Change text direction

Question

I am working with InDesign 2025 on a macbookair OS 14.7.1

I have layout document for one of my books that was created some years ago by a designer. I believe they may have been using Quark at that time. I was able to open the file with InDesign 2025 and everything looks as it should be except for one thing. The book is in Japanese and was laid out originally with the text in vertical orientation. Opened now in ID, the vertical line format is correct but the text is facing sideways instead of vertically.

Is it possible to change the text direction in an existing document?

Robert at ID-Tasker · Accepted Answer

Similarly to this:  https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/indesign/kb/access-install-hebrew-arabic-indesign-illustrator-CC.html

Robert at ID-Tasker · Answer

Maybe this will help:  https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/composing-cjk-characters.html  Would be best if you install CJK version of InDesign.

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