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Inspiring
November 5, 2025
Question

hebrew colmuns going backwards!

  • November 5, 2025
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why are my columns going backwards with my hebrew text?

I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling indesign with the option 'englis ( תוך עברית)' and it's still not workin!!

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Frans v.d. Geest
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2025

Because Hebrew is read from right to left.

Inspiring
November 6, 2025

correct, that's the way i would like the columns to be.

it's going from left to right instead of right to left

Willi Adelberger
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 6, 2025

Go to Type > Story and reverse the column direction, then update the used object style or create a new object style. (This function is in many cases  not found.)