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How to rtl (right-to-left) a finished book

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    • April 10, 2012 at 11:55 pm #61982
      iidoido
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      Hey there,

      Recently I finished designing a book in InDesign CS5. Everything went well and I 'm really satisfied of the results.

      Now I hope that my problem is not that crucial – I desinged the whole book in English, and now I want to change the text on it to Arabic, which is written in the opposite way of English – from the right to left and not from the left to right.

      Is there any magical way to change the whole content of the book to become a right to left book? some kind of a one-click-button that I'm not aware of it?

      I will mean the world to me.

      Help is really appricieated.

      Thanks a lot!

    • April 11, 2012 at 1:57 am #61983
      Theunis De Jong
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      You can manually do this (certainly not with the single click you were hoping for) but a standard InDesign is not designed to work comfortably with Arabic and other RTL scripts.

      For anything more than a single paragraph in RTL scripts (up to and including your 'complete book'), you are far better off with purchasing InDesign ME, a separate version — not an upgrade! — that is targeted specifically at the RTL market.

    • April 11, 2012 at 2:11 am #61984
      iidoido
      Member

      Right, but you didn't fully understand my request.

      I have a finish book in English. I just want to copy-paste into it arabic content (with the same photos, same everything).

      It's just that I need to change the order of the back to RTL.

      So I need the first cover of the book from the left side, to become at the right side. So the whole book will change its order.

    • April 11, 2012 at 6:49 am #61986
      Theunis De Jong
      Member

      Yes, and having pagination in reverse is an option in InDesign ME — not in InDesign (Regular). What part didn't I understand?

    • April 12, 2012 at 7:33 am #61991
      Fadlabi
      Member

      iidoido, there no magical way to do this. in InDesign ME you can design your layout for each English or Arabic on a separate files and don't forget to check Binding option: RtL or LtrR on document setup, depending on your language layout. after that you can combine two layouts design in one layout in Acrobat pro.

    • August 21, 2012 at 5:29 am #62950
      Anonymous
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      Hi iidoido, it is not possible that whole content of the book to become a right to left book in a single click.

      IndicPlus – Adobe InDesign Plugin support Right-to-Left & Arabic

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