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Numbers typing backwards??? I'm going crazy LOL

  • June 22, 2017
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When I type 3 - 4 for example it reverses it to 4 - 3. When I type June 23/17 it types June 17/23. What is going on? I have never seen this in all my years using Indesign.

I am on CS6 Mac.

I can't for the life of me understand why I would ever need Indesign to reverse things like that. Anyone have any advice on how to get it back to normal.

It is only like this  in one document. If I start a new document the problem doesn't happen.

Thank you in advance.

      Correct answer Eugene Tyson

      If the document was started in a Middle Eastern version then the Right to Left reading could still be there - change the Language in the paragraph settings by going to Window>Type & Tables> Paragraphs


      And select the text in the paragraph with the type tool and change the language back to English UK/US

      Or change the language before typing.

      8 replies

      WesamAbubaker
      WesamAbubaker
      Participant
      February 27, 2024

      Select your Text then go to the Paragraph Menu, hit the Options Botton on the top corner choose

      "Adobe single-line Composer" or  "Adobe Every-line Composer" 

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        Grace26361680el6o
        Participant
        September 29, 2022

        This is the solution for Adobe Acrobat Pro 2017, so you can try it on the software you're using. 

         

        When editing a document, the Format tool to the right has a box that shows AV and an arrow underneath it.  If the number in that box is not zero, change it to zero.  This fixed my problem!  I stumbled on the solution, but I hope it helps others. 

         

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        Etienne24881030kbjp
        Participant
        June 15, 2022

        Go to the "Languages" menu of the computer, then "Administrative Languages Settings", a dialog box comes up titled "Region". In the "Administrative" tab of the dialog box, make sure "English" is set for non-Unicode programs. Mine was set to Arabic. 

        That fixed it for me, when I would type "40-CAD-500", it would correct to "CAD-500--40". I struggled for a year and a half to find a solution until I got a hint on this forum that it could be a right-to-left language setting to be changed to left-to-right setting.

        Cheers!

          shambhu_heartist
          shambhu_heartist
          Participant
          October 2, 2018

          I know its too late but finally found the solution to this. change your text engine from preferences- graphics to european and east asian

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          soojeongl70136208
          Participant
          May 16, 2019

          This made me crazy too.

          Thank you for your kind solution!

          Saved my life.

          IslamSallam
          IslamSallam
          Participant
          June 24, 2018

          Type > Character

          make sure the Language is English

            Om Nath Jha
            Om Nath Jha
            Legend
            June 23, 2017

            Hi there,

            It does seems to be a case suggested above by Eugene. Styles still holding the right to left direction of typing as it normally happens in ME versions. You can change the text direction or change the paragraph style.

            Regards,

            Om

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              Community Expert
              Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              June 23, 2017

              Possibly because you have the Middle Eastern version of InDesign installed and you have Arabic language selected in the Paragraph dialog box.

              Try switching the language to English Uk or US.

              Steve Werner
              Community Expert
              Steve WernerCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              June 22, 2017

              Try restoring your InDesign preferences:

              Trash, Replace, Reset, or Restore the application Preferences

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              DBLjan
              Legend
              June 22, 2017

              What about Adobe jumping to the rescue and provide an own InDesign-Preference CleanUp-/Restore-/PreInstallValidation-tool for a heap of bucks?
              …it starting to annoy me always reading again to "trash prefs" – I see Adobe to secure their Prefs of not getting broken.

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