English with Arabic Support Installation

[Hightime7898]

Hello folks,

I just installed InDesign without Arabic support enabled, which I need, do I have to uninstall and reinstall it with that option on, or is there a way to do it without the uninstall/reinstall process?

Thanks.

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

You don't need to unistall the previous version. Read the following post

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/need-rtl-text-for-arabic-don-t-see-option-in-ind...

I suppose there are two methods.

• Install different versions of each applications. Like the english version is not the latest but the MENA version is the latest
• The other option is to rename the folder where the current application is installed.

Give it a go, hopefully one of these tricks will work.

-Manan

[Manan Joshi]

I just tried installing the middle eastern version on my MAC which already has the English version installed(the latest version my MAC supports).  I was not prompted for unistallation of the current version so probably the tricks won't be necessary i think. Try it to know what it exactly does is all I can say now. And also please do share your findings here so that the other person with this question is benefitted with your experience.

-Manan

[Zaid Al Hilali]

Correct Manan, no need to uninstall existing InDesign. To add another InDesign copy with Middle Eastern capabilities, just change the language in the Creative Cloud desktop application to "English يدعم العربية" then download another copy with a different version number.

[omar37528763wfqo]

Arabic is not showing at all. I tried many ways to fix it, but nothing changed. The most puzzling part is that when I update the app, it goes!.

[Zaid Al Hilali]

I'm not sure what Language menu you're showing us, it certainly isn't the one to select Application Language. 

Check this post for details on how to acquire the Middle Eastern version.