Indesign CS2 ME

[nilayare@adobeforums.com]

am using In design CS2 Middle Eastern version, I got a file of a magazine from my customer in that the type some figure like e.g.(100%) in Arabic & according to arabic language it should write as %100 but it is appered in file as 100%. I cheaked the same file in older version it looks abouslutaly ok even in print it is ok but in newer version in CS2 it is not. I am just wondering why is that. thanks
nilesh

[Marco_A_SantaMaria@adobeforums.com]

It might be that is applying the incorrect direction. select the % adn assign the right ot left reading direction from the character palette fly out menu

[nilayare@adobeforums.com]

While trying your suggestion i found it works but i had the whole magazine with lot of % typed in it, so i was trying to find an easy solution and while searching I found that my file was originaly created in In design CS and I am editing it in CS2 when I opened this file in CS % mark is ok e.g.%100 in its write place (ofcourse in arabic) and in CS2 it shows left to write e.g.100%. But I am worried why it happened in CS2 even than it is a newer version.

[Marco_A_SantaMaria@adobeforums.com]

Probably becasue of the changes Adobe made on the Text Enginge. CS2 implements different rules than CS1, as far as I can recall.

[harbs@adobeforums.com]

The ME version introduced some new RTL functions with version 4.0.2. The character direction in 4.0.2 is set by the keyboard script. If that file is opened in a version prior to 4.0.2, things will be backwards.

Harbs

[nilayare@adobeforums.com]

Ya! I agree with you harbs. But Is their any solution for that or I have to work with CS1 only. Or any thing which i can do while saveing from CS1 so that the figures will not go backwards.

[harbs@adobeforums.com]

The problem is not going from CS1 to CS2. It's the other way around. The file was created in CS1 or CS2?

Either way if all the % are supposed to be right to left, just do a search and replace of all % with right to left set in the replace settings.

[Zaid Al-Hilali]

Some fonts doesn't work consistently in all applications. I suggest you select the %100 or re type it using another Arabic font as this should solve it.