How to use furigana or ruby in inDesign?

Hi Alba,

thank you for testing my suggestion.

Hm. That obviously did not work for you.

Before you doing anything else revert back to your "old" version of InDesign 2020.

Hope, that uninstalling and reinstalling InDesign will do this for you.

For now I'm out of ideas.

Installing the Japanese version would be an option, but then you'll get the Japanese interface with Japanese menus.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Hi Alba,

indeed, all features of the Japanese version of InDesign.

To access them for Japanese typesetting you need the Japanese version or a at least a document from the Japanese version where the setup is already done. If a Japanese document is opened in an English international version only scripting or some special plug-ins would provide control over the specific Japanese features.

FWIW: However, you could try to "simulate" or "fake" them, but I'm convinced that a Japanese customer could see the difference. So: Talk to your customer first, before you procede.

Finally I found this article by Dr Ken Lunde with some suggestions to get Japanese features with an English InDesign 2020. Did not test anything, but it is looking promising:

Adobe InDesign Tips:
Japanese/CJK Functionality + English UI—Redux
Dr Ken Lunde, Nov 5, 2019

https://medium.com/@ken.lunde/adobe-indesign-tips-japanese-cjk-functionality-english-ui-redux-539528e295c6

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )