"Rotate characters" function disappear

[oolongmi]

I would like you rotate specific character in a paragraph, but I cannot find this funtion in the "character" panel and also find/change>change formate setting, thanks! 

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi @oolongmi ,

this should only be possible when one of the two Japanese paragraph composers are applied to the text.

From the GUI only available if you use the CJK ( Chinese, Japanese, Korean ) version of InDesign.

With scripting ExtendScript (JavaScript) this can be done in all other versions as well. But the basic thing is, your text must use one of the two Japanese paragraph composers.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

[oolongmi]

Oh, thanks, but how can I change the CJK ( Chinese, Japanese, Korean ) version of InDesign from english version? Thank you so much

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi @oolongmi ,

good question. Hope this article will help:

Adobe InDesign Tips: Japanese/CJK Functionality + English UI—Redux
By Dr Ken Lunde, Nov 5, 2019
https://ken-lunde.medium.com/adobe-indesign-tips-japanese-cjk-functionality-english-ui-redux-539528e...

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

[oolongmi]

It is work! Amazing! Thank you so much!

[aniri5j9ox8tw2ln]

You cannot rotate a character in a paragraph, only simulate the italic with an inclination (from -85° to +85°).

[aniri5j9ox8tw2ln]

I have found another interesting method to do applicate the rotation for characters in Indesign:

https://creativepro.com/rotating-text-with-a-character-style/

[Laubender]

Hi @aniri5j9ox8tw2ln ,

thank you for pointing us to that solution where importing a character style with text rotation from Illustrator to InDesign with CC Libraries does the job for InDesign!

Did you test that with InDesign 2022 and Illustrator 2022?

First I had no success if only property Character Rotation was stored with the character style and loaded to an InDesign document:

It needed a second property apart from Character Rotation, e.g. a fill color stored with the character style, that finally the character is showing up as rotated:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

[aniri5j9ox8tw2ln]

Hallo Uwe, ich konnte nach verlinkter Anleitung den Stil ganz einfach in Indesign an meinem Text anwenden.

Ich hatte zuvor nur in Illustrator im Charakterstil-Fenster die Attribute unter jedem Punkt sauber und genau ausgewählt, damit es passt (Füllungsfarbe Schwarz 100%, keine Kontur, kein Überdruck usw.). Dann in Illustrator in der CC Library gespeichert, in der CC-App die .cclibs exportiert und in der CC Library von Indesign importiert (anders gings bei mir irgendwie nicht). 

[aniri5j9ox8tw2ln]

Ok, jetzt hat es auch ohne den Import der .cclibs Datei geklappt, es hatte davor was mit der Synchronisation nicht geklappt... Habe es nochmals versucht ohne explizit Füllfarbe oder andere Einstellungen im Attributen-Fenster zu verändern (also einfach neuen Charakter-Stil hinzufügen und in der CC Library speichern) und es klappt in ID ohne Probleme!