Laura, just follow below steps to install Middle Eastern version of InDesign… 1. In your Adobe Creative Cloud application, access your account found on the top-right corner. 2. In the pop-up window (your account) click the "Apps" option on the left pane 3. Choose "English يدعم العربية" in order to download a copy of Illustrator with more Arabic support options. Click "Done" button. 4. Click on the three elipses, from the drop-list 5. Choose any of the older versions available. Note, you cannot install the same version which exists already on your machine, that's why you need to choose even a little older copy from the list.  6. Click "Install" for the version you've selected ... View more

I copied all text from @sak95456465 InDesign document then pasted it into a fresh InDesign document, I exported it to PDF, the problem still exists.    On the other hand, I pasted the copied text into Apple's Text Edit application, then copied it from there into a fresh InDesign document, and exported it to PDF, there were no issues, all diacritics appeared properly. I don't know if I'm adding something useful here, however, I still feel that original InDesign document that @sak95456465 was/is working on is carrying issues within it, it could be due to the text coming from a bad source, or any other reason. ... View more

Talking about percentages, supporting Right-to-Left languages doesn't mean you will support Arabic Language only, rather the support will include all Languages uses scripts similar to Arabic alphabets such as Farsi / Urdu / Pashto / Kurdish / Malay / Uyghor, hence the user numbers will certainly grow massively.   Surely, text-to-speech is something else and had nothing to do with above percentage comparison. Having said that, if third party plugins and online services can do the job, why can't Adobe do it, they have an army of developers, it is better than losing business to DaVinci. Similarly Adobe Acrobat as an expensive application and is considered as leader in the market lacks so much Arabic support whereas much cheaper "competitor" applications supports Arabic better! ... View more

@Carlos5C66 I too work and stay in the UAE. Adobe had held surveys over the years in our region (Middle East), they come here in person or online. We had a fruitful meeting with a group of Adobe relevant technical and business staff last Wednesday in order to convey the message and see the development of new Right-to-Left and Arabic / Farsi / Urdu languages features.  We discussed the feature "Text to Speach" which is being discussed in this thread. I'm not defending Adobe here as I'm not a staff, but I can say that Adobe are working on several RTL features but mainly on the Adobe Text Engine more than anything. Beside Adobe's reagional office in Riyadh – Saudi Arabia, Adobe staff from San Jose are visiting Dubai early next November, and they would need to meet users, kindly reach out to me to connect you directly with the visiting team in order to present your case as well as other users in the region. ... View more

@sak95456465   وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله Sorry it took me so long to ansewr.   @Abhishek Rao @Anubhav M I updated my InDesign to the latest v. 20.4.1, and the issue is still there. I copied the text from @sak95456465 InDesign document, I pasted it in a fresh document, exported it to PDF, the issue is still there. Diacritics disapear from the text.  Now, it could be the text that came from an outside source such as MS. Word or any other that carried some issues with it into InDesign, I mean I work with InDesign mostly in Arabic and I do type diacritics, but this problem doesn't show on my documents. I will keep an eye on the matter and will report back. Note. Changing the font, style, leading, kashida, and tracking for example doesn't fix the problem. I believe the issue is in the text engine of InDesign. ... View more

I feel for you Saleem. I'm sure we will receive calls from our customers (Adobe users) who will as frustrated as you're now. Sadly, you have the InDesign subscription as the only way to go now. ... View more

I just dialed the toll free number for the UAE. It is disconnected. It appears that Adobe removed this phone activation service recently. ... View more

Both numbers not operational, even the toll one? ... View more

Saleem, in our region (The Middle East), we some times ask users to contact the toll-free Adobe support number for such activation process. Check the page for the number in your region, explain to the support person what you need. Note. Call during UK working hours. Insha' Allah you will get it sorted. ... View more

The diacritic positioning was available as a palette in InDesign only back in CS6. While now in CC, InDesign has a dedicated panel. Photoshop and Illustrator has a good amount of diacritics controls in the Character panel. ... View more

Obviously I missed it when I went through your screenshot. So, yes, you should get the RTL controls with this 2nd option. @Joel Cherney my bad 😒 ... View more

Well sure, you can download and install from the link you have there, however, non of the listed copies on the screenshot is a Middle Eastern! ... View more

If you have a CS6 ME installer then simply install, and use your serial number to activate it. Otherwise, you have to get Adobe CC ME which by the way has the diacritic positioning available in Adobe InDesign. ... View more

From the screenshot you shared, it's unclear what exactly appears corrupted. Could you please explain the issue in more detail or share another screenshot that clearly shows the problem? By @Abhishek Rao   I can see the issue with the Arabic text, the tracking of the text is like in minus (~ –70) hence the words are crumbeling upon each other. Here in green is what the text should look like, while in red is Tracking: –75 on my Mac using Skolar font from Adobe fonts. The screenshot in the original post shows results different to mine, so it may not be related to tracking or kerning at all, however I wanted to explain to you how the text should look like in ideal settings (above green text) ... View more

What happenes if you substitute the installed font with the version available from Adobe Fonts?  I just tried Skolar from Adobe fonts on my Illustrator (Middle Eastern) v.29.5.1 and it look fine.    Note. For best testing method, remove the installed copy from your Mac to be sure you're testing the synced version of the font. ... View more

I don't use Podcast, yet I second above request.      ... View more

With regards to the Beta version, I installed the available beta from the Adobe CC desktop application as shown below. I downloaded a fresh copy of @sak95456465 Indesign document. Well the same issue when exporting to PDF, the diacritic didn't appear in the PDF. After going back to the InDesign document, I deleted, then retyped the diacritic, exprted it to PDF, this time the diacritics appeared!   Note. Above mentioned beta is not the one @Abhishek Rao referred to 20.4 ... View more

Hi Abhishek, the result is inconsistent. See the screen recording here to see that I had to delete the last letter and its diacritic, then retype both again so that it would appear in the PDF.  In my first attempt as displayed in the attached video, I concentrated on the last word of the third row of the document قوچانِ The diacritic was there already, upon exporting to PDF, the diacritic disappears ie. it doesn't show in the PDF. On the second attempt as shown in the video, I deleted both the diacritic and las character, then re-typed both. This time around, exported the document to PDF and all went well.   ... View more

Hi Abhishek, I'm on the latest InDesign v.20.3.1 when I made above mentioned testing. - Mac OS 15.5   ... View more

Wiered, I downloaded a fresh copy of @sak95456465 Indesign document, I yet again deleted the diacritics, re-typed them again then exported to PDF, the diacritics didn't appear in the PDF! ... View more

An interesting behaviour. I downloaded @sak95456465 Indesign document, when I exported it to PDF, I had the missing diacritics issue just like you, however, I deleted the diacritics, and reinstated them and I went to add random ones, then exported it to PDF, the result was good, all the diacritics showed up as intended. Could be the text was originally imported from MS. Word or other word processing application which caused this bug to appear! It is an InDesign bug non the less.  ... View more

It's a good reminder for all of us to consider enabling World-Ready Composer when working with fonts that have extensive OpenType capabilities! Abhishek By @Abhishek Rao   Thanks Abhishek. This is important to me too and I'm going to test few things on our end based on your feedback up here. ... View more

I have done few Arabic Data-merge in InDesign over the years. I can try this one for you. Do you wish to share the document and partial data for my testing? Note. I will use the Middle Eastern version of InDeisgn for this.   Edit. I just reliazied that you shared the files already up here. ... View more

Adobe uses different Text Engines for their different applications that's why an issue with Arabic text may show on certain application, and not on another. As far as I know, Adobe planing to unify their text engines. ... View more

Thanks Akbar for the clarification, I'm aware about some of the differences, mainly the grammar (SOV). Other than that I believe the differences are minor when it comes to the text engine - in my opinion.  I will attract attention within Adobe to your post, hopefully you and all of us users will get an improved experience in Illustrator and other Adobe apps. ... View more

Salam Akbar, I'm interested in knowing the issues that are unique to Farsi Language users. I thought the issues would be similar to that of Arabic/Kurdish/Urdu Langauges! ... View more

I knew that Adobe switched to a new Text Engine, however, I didn't know about this Preferences option that enables legacy text shaping. Thanks for sharing @Joel Cherney  ... View more

You can install more than one Adobe Illustrator copies, one English, and another Middle Eastern as long as they're not the same version, eg. install a slightly older version for either one. ... View more