IBM Lotus Symphony


Bidirectional support

This section contains descriptions of creating a spreadsheet with RTL (Right to Left) layout, cursor flag support, and changing base level of the cell.

Create a spreadsheet with RTL layout

When you switch to a CTL locale, the layout of spreadsheet will be CTL automatically when you create a new spreadsheet.

Display cursor direction flag

In a CTL locale, when users put the mouse on any inputable area, the cursor direction flag appears to indicate the BIDI level of the previous character.

Dynamically change the base level of the cell in spreadsheet

  1. Create or open a spreadsheet
  2. Click File - Preferences - Symphony - Languages Settings -> Language ->Enable CTL support
  3. Select the cells you want to change, do one of the following:

    - Right click the toolbar, Select visible buttons->Right-to-left/Left-to-right/Context.

    - Click on the Right-to-left and Left-to-Right button in the toolbar directly.

  4. The effect should be:

    Left-to-Right -- The base level of the Cell is set to 0

    Right-to-Left -- The base level of the cell is set to 1

    Context -- The base level is changed dynamically according to the first strong character


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