Hebrew text in reverse

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December 10, 2017
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I'm translating a document from English to Hebrew with InDesign ME (middle east) 2017 version.

The original file was made with a regular (not ME) version.

There are tables in the document.

When I put Hebrew text inside the table it appears in reverse, meaning the word appears from left to right (not as mirror).

This is what I do:

I mark a table.

I change the direction of the table to "Right-to-Left Table".

I change the Language to Hebrew in the Character window.

I change the paragraph direction to "Right-to-Left Paragraph Direction".

Still the text is reversed!

I can't solve this. What can I do?

Thanks

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Correct answer CyndeeM

For Hebrew RTL text to work properly you need to be using the correct text composer. If you are using a Hebrew enabled version, then this is found in the Paragraph pallette's pop out menu. There are 4 choices: Adobe Paragraph Composer; Adobe Single Line Composer; Adobe World Ready Paragraph Composer and Adobe World Ready Single Line Composer. For your Hebrew text, you must select one of the two World Ready Composers for the RTL to work properly.

CyndeeM

Inspiring

Have you set your composer (Paragraph menu fly out) to one of the World Ready composers?

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I'm not sure I understood

CyndeeMCorrect answer

Inspiring

For Hebrew RTL text to work properly you need to be using the correct text composer. If you are using a Hebrew enabled version, then this is found in the Paragraph pallette's pop out menu. There are 4 choices: Adobe Paragraph Composer; Adobe Single Line Composer; Adobe World Ready Paragraph Composer and Adobe World Ready Single Line Composer. For your Hebrew text, you must select one of the two World Ready Composers for the RTL to work properly.

TᴀW

Legend

You need to change the character direction as well. In the paragraph style dialog, it's found here: Middle East Character Formats > Character Direction.

Usually, Default is the best setting, because it allows for a mix of numbers, letters and English characters. But if that doesn't work, you can choose right-to-left.

Ariel