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Strange text cursor

Yusuf5C97
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Aug 15, 2022 Aug 15, 2022

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I got this Ai file from another person for some editing and when I hover over the texts the cursor gets an arrow below it. I never saw this before. Can anyone explain what this is used for?

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Ton Frederiks Community Expert
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Looks like the cursor for Right to Left text direction.

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Looks like the cursor for Right to Left text direction.

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