How to type in Arabic in LibreOffice

I used to write and read .odf and .doc files in Arabic on my laptop and then suddenly one day LibreOffice stopped reading and writing in Arabic. I can normally write in Arabic in the browser for example or in other programs but if I for example copy and paste an Arabic text in LibreOffice it would only paste numbers and symbols. Same thing if I enable the Arabic keyboard and try to type in Arabic: no letters will appear in the document.

• I have installed a language pack as suggested here:
  LibreOffice Language Pack Installation

• I have installed an Arabic font.

• I have changed the Language settings as suggested here:
  How to setup LibreOffice for Arabic and Persian

What is wrong?

(Sorry I am quite ignorant about these kind of issues (but willing to learn). Please try to speak a human language to let me understand which steps should I follow).

Thanks a lot

Solution 1:

I assume that you want to type from right to left ?! Right ?!

Well, there are two methods:

A) Complete new Ubuntu Installation into Arabian-Language with Arabian keyboard and Hardware purchased at airport in Dubai.

;o)

B) Here is the link to add new fonts for libreoffice (you simply need to add fonts in gimp):

How to add new fonts to gimp?

Happy coding and writing and a nice winter-time to you.

Solution 2:

It looks like you have a corrupt preferences tree saved on your system.

backup this directory "/home/yourUserName/.config/libreoffice/VersionNumber/user", and remove it from there . This will revert your LibreOffice to fresh install status . Note: your custom settings,personal dictionnary, & recent docs list will be lost ! but youcan restore them one by one from your backup.