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alexandrer31727960
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Make a book with Hebrew text

  • May 16, 2022
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Hello
I have Indesign in French and I need to make a book model with a text in Hebrew.
Who can help me to integrate a pagination from right to left and the same for the text?
Thanks very much

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Correct answer Joel Cherney

Open up your Creative Cloud app (not InDesign) and, in your preferences, change your language to one that supports Arabic; I recall that there is a French (Arabic) option. Then go back to the Apps section and reinstall InDesign: it won't take long, as it's not reinstalling the whole app, just adding right-to-left support. Then, your document setup dialog will allow right-to-left binding, your paragraph panel will have right-to-left paragraph direction buttons, and so on.

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jmlevy
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jmlevyCommunity Expert
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May 16, 2022

Toutes les explications pour procéder à l'installation sont ici : 

https://helpx.adobe.com/fr/indesign/kb/access-install-hebrew-arabic-indesign-illustrator-CC.html#:~:text=Dans%20la%20bo%C3%AEte%20de%20dialogue,en%20charge%20de%20l'h%C3%A9breu%20%2D

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    alexandrer31727960Author
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    May 16, 2022
    Bonjour

    J’ai procédé à l’installation d’Indesign en modifiant la langue mais cela ne change rien

    Cordialement
    Alexandre
    Eric Dumas
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    Eric DumasCommunity Expert
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    May 16, 2022

    Looking at many questions posted here on that exact topic over the many years; you are better off having a separate installation that support hebrew/arabic language. It becomes a bit of a nightmare otherwise.

    Often, a designer will spend a lot of time getting it right, saves the design. When reopening the file, the text is then reversed back-to-front.

    So you are better off installing the correct language.

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      alexandrer31727960Author
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      May 16, 2022
      Bonjour

      Pouvez-vous me dire comment faire une installation séparée ?

      Cordialement
      Alexandre
      Joel Cherney
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      Joel CherneyCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      May 16, 2022

      Open up your Creative Cloud app (not InDesign) and, in your preferences, change your language to one that supports Arabic; I recall that there is a French (Arabic) option. Then go back to the Apps section and reinstall InDesign: it won't take long, as it's not reinstalling the whole app, just adding right-to-left support. Then, your document setup dialog will allow right-to-left binding, your paragraph panel will have right-to-left paragraph direction buttons, and so on.

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