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How to Create a Dual Language PDF E-Book in InDesign

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Mar 03, 2025 Mar 03, 2025

I am working on a bilingual compilation in InDesign, and I am trying to work on a PDF e-book compilation in Hebrew (RTL) and LTR languages.
First, I successfully set it in the opposite direction by referring to the article in the link below!!

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/ 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/make-a-book-with-hebrew-text/m-p/12946172

 

But the problem is the numbers that go between Hebrew sentences.
They are entered as Arabic numerals, but when you copy them from Word and paste them into InDesign, they go in the exact opposite direction of the Hebrew letters.

For example, the letters that appear as 58:12 in Word come out as 21:85 when you paste them into InDesign.

The paragraph writer for Hebrew, the language I'm currently working on, is 'Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer', but if I change it to 'Adobe Paragraph Composer' to display Arabic numerals correctly, the entire Hebrew paragraph will change, so this also seems impossible. How can I solve this problem? Experts, please help me.

 

P.S. Please see the attached image as an example!
pretty please help me!.png

Another thing I want to tell you is that I am Korean:)

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Mar 03, 2025 Mar 03, 2025
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Hi @은희송20745371,

 

The issue happens because Arabic numerals (LTR) mix with Hebrew text (RTL), causing the numbers to appear in reverse when pasted from Word. To fix this, keep Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer enabled, then select the numbers and set their Character Direction to Left-to-Right (Type > Character > Left-to-Right). If that doesn’t work, try manually retyping the numbers to ensure they stay in the correct order.

You might also find these discussions helpful:
Arabic Text & Numbers Order Issue
Hebrew Text Appearing Backwards
Pasting Arabic Text from Word
More on Hebrew Text Issues

Let me know if this helps or if you’re still facing issues. Looking forward to your update! 

 

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Abhishek

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