problems with copy and pasting text in InDesign

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June 19, 2025
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i am trying to paste hebrew words from word and the word flips around what should i do

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clark_598

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i am trying to paste hebrew words from word and the word flips around what should i do

By @yehudis_4672

Hello @yehudis_4672,

To fix flipped Hebrew text when pasting from Word, set the paragraph direction to Right-to-Left after pasting. In Word, go to the Home tab and click the Right-to-Left Text Direction button. This preserves the correct order and alignment. catmeowing

If that doesn’t help, try using Paste Special > Keep Source Formatting to retain the original layout. Let me know if you need a quick shortcut version too.

Best Regards,
Clark Dahl

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yehudis_4672Author

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please let me know how i can change the words around i typed it in word like "birthday" and it came out "yadhtrib" its in hebrew

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Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @yehudis_4672,

Could you try the suggestions shared above to see if it helps? If not, kindly confirm the version of the OS/InDesign installed and share a small screen recording of your exact workflow and the settings used, so we can better assist you.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Dou you have the ME version of InDesign installed?

I don't work with right-to-left text, but I believe you will need to activate the World Ready Composer and be sure Hebrew is assigned as the language to that text, and there may be an additional control for the text direction in a mixed dirextion story (there is a control for text direction for the entire story, I believe, and also at the paragraph level as a style setting).

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