[Bug 46747] New: Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46747

Bug ID: 46747
           Summary: Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013
           Product: Wine
           Version: 4.2
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 63748
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MS Word 2013 in ar_YE.UTF-8 locale

I did a clean prefix as follows

created Win 7 32bit

Then installed from WineTricks: Core Fonts, Tahoma Font, msxml6, riched20,
usp10

and Added reg key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]
"MaxVersionGL"=dword:00030002

Then installed Office 2013 Pro (Arabic Version)

Installation went fine with one minor problem: I cannot customize installation.
Once I hit the down arrow to show drop down menu to customize which component
to choose from. Once I hit to show, it drops down and disappear in half a
second.

I was able to run all programs except:
OneNote     shows a message cannot continue please install Windows Desktop 
            Experience
Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook run fine so far.

One major problem with all running applications is Arabic representation:

Word     Arabic letters are not connected at all and are typed from left to 
         right as if English.
Others   Other apps type Arabic in the right way with no problem.
All      Arabic letters are not connected in main menu and sub menus in all
         apps. Letter are typed from right to left correctly but not connected

If I switch the locale language to Arabic for example ar_YE.UTF-8:
Word     Arabic letters are still not connected but word direction is fine 
         (rtl); however, English is typed from right to left
Others   Other apps work fine.
All      Menus still have the same problem

I attached a picture of Word 2013 in ar_YE.UTF-8 locale. English words (This is
a book) are type backward, and All Arabic letters are not connected, although
some tips boxes and sub sub menus are fine.

[Bug 46747] Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46747

--- Comment #1 from Akram  ---
Created attachment 63749
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Mail Merge Wizard (at left) is seen as if a mirror

[Bug 46747] Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

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--- Comment #2 from Akram  ---
Created attachment 63750
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PowerPoint 2013: Arabic text is fine but menus are not

[Bug 46747] Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

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Nikolay Sivov  changed:

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           Severity|major                       |normal

--- Comment #3 from Nikolay Sivov  ---
That's because shaping is not implemented in DirectWrite. We have bug 44826 for
that.

[Bug 46747] Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46747

--- Comment #4 from Akram  ---
bug 44826 is a one year old one. Is a fix planned for it?

[Bug 46747] Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

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--- Comment #5 from Akram  ---
All applications except Word work fine (except the menu problem). Perhaps this
is an issue with Word not Direct 3D. Menu problem effect all Apps but Word does
not write Arabic correctly.

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Ahmed Elsayed  changed:

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[Bug 46747] Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

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--- Comment #6 from Ahmed Elsayed  ---
I use word 2010, and the Arabic language connected well when I remove Arabic
from the language settings, and use "right to left direction", and "align text
left", but you will not be able to use Proofing tools, and to change numbers to
"context" or "Hindi".

[Bug 46747] Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46747

--- Comment #7 from Nikolay Sivov  ---
(In reply to Ahmed Elsayed from comment #6)
> I use word 2010, and the Arabic language connected well when I remove Arabic
> from the language settings, and use "right to left direction", and "align
> text left", but you will not be able to use Proofing tools, and to change
> numbers to "context" or "Hindi".

Office 2010 is using Uniscribe, Office 2013/2016/2019 are using DirectWrite;
2010 results are not very relevant to newer versions.

[Bug 46747] Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

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--- Comment #8 from Ahmed Elsayed  ---
(In reply to Nikolay Sivov from comment #7)
> (In reply to Ahmed Elsayed from comment #6)
> > I use word 2010, and the Arabic language connected well when I remove Arabic
> > from the language settings, and use "right to left direction", and "align
> > text left", but you will not be able to use Proofing tools, and to change
> > numbers to "context" or "Hindi".
>
> Office 2010 is using Uniscribe, Office 2013/2016/2019 are using DirectWrite;
> 2010 results are not very relevant to newer versions.

I didn't know that. Thanks for your explanation.

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--- Comment #9 from Ahmed Elsayed  ---
I use Linux for more than 3 years, and Arabic support is still the same. I
don't have any problem using any application in English language, but MS Office
Word is the only program that it can't be used with one language.

[Bug 46747] Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

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--- Comment #10 from Akram  ---
In reply to Ahmed Elsayed from comment #6.
I tried Ahmed's solution but it is still the same problem. I hope Wine Team
solve this issue. All applications of Office 2013 support Arabic except Word
2013. It does not connect letters and type it in reverse. OneNote does not
launch. Very similar situation with Office 2010. This time OneNote 2010 works.
Only Word 2010 and 2013 have problem with Arabic letter. Further more, if I
open Arabic docx file. Word display the content correctly. But you cannot type
Arabic.

[Bug 46747] Arabic letters are not connected in MS Office 2013

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--- Comment #11 from Nikolay Sivov  ---
We have some fairly complete support for Arabic shaping in DirectWrite, that
should help Office 2013+. E.g. static texts on ribbon bar should render
correctly now I think. Typing Arabic text in document area could still be
problematic, it does not depend just on shaping support.