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Lordrhavin
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November 29, 2023
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Indesign bug: RTL mark not working

  • November 29, 2023
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I have some text in arabic in a manual that gets printed in the wrong direction. If i put a RTL-mark before it, i just get a little directional arrow but the text doesnt change direction. Where do i set RTL/LTR?

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Zaid Al Hilali
Community Expert
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November 29, 2023
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If i put a RTL-mark before it, i just get a little directional arrow but the text doesnt change direction. 


By @Lordrhavin

 

I didn't understand the above part of what you wrote. However, I do understand that you need to have RTL / LTR controls

 

To get these Paragraph direction controls, you need to have the Middle Eastern version of Adobe InDesign.

In order to install the Middle Eastern copy of Adobe InDesign, you can remove existing copy, or keep existing copy thus having two copies of InDesign eventually, one for Right-to-Left languages, and original copy of InDesign on your machine for English jobs.

 

Lordrhavin
Inspiring
November 29, 2023

https://www.google.com/search?q=RTL+mark

I need another version to have a certain basic text feature that any modern browser supports. Are you kidding me?

Zaid Al Hilali
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 29, 2023

With the Middle Eastern version you will get plenty of RTL controls that enable you to put a book together, a magazine or a newspaper, it is not just the one added feature.