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Issue with Arabic language when to convert from pdf to PowerPoint

  • October 15, 2020
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How to resolve Arabic language when to convert from Pdf to PowerPoint

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      Correct answer Dov Isaacs

      Regrettably, Acrobat's export of PDF to any Microsoft Office format does not properly handle right-to-left languages. This includes Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew. Assuming the proper font (or at least a substitute font supporting the proper glyphs) is used in the export, generally, the text will appear “backwards” in terms of the glyph order in the text.

       

      Numberous customers (including some Adobe employees) have complained about this shortcoming for a number of years. Since these communities are not monitored by Adobe product development, the proper place to express your request for right-to-left language support in PDF export to Office is at https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac.

       

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      October 15, 2020

      Regrettably, Acrobat's export of PDF to any Microsoft Office format does not properly handle right-to-left languages. This includes Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew. Assuming the proper font (or at least a substitute font supporting the proper glyphs) is used in the export, generally, the text will appear “backwards” in terms of the glyph order in the text.

       

      Numberous customers (including some Adobe employees) have complained about this shortcoming for a number of years. Since these communities are not monitored by Adobe product development, the proper place to express your request for right-to-left language support in PDF export to Office is at https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac.

       

      - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
        Dov Isaacs
        Dov Isaacs
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        October 15, 2020

        This is not an issue associated with the Adobe Fonts service. Moving this posting to the Acrobat community.

         

        - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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