Add Paragraph alignment type : Thai-Distributed

[neenachcha]

Hi

I have to export a word document in Thai and language, and make it looks like this.

IMAGE1

However, the document created from docx give me this.

IMAGE2

This section supposes to have only 2 paragraphs, and both paragraphs must be evenly distributed (or justified). I think the issue is about alignment type. I created document in IMAGE1 directly in word document, and use "Thai distributed alignment type". However, I created document in IMAGE2 from docx, and the alignment type shows "justify". I tried a few things but it doesn't improve the alignment.

Here are what I tried:

1. I tried using AlignmentType.DISTRIBUTE
2. I tried adding compatibility

compatibility: {
// version: 15, // not helpful,
// doNotExpandShiftReturn: true, // not helpful,
// wordPerfectJustification: true, // not helpful,
// noTabStopForHangingIndent: true // not helpful,
},

3. adding "Thai-distributed" into one of the option in alignment.d.ts

I couldn't find other ways to make this work.
It would be great if I could get some advice on how to make this work.
And it would be great if docx could add "Thai-distributed" as one of the alignment type.

[dolanmiu]

I will look into this, sounds like a feature request

[neenachcha]

Do you have any other adjustment? I use Microsoft365 Family for both Macbook and Window laptop.

[dolanmiu]

Very strange
No other adjustment no, I am using Word 2013. I did not set the font to Angsana New, just used the default font though. I do not have Angsana New installed on my computer

I uploaded this to Google Docs too, and it is fine for me:

I have created an example of how I created that doc:

https://github.com/dolanmiu/docx/blob/master/demo/79-thai-distributed.ts

[gozilla-paradise]

@dolanmiu

I also got this problem too, the space between each character is weird.

I am using Word 16.76.1 for mac. The english language work just fine, the problem is only in Thai language.

It works just fine on Google Doc but only weird in Microsoft Word.

I think the problem is how Thai Words are constructed. I have tried copy those weird spacing sentences in text editor and then paste back to Microsoft Word, and then they justified correctly.

Another workaround is to copy those sentences and the paste them again using "paste special with unformatted text option."

[dolanmiu]

It is done, check out https://github.com/dolanmiu/docx/blob/master/demo/78-thai-distributed.ts