Article ID: 820613 - Last Review: August 25, 2008 - Revision: 1.2

Arabic text displayed garbled in form pages in Internet Explorer

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SYMPTOMS

When typing Arabic or Hebrew text in forms within Internet Explorer; garbage characters are displayed instead of the Arabic or Hebrew text.

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A third party application called "TopText iLookUp" is installed. This application intercepts text input into the browser window; and since it does not support Bidirectional text (Arabic, Hebrew), it causes this problem.

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RESOLUTION

Uninstall the 3rd party application And contact The application vendor (www.ezula.com) to inquire about the availability of an update that addresses this issue.

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MORE INFORMATION

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

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