Apple - Microsoft Word right-to-left (RTL) support
Word 2016 has this language feature if you can upgrade Word.
There's no right-to-left support for Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac presently. There are several alternative word processors that do support RTL, however:
- OpenOffice
- Mellel
- Nisus Writer Pro
After endless effort to find a solution the only thing that worked for me was opening another document that was already saved with a paragraph direction from right to left. Worked like a charm!