How to change text direction in Arabic & Hebrew languages fonts from right-to-left (RTL) in InDesign

[adobe premium suite]

good morning I' vedownloaded the myriad hebrewto do a hebrew version of my layout.

Unfortunally I 've notisted that the text goes from link to right unstead of from right to link, although I set the language as hebrew. How can I fix this problem? thaks in advance Giuliana

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[Peter Spier]

To get the right to left language options you'll need to install the MENA (Middle East/North Africa) version of ID.

Should be available from the CC app.

[adobe premium suite]

Thank Peter, as Adbe suggested  I switched temporarly my account adobe to hebrew languages and then I've installed my ID againg and I was sercheing for MENA font in the Adobe font, but MENA doesn't exist, there is only Myriad , Adobe and Noto as hebrew language.

Unfortunally doesn't still work, this set up didn' t fix any thing, the direction of the hebrew texts are still wrong way. 

There is any body can help me? Thanks

Giuliana

[Anshul_Saini · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

Sorry about this trouble. Thanks for confirming that you are using the Middle East and North African edition of InDesign. I would suggest you to try the steps shared in this help article (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/arabic-hebrew.html) and see if that helps to resolve the issue.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,

Anshul Saini

[Julie26023356ci1y]

Hi - 
I am experiencing the same issue as the person above.  I am using the  Middle East and North African edition of InDesign, and see the option to move the text from right to left in the character panel, but when I select that option the text still does not move.  I did review the Adobe help document that you referenced, and tried everything it suggested, but it still did not resolve the issue.  Can you help me?

[Peter Spier]

Do you actually have text selected when assigning the direction, or entered new text after making the formatting adjustment?

[Julie26023356ci1y]

I tried it on selected text and entering a new textbox.  Neither made a difference.

However, I figured it out!  Once I chose "Adobe World-Ready Paragraph composer" in the Paragraph panel options, everything worked! The directions on this page, https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/arabic-hebrew.html, are confusing, because the text of the directions talk about the options in the Character panel, but then the picture below shows the needs to change it to "Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer" in the paragraphy panel, below the text.  So I must have read the text and skipped the picture.  Probably something that should be fixed in the directions.  🙂

Thanks for your help!