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Comment on Arabic Support in Mac OS X by Abdelaziz

Abdelaziz — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:53:05 +0000

@Tawfik,

>> how to get column A to appear on the right of the screen? please let me know if you know how for OOo

You select the Format menu, then Sheet and then check “Right to Left” (on my OOo 3.2.1)

@Mikhail

>> How may I type tenwin of either fathatin or kasratin?

I have a keyboard with only a latin layout (meaning no Arabic letters drawn on the keys). So for shakl in general, you have to type the letter first, then the shakl.

Tanwin: Shift+y
Kasratin: Shift+r
Fathatin: Shift+z

Hope that helps

Comment on Arabic Support in Mac OS X by Mikhail

Mikhail — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:23:28 +0000

Thank you very much for this amazing work! I just have one question:

How may I type tenwin of either fathatin or kasratin?

Also, I would like to suggest using a program called xPad, which comes free on Mac OS X Lion (the most recent Mac operating system). You manually choose to type right-to-left and is very fluent.

Thank you, again!

Comment on We’re the embassy people by Power in Parallel: Digital Skill and Insulation in Egypt’s Information Ecology | the engine room

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:39:48 +0000

[...] protests have continued, in the face of arrests, torture and the threat of hefty fines. More remarkable, is the peculiar manner in which digital [...]

Comment on How to bypass Internet censorship in Egypt: A followup on the demonstrations by Dana

Dana — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:43:03 +0000

I used this last time I was in Cairo:
http://www.sunvpn.com/

Works much better than the average proxy service..

Comment on Arabic Support in Mac OS X by Tawfik Abdel-Moneim

Tawfik Abdel-Moneim — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:33:20 +0000

I would like to add the following fonts that also work nicely and join the arabic letters; damascus and Abadi MT condensed light and Abadi MT condensed Extra Bold. Only problem I see with spread sheet is how to get column A to appear on the right of the screen? please let me know if you know how for OOo. Thanks you all have been a big help.

Comment on Essential WordPress Plugins by Mohamed ElGohary

Mohamed ElGohary — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:46:09 +0000

Any update to this post?

Comment on Manage Your Freelance Projects with ProjectPier by PMBozo

PMBozo — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:09:12 +0000

This junk tool needs lots of improvement and many more features.Proves beyond doubt why open source fail.Its a copy paste of base camp

Comment on The lamest arguments in favor of the brutally corrupt Egyptian army by Why I am boycotting Egypt's election | openDemocracy

Why I am boycotting Egypt's election | openDemocracy — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:48:37 +0000

[...] pie. More importantly, it has always been an integral part of the old regime. I won’t go into why I’m against SCAF, that’s beyond this [...]

Comment on Was Panda Cheese’s award-winning viral ad campaign stolen from another commercial? by mike

mike — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:46:21 +0000

Interesting article- even though these ideas are similiar, good ideas sometimes just seem to be in the air. I even had a friend who drew a cartoon for fun back in the 90′s called The Elevator Bear; it had the same concept of random type humor as these great commercials. Cheers for the deep appreciation of creativity, excellence, and unpredictability that is universally shared among all people.

Comment on Boycotting SCAF’s elections: The revolution continues by Nevsh

Nevsh — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:44:13 +0000

Teetas, thanks for the post! I think that a couple of months after the elections people will realize that nothing has actually changed…but I do think that opposition parties NEED to make obvious statements about their position in reference to the elections, since that will hold a lot more weight, than a couple of activists boycotting the elections..

HZ: I totally sympathize with your feelings, especially the “some reform with a touch of islamism”

Taha: I’m also mixed about Turkey cause Edrogan’s gov is actually quite scarey…