right to left writing?

[dzenan_handzic@adobeforums.com]

Hi everybody!
I'm one of those users who only can laugh people on this forum with questions that can show only my desperate lack of knowldege, both in english and ID. Anyway thanx for all of you who, despite of all above mentioned facts, are helping me. Theres another trouble and question:
Is it possible to work in IDCS with arabic text? When I place a word manuscript in arabic it's messed up and everything goes in wrong direction, i.e. ordinary left to right letters - inverse of what I need. I often get manuscripts with some arabic text (nothing connected with Al-Qaida :), mostly some religious stuff), so i desperately need to know can I work with this text in ID.

[George_Bilalis@adobeforums.com]

You need IDCS ME version of program. Check with [url]www.winsoft.fr[/url]

rgrds
George

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

If you happen to have an older version of ID, this script is supposed to work to reverse your text.

//ReverseCharacters.js
//An InDesign CS JavaScript
//
//Reverses the order of the characters in each line of text in the selected story.
//
var myStory;
if(app.documents.length != 0){
if(app.activeDocument.stories.length != 0){
switch(app.selection[0].constructor.name){
case "TextFrame":
case "Text":
case "InsertionPoint":
myStory = app.selection[0].parentStory;
myReverseCharacters(myStory);
break;
}
}
}
function myReverseCharacters(myStory){
var myLine, myTextStyleRange;
for(var myCounter = myStory.lines.length-1; myCounter >= 0; myCounter --){
myLine = myStory.lines.item(myCounter);
if((myLine.characters.item(-1).contents.charAt(0) == "\r")&&(myLine.length > 1)){
myLine = myLine.characters.itemByRange(0, -2);
}
if(myLine.length > 1){
myLine.contents = myReverseString(myLine.contents);
}
}
}
function myReverseString(myString){
var myReversedString = "";
for (var myCharacterCounter = myString.length-1; myCharacterCounter >=0; myCharacterCounter --){
myReversedString += myString.charAt(myCharacterCounter);
}
return myReversedString;
}

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

You should post a request in the scripting forum for a script you can use in ID CS to do this. Otherwise you are going to need IDCS ME like George suggested.