Having problem when using Data Merge with Arabic language

[trendyart]

Hi there,

i'm trying to use data merge to do an employees cards,

all are ok for English,

but for the Arabic letters, things become strange it became like Alien language over there,

i need you're advice,

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

Hi @trendyart,

This might be an encoding issue with the CSV file. Please go through the following discussion and try the suggested encoding

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/adobe-indesign-data-merge-wrong-encoding/m-p/11618034?page=1...

Also, make sure that the font applied to the text has all the required glyphs and that the proper paragraph composer is applied

-Manan

[trendyart]

Thank you Manan it works,

i use this format: UTF-16 Unicode Text (.text)

and it works for Arabic,

Thank you again, you saved me from setting 120 cards nanually 🙂 

[Mohammad2176774387xd]

Thanks .. same problem and your solution work for me. 

[HishamHoweedy]

THANK YOU!!!

[TemoTk]

Hello,
For anyone facing such an issue, I used " Unicode Text (*.txt) "
and it`s working ..