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• • October 1, 2013 at 10:22 pm #65595
    Philip Savvides

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    Hello … i am new here and i need help with inDesign.

    I have a project where it contains Arabic language and i cant get the text to show right. Is there any technique to do this? I have inDesign CC and adobe doesn’t give me the option to download the Middle East version.

    Can you please help?

    Many Thanks in advance
    Philip

  • October 2, 2013 at 1:57 am #65597
    Chris Thompson

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    Have a search around for “World Ready Paragraph Composer” or even just “Arabic” on this website and elsewhere on the web.
    Technically speaking, you’ll probably need a plugin (World Tools from In-Tools, or ScribeDOOR from Winsoft International.
    Otherwise, get someone with some understanding of Arabic to make sure what you’re doing is right, notably character joining, dealing with non-Arabic words within the Arabic text, and flipping page direction, page layout and story direction for a right-to-left audience. There’s a lot to learn, but it’s not impossible.
    Good luck
    Chris

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