During a clean WinXP installation, the Arabic fonts are installed as part of what Microsoft calls
Complex Script fonts.
(MS documentation.)To add Arabic font support to WinXP follow these steps.
- Download fbarab.zip from this site.
- Extract the installation package from fbarab.zip with a
decompression utility.
- Run fbarab.exe to install the Arabic keyboard layouts.
- Restart Windows.
- Load the keyboard layouts:
- Click on the Start button.
- Click on Control Panel.
- The Control Panel is directly accessible in the standard Start
menu but it is inside Settings in the classic Start menu.
- Click on "Date, Time, Language and Regional
Options."
- Select the "Add other languages" task.
- Or click on "Regional and Language Options" and select the Languages tab.
- Check the "Install files for complex script and right-to-left
languages" option and click on the Apply button.
- Click Yes when you are asked to restart Windows.
- Go to "Add other languages" again and click on the
Details button.
- Click on the Add button.
- Select Arabic in the drop-down list of input languages and select
Arabic ASDF Eastern or Arabic ASDF Western in the drop-down list of
keyboard layouts.
- Click OK as many times as you are prompted to and then close
"Date, Time, Language and Regional Options."
For MS Office:
- Click on the Start button.
- Move the pointer over Microsoft Office Tools in Programs
and click on Microsoft Office Language Settings.
- Select the Enabled Languages tab, check Arabic and click OK.
- Leave your preferred language as it is unless you really want to
change it and click OK.
- Click OK.
I hope that helps.
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