Having problem when using Data Merge with Arabic language

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Hi there,i'm trying to use data merge to do an employees cards,all are ok for English,but for the Arabic letters, things become strange it became like Alien language over there, i need you're advice,

Manan Joshi · Accepted Answer

Hi @trendyart,This might be an encoding issue with the CSV file. Please go through the following discussion and try the suggested encodinghttps://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/adobe-indesign-data-merge-wrong-encoding/m-p/11618034?page=1#M404763Also, make sure that the font applied to the text has all the required glyphs and that the proper paragraph composer is applied-Manan

trendyart · Answer

Thank you Manan it works,i use this format: UTF-16 Unicode Text (.text)and it works for Arabic,Thank you again, you saved me from setting 120 cards nanually &#128578;

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