Malek Abbes 

This is because the numbering is automatic in Word. You will find only numbers entered manually. These numbers however belong to the heading styles and this will not be presented to translation.

 Malek Abbes 

There is no issue here.  The numbering is automatically managed by Word.  They are fields in Word, and not translatable text.

If you want to change them to some other script then you will need to do this in Word under the advanced options.  

1. Click on the File menu at the top left corner of the Word window.
2. Click on Options near the bottom of the menu.
3. In the Word Options window that appears, click on Advanced.
4. Scroll down to the Numeral section.
5. Click on the drop-down menu next to Numeral and select the option you need.
6. Click OK to close the Word Options window. Your numbering should now be based on the selection you made.

For me I am offered the following:

1. Arabic: This setting will produce "Western Arabic numerals", which are the numbers most familiar to Western readers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9).

2. Hindi: Despite the name, this setting actually means it will use Eastern Arabic numerals (٠, ١, ٢, ٣, ٤, ٥, ٦, ٧, ٨, ٩) that are commonly used in the Middle East.

3. Context: This setting will choose the type of numerals based on the language of the text. For example, if you're writing in English or another Western language, it will use Western Arabic numerals. If you're writing in Arabic, it will use Eastern Arabic numerals. This can be helpful if you're writing a document that contains text in multiple languages.

4. System: This setting will use the default numeral system for the language chosen in your operating system's regional settings. This means that if your operating system is set to English (United States), it will use Western Arabic numerals. If it's set to Arabic (Saudi Arabia), it will use Eastern Arabic numerals.

Remember that these settings affect all numbers in the document, including dates, page numbers, times, and so on.

I hope that helps?

Thank you for your response. Yes, I found the manually entered numbers in Trados, but I couldn't find the automatically generated numbers. How can I make them appear, or do I need to enter each number manually?

Thank you for your response. I understand that the numbers are automatically managed by Word, but there is still another issue in the same context. When I translated the document and exported it, the order of numbers remained left to right instead of the correct right to left format required for the Arabic language

Malek Abbes 

I am pretty sure that the numbers are correct and that they should be left to right, even in Arabic.

But even if you're right it's still not our problem.  They are automatically generated in Word.

Sameh Elsharkawy can you comment on this?

Hi Paul and Malek,
The numbers look correct to me.

2.2.1.1 in English
remains 2.2.1.1 in Arabic that is the default (we are not talking about appearance here Malek and whether you want to show these in Arabic or Hindi. That is the correct way for proper cross referencing with the English language. In Arabic we would read this as item 1 of 1 of 2 of 2 so it flows correctly from right to left order. 

I hope this is clear now.

Sameh

 Sameh Elsharkawy Paul Jerzy Czopik 

Thank you very much for your assistance. 

Thanks Sameh Elsharkawy 

Glad you're clear on this now Malek Abbes 

You are welcome Paul,

On a different note Microsoft Translator Plugin does not work anymore after I installed the last update, so what should I do? Very very annoying issue that with every update, we have to update the plugins!! 

Sameh Elsharkawy 

Make sure you remove all your plugins before updating to SR1.  It's in the release notes and was well discussed in the beta ;-)  Then take the latest version for SR1 through the integrated appstore.