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Thread poster: Tamer Mekhimar
Tamer Mekhimar
Tamer Mekhimar  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 03:38
Member (2009)
English to Arabic
+ ...
Apr 29, 2009

Hello,
I am using Indesign CS3, when I am importing Arabic files I found the letters are scattered. Any idea how to deal with that?

Thanks in advance.
Tamer
 
Uwe Schwenk (X)
Uwe Schwenk (X)
Local time: 20:38
English to German
ME Languages May 4, 2009

Tamer,

please dont misunderstand the question but are you using the ME version of CS3?


Uwe
 
Tamer Mekhimar
Tamer Mekhimar  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 03:38
Member (2009)
English to Arabic
+ ...
TOPIC STARTER
ME version May 14, 2009

Yes, I am using CS3 version ME.
 
Jan Sundström
Jan Sundström  Identity Verified
Sweden
Local time: 03:38
English to Swedish
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some help Nov 26, 2009

Sorry about the late reply, but maybe somebody will find this helpful:
http://typophile.com/node/42608

"Where+When working with Arabic, always do:
1. Try importing instead of Copy+Pasting.
2. Make sure that the Text:
• goes right to left in direction (Justification is another issue).
• is Arabic-Spaced not Latin-Spaced, and
3 the Language of paragraphs ... See more
Sorry about the late reply, but maybe somebody will find this helpful:
http://typophile.com/node/42608

"Where+When working with Arabic, always do:
1. Try importing instead of Copy+Pasting.
2. Make sure that the Text:
• goes right to left in direction (Justification is another issue).
• is Arabic-Spaced not Latin-Spaced, and
3 the Language of paragraphs is also Arabic."

/Jan ▲ Collapse
 


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