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Anonymous
January 24, 2019
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Transfering Arabic Word document to Illustrator

  • January 24, 2019
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I RECEIVED ARABIC TRANSLATION IN WORD FORMAT , WHEN IT WAS PASTED IN ILLUSTRATOR , THE TEXT DIRECTIONS AND FONT WERE AS PER ARABIC AND  AS PER IN WORD DOCUMENT , BUT ONLY THE NUMERICALS IN THE TEXT CHANGED THE DRIECTION , I.E 50 IN THE WORD DOCUMENT PASTED IN ILLUSTRATOR AS 05 , BUT THE POINT NUMBERING FOR EACH PARAGRAPH THAT WERE IN ENGLISH NUMBERING  GOT PASTED IN ARABIC.

IS THERE ANY SETTING FOR NUMERCIALS AS IT IS PASTED AND NOT CHANGE ?? NEED HELP TO RESOLVE THIS

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geraldpimentel
Participant
August 13, 2020

hello same thing here. I got the indic and Middle eastern, but my issue is the dots the and qoutes?. i will try the place. im using cc 2020

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Mariam HovhannesyanCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 26, 2019

Try selecting text that you need open type menu then fonts and then select arabic font. I think it will work. I had the same problem with Armenian.

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Anonymous
March 8, 2019

Thanks so much for your reply Mariam . I cannot select fonts in Illustrator as it shows only one font Adobe Arabic , when the Arabic word document in Times new Roman font was placed in Illustrator , the font changed to Adobe Arabic .   Will your suggestion help in keeping the text same as is in the word document . Actually I am not clear of the steps you are recommending ,  My whole document has bold , un bold texts , numercials , symbols . IF I select the whole text and try to change font , it will change the whole text it will no longer have separate bold, unbold texts . I do not want to change the font styles from the original . can you share some screen shots if you can it will help a lot in understanding .  

Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Srishti BaliCommunity Manager
Community Manager
January 25, 2019

Hi Arvind,

As Jane mentioned, please try to Place the file instead of Copy > Paste. Apart from that, there are a few more things which you should keep in mind while working with the Arabic Text:

Regards,

Srishti

Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Srishti BaliCommunity Manager
Community Manager
February 11, 2019

Hi Arvind,

First, uninstall English version and then install ME version, steps are shared in my earlier post.

srishtib8795206  wrote

Regards,

Srishti

Zaid Al Hilali
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Zaid Al HilaliCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 25, 2019

Surely, placing the file gives better results as Illustrator will run Microsoft Office filter, so try what jane-e​ suggested.

If the problem persists, then you need to tell us whether you have a Middle Eastern Illustrator on not because you need Paragraph Directions control and Character Direction control that are found in the Paragraph and Character panels' fly-out menu and these are only available in the Illustrator version that supports Arabic.

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Anonymous
January 28, 2019

Thanks so much for your reply , I have Adobe Illustrator CC 18.1 64 bit software and also 22.1 64 bit . I do not have the setting as shown in Character and Paragraph of Directions in my version . I guess I do not have the Middle eastern Illustrator .  How can I upgrade ,  Will I have to buy a separate middle eastern illustrator  version?   If I install or upgrade to include middle eastern illustrator , will I be able to use it as English direction .  Please guide so that I am able to get exact replica of the word document when placed in illustrator , which will align with respect to text direction , numerical direction  

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ahmedq7723789
Participant
January 28, 2019

Hi Arvind.

Make sure to check the Show Indic Options inside Preferences > Type > Language Options.

Don't forget to check the Middle Eastern & South Asian Single-Line Composer inside the Paragraph > Menu Settings.

Choose the Arabic Font Type, and start typing using On-Screen Keyboard or Physical Keyboard.

jane-e
Community Expert
jane-eCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 24, 2019

Instead of Copy and Paste, what happens when you choose File > Place?

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Anonymous
January 28, 2019

thanks a lot for your reply ,  I tried the place option , but still only the Arabic numerical changes  in English changes from 50 to 05 and in some cases numerical which are in English change to Arabic numerical  . The Arabic text matches .

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