can't reverse document layout on Adobe InDesign 2024 (version 19.5)

[TarekHassan]

can't reverse document layout on Adobe InDesign 2024 (version 19.5)
as an ex: if I need to work on translated document from English to Arabic I can't reverse the layout as older versions.
note: preferences adjusted (apps>Deafault install language: English يدعم العربية
so it should support RTL languages but unfortunately the newest version doesn't support RTL layout.

[kglad]

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[Laubender]

Hi @TarekHassan ,

I would reinstall InDesign after setting the language of your machine to Arabic/English.

Or go back to InDesign 2024 version 19.4 if that does not help.

For "reversing" the document pages you could use this ExtendScript code that sets page binding to "right-to-left":

// ExtendScript code to set page binding to RTL

app.documents[0].documentPreferences.pageBinding = 
PageBindingOptions.RIGHT_TO_LEFT;

Before running the script on a document in my German InDesign 2024 version 19.5.0:

Result after running the code:

How to install and run ExtendScript scripts see e.g.:

https://indiscripts.com/pages/help#hd0sb2

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[TarekHassan]

if I did that may I have control to reverse any layout?

[Laubender]

Hi @TarekHassan ,

you will change the order of pages in a spread from "left to right" to "right to left".

Just try it on a sample document with contents…

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[Joel Cherney]

My install of 2024 v19.5 has Reverse Layout exactly where I'd expect it, in the Layout menu. 

I find that my language setting in the CC app preferences typically fails to stick. So if I just let InDesign update itself without checking the language preference first, I'm likely to accidentally install plain vanilla English InDesign. 

Do you have no RTL tools at all? Then you may need to revisit that setting in the CC app preferences.

Do you have some RTL tools, but no "Reverse Layout" in the Layout menu? You could try resetting your preferences. No idea when it was implemented, but there's an easy new way to do so from within the InDesign preferences.

[TarekHassan]

I can't find any RTL tools ata all 😞 
I tried to reset preferences but nothing changed, so I stopped v19.5 for now and using 18.54. I use the same cloude 🙂 

any idea?

[Joel Cherney]

You'd need to look at the Preferences of the Creative Cloud app (not InDesign). In the "Apps" section, there's a language dropdown. In the dropdown for "Default install language" pick "English (Arabic)" or "English (Hebrew)" and click Done. Then when you go back to the Apps menu in Creative Cloud, you can "Install" InDesign and it will add RTL support to your install of InDesign. 

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