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October 1, 2019
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Indesign CS6 farsi text changes when pasted from word to InDesign

  • October 1, 2019
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I've been given a word in Persian to place into an American English InDesign document. The letters all change! I've set the characters to Farsi in the character pallate but the word is still wrong. How do I copy and paste the word    

بیبی

   with out the letters changing?

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    jane-e
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 1, 2019

    Hi

     

    Have you applied the World-Ready Paragraph Composer to the paragraph?

    https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/arabic-hebrew.html#id_13609

     

     

    ~ Jane

     

    Participating Frequently
    October 1, 2019
    that took care of it! I spent a couple of hours, yesterday, trying to figure this out. Simple solution I couldn't find anywhere! thank you
    jane-e
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 1, 2019

    You’re welcome, and I’m happy that it’s working for you now!

     

    Jane

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 1, 2019

    Hi

    What happens when you use File > Place instead of copy and paste?

     

    Jane

    Participating Frequently
    October 1, 2019
    exact same thing