[Mac] RTL does not appear to be triggered in Word 2016

**Issue by [mcdurdin](https://github.com/mcdurdin)**
_Sunday May 28, 2017 at 02:12 GMT_
_Originally opened as https://github.com/sillsdev/keyman/issues/23_

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Trying out the beta 1.0 Keyman for OS X. I am running 10.11.4 on a MacBook Pro 15 inch (mid-2014); 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7.

My question concerns Right-to-Left (RTL) keyboards on Office 2016 Mac. Microsoft has announced that, as of Build 15.20, Office 2016 Mac supports RTL. It works fine for Apple Keyboards. However, it does not recognise third-party keyboards as RTL, including those we use with Keyman.

I suspect this is a Microsoft issue; Keyman and other RTL keyboards work fine on other word processors running on the Mac (Mellel, LibreOffice and Pages). I have submitted bug reports to Microsoft. From their responses, I don't think a solution is soon in coming.

I wonder, then, if there is a possible workaround from your side to enable Office 2016 Mac to 'see' your keyboards? Is there a 'trigger'? I am a bit mystified how a keyboard communicates to the OS and word processor that it is RTL?

Thanks so much in advance. It's great to have access to Keyman on the Mac.

[link to tavultesoft forum post](http://www.tavultesoft.com/forums/topic.php?ForumTopicID=417&ForumPostID=1544#ForumPost_1544)