Indesign right to left book.

[sophieh5855493]

Hello, Hopefully someone can help me,

im creating a book in indesign CC, but i want the page to be bound on the right hand side, as if reading a book back to front, or what a hebrew or arabic book may be like, I've already read up on this, that i might need a right to left script? (which i can't find anywhere online that works)

Any advice as to how i can get the book to print in this format?

thanks

[Zaid Al Hilali]

Have you considered downloading InDesign with Middle Eastern options so that it allows you to choose RTL binding.

[kurth76115270]

Hi

No, I don't get that dialog. Is that CC2018? I have my CC language prefs set to English-Hebrew....which made me download a different version of InDesign. I assumed that what I have *is* the ME version. Is there yet another version?

best,
Kurt

k

[Steve Werner]

Go to Preferences > General. Choose "Use Legacy 'New Document' Dialog" and see if see what Zaid is showing in CC 2018.

[Laubender]

Hi Steve,

the new New Document dialog cannot show the MENA features?

Regards,
Uwe

[Willi Adelberger]

Sure it does:

Even with German-Hebrew User Interface.

[kurth76115270]

Might work in German-Hebrew

[Laubender]

Should work in English-Hebrew as well…

Regards,
Uwe

[kurth76115270]

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to. I don't get what's up. Is it possible that even though I have 'English Hebrew' selected in my prefs that somehow i don't have the English Hebrew version? The type all seems to be behaving properly.

[amaarora]

Hi,

Please uninstall the version of InDesign and then reinstall the English Hebrew version.

kurth76115270  wrote

The type all seems to be behaving properly.

Please post a screenshot of what you mean by properly

-Aman

[kurth76115270]

sure, here's some type behaving properly. This is in Yiddish:

[Laubender]

Hi kurth76115270 ,

unfortunately that's no proof.

Typesetting in Hebrew can also be done e.g. with my German version.

And I do not have the Binding options you would need.

Regards,
Uwe

[Laubender]

Do you have the Binding options with your legacy New Document dialog?
If not, I think, the Hebrew version did not merge with the English one.

Regards,
Uwe

[kurth76115270 · Accepted solution]

i called Adobe tech support. It seems to have been a prefs and/or cache issue. After trashing them and reinstalling the program, the feature appeared.

Yay.