Select diacritics or ligated characters

The feature described in this Help topic is only available if support for a right-to-left language, such as Arabic, is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

  1. In your file, click to the left of the character whose diacritic or ligation you want to select.
  2. Hold down the SHIFT key, and then press the RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW key once for each diacritic or ligation.