides Arabic specific smart tags for Person name.
For example, "منال فاروق"
in Figure 5 is recognized as an Arabic "person name" smart tag with
actions you can take, such as Open Contact, Schedule a Meeting,
Add to contacts, or Insert Address.
If
you select the Add to Contacts actions, you can add the name and address
to your Microsoft Outlook contact folder without copying the information,
opening Outlook, and then pasting the information into a contact card.
Figure
5: Arabic Smart Tag for Arabic Name
Document Workspaces
Use Document
Workspaces to simplify the process of co-authoring, editing, and reviewing
documents with others in real-time through Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003.
Document Workspace is a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services site that is
centered on one or more documents. People can easily work together on the
document— either by working directly on the Document Workspace copy or by
working on their own copy, which they can update periodically the Document
Workspace with the changes.
Typically, you
create a Document Workspace with an Arabic name that may include Kashida or
Diacritics when you use e-mail to send a document as a shared attachment. As the
sender of the shared attachment, you become the owner of the Document Workspace,
and all the recipients become members of the Document Workspace, where they are
granted permission to view and change the document. Another common way to create
a Document Workspace is to use the Shared Workspace task pane (Tools
menu) in a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 program.
When you use Microsoft PowerPoint to open a local copy of the Arabic presentation
on which the Document Workspace is based, PowerPoint periodically gets updates
from the Document Workspace and makes them available to you. If the changes
to the workspace copy conflict with changes you've made to your copy, you can
choose which copy to keep. When you are finished editing your copy, you can
save your changes to the Document Workspace, where other members to can incorporate
your changes into their copy of the presentation.
Create a Document Workspace
- Open the PowerPoint 2003 document
- On the Tools menu, click Shared Workspace
- In the Shared Workspace task pane, click or type the URL of a Microsoft
Windows SharePoint Services Web site (which you have permission to create
Document Workspace at this Web site) where the Document Workspace will be
located
- Click Create
- On the Members tab
 of
the Shared Workspace task pane, click Add new members
- Type user names or e-mail addresses for the members you want to invite
to the Document Workspace, separated by semicolons.
Figure
6: Document Workspace with Arabic Name Using Kashida and Diacritics
When working
with document workspace, you have full control over what PowerPoint should do
when opening a presentation from Document Workspace, saving changes made to that
presentation and periodically update the presentation with the changes.
To set Document Workspace options
- Open Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
- On the Tools menu, click Shared Workspace
- Click on the button Options
- The Service dialog box will appear, allowing you set the desired options
Figure
7: Document Workspace options
Note: Changing Document Workspace options affect all Microsoft
Office applications that use Document Workspace such as Excel and Word.
When receiving PPT file attached with e-mail
- Double click the attachment to open in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
- When you are prompted to get updates, do one of the following:
- If you want to update the content of the Shared Workspace task pane
and to find out if the Workspace copy of the document has more recent updates
than your copy, click Get Updates.
- If you just want to start working on the document, and you don't want office
to check Document Workspace for updates, click Don't Get Updates.
- If you want to work on a document copy that is independent from the Document
Workspace, click Don't Ask Again, and then click Disconnect.
3. When you are ready to share your copy of the document, save
s
From Windows SharePoint Services web site
- In the document library that contains the document, point to the name if
the document, click the Edit arrow that appears, and then click the
command for editing the documents in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
- Do one of the following:
- To edit the Workspace copy of the document directly, qork on the document
in PowerPoint, and then click Save on the File menu.
- To save your own copy of the document, which you can update with changes
made to the workspace copy, click the Documents tab
 in
the Shared Workspace task pane, click name of the currently open document,
and then click Save Updatable Copy
Research task pane
The new Research
task pane offers a wide variety of reference information and expanded resources.
You can conduct research on topics using an encyclopedia, Web search, or by
accessing third-party content. Also available from the Research task
pane, and brand new to Microsoft Office PowerPoint, is support for the thesaurus
for English and Arabic Synonyms (Example: You have an Arabic Word in your
Arabic Presentation as shown in Figure 7 and you don't like it this way, or you
want to include it's English Translation in your text, choose the Book you want
to use from the Research Task Pane by one click you'll have variety of synonyms
available). This feature is an outstanding tool for finding Arabic synonyms to
enhance the quality of your presentation.
Figure
8: Arabic Synonyms for an Arabic Word
Microsoft Office Online is better integrated in all Microsoft Office programs
so that you can take full advantage of what the site has to offer while you
work all in Arabic. You can visit Microsoft Office Online directly from within
your Web browser or use the links provided in various task panes and menus in
your Office program to access Arabic articles, Arabic tips, Arabic clip art,
Arabic templates, online training, downloads, and services to enhance how you
work with Office programs. The site is updated regularly with new content based
on direct feedback and specific requests from you and others who use Office.
Conclusion
You can use Most of the new features in Microsoft
PowerPoint 2003 for Arabic. Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 includes new tools to help
you create, present, and collaborate on presentations that have more impact.
For more information:
Office 2003 Web Site:
http://office.microsoft.com
http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/arabic/office
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