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Enable Arabic in Ai CC?

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July 16, 2013
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Hello,

I hope someone can give me a clear answer, Adobe support was no support at all. In Ai CS6 all you had to do is enable Arabic in the preferences through the Adobe Applications Manager and reinstal an updated version of Ai without the need to purchase a Middle East version. When I upgraded to CC it appeared to be the same, however when I opened Ai after going through a similar procedure, there was no left-to-right capabilities for the Type tool nor in the Paragraphs options. However InDesign CC does have these capabilities and it worked quite easily.

After the Adobe Support tech ran me through the same process I already did, she tried to tell me that I have to purchase a ME version of CC but I'd have to go to Best Buy or a 3rd party to purchase it because Adobe doesn't sell it online. Firstly, why didn't she say this from the start? Secondly, does that make sense that CC or "Creative Cloud" which is online based services is not available online but in retail stores???? Adobe.com has 2 different pages listing specs for CC, one does not show Arabic language support for it (http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud/tech-specs.html) while the main page featuring Ai does show it (http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/tech-specs.html), although it says in a ME version. But in CS6, ME was integrated into the apllications so has Adobe reverted to previous practices of seperate versions for other languages? I hope not, this was a wonderful advantage and feature!

Any clarity on this is much appreciated!

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Correct answer Monika Gause

Try and activate the Indic type support in preferences.

Then in paragraph panel select the arabic & indic type composer.

Also align right.

Does that work for you?

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iliasa18406342

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Hello

The arabic fonts in the files which was created in the past are damaged .

Anybody has a solution for that ?

Thanks for all

Hani.sawiress

Inspiring

How did you type Arabic in old files?

Hani.sawiress

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Please follow hereunder steps:

Start CC application manager
Click on the very top gear and select preferences
In the dialogues box that appears select Apps from the top icons
From the App Language dropdown menu choose “English يدعم العربية” like the screen shoot below
Close the dialogue box and return to the CC application manager. You will notice that the application that support Arabic will activate a button beside it labeled [install].
It is a new software not an update. If it was an update you will find an update button instead of install
Make sure to close the application before installing it.
You make need to uninstall the previous version of the App that you already install it. And make sure to update your shortcuts.

tuahabadarshaikh

Participant

Okay I got it better way, that worked for me, just download arabic cs4 template and open that file into illustrator cc. (Make sure that you check the box 'convert layers to object') also make sure you have arabic keyboard enabled and start typing on illustrator. Hope this helps.

christianmercado

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im looking for this answer as well... it worked fine with me..

Thank you so much guys

Monika Gause

Correct answer

Community Expert

Try and activate the Indic type support in preferences.

Then in paragraph panel select the arabic & indic type composer.

Also align right.

Does that work for you?

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dwalk75Author

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Yes this worked! Thanks so much, Adobe should send you the pay check of the tech I spoke to. This was a simple task to achieve, I can't believe tech support couldn't tell me this.

Take care!

Monika Gause

Community Expert

You're welcome

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