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June 18, 2025
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Arabic Flipped Numbers In InDesign

  • June 18, 2025
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Solving Arabic Flipped Numbers Entire document In Indesign, Placed from MS word

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kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 18, 2025

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 18, 2025

Hi @interesting_Penguin4060,

 

Thanks for bringing this up. I hope Manan's suggestion helped resolve the issue. If the Arabic numbers are still appearing flipped after placing the text from Word into InDesign, please double-check that the text direction is set to Right-to-Left, and that you’re using the 'Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer' in the Paragraph panel.

Could you also let me know which version of InDesign and OS you're working on? And does this happen with all Word documents or just a specific one? If possible, sharing a sample file along with a screenshot showing the issue would really help us dig deeper and consult the team if needed.

 

Looking forward to hearing back from you!

Abhishek

Community Expert
June 18, 2025

Not sure if this will solve but did you check the Paragraph Composer and the text direction property?

-Manan

-Manan