Support Right to Left (RTL) languages - Hebrew, Arabic, etc.

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When you add text in RTL (like Hebrew) the text is written backwards in LTR direction. When adding note you can write even bi-di text which is displayed correctly

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Chris Dahl (VP, Desktop) November 08, 2010 22:02

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We don't currently support RTL in any of our annotations. The reason the behaviour is different in the Popup is because it is using a Windows textbox control, which contains support for this.

However annotations such as 'Type Text' are controlled by our library, and we don't yet support RTL languages. In time I see this as being something on our radar, but not in the short term.

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Hi there, We don't currently support RTL in any of our annotations. The reason the behaviour is different in the Popup is because it is using a Windows textbox control, which contains support for this. However annotations such as 'Type Text' are controlled by our library, and we don't yet support RTL languages. In time I see this as being something on our radar, but not in the short term.

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khorevr January 24, 2011 05:08

Hi, I'm trying to fill form in hebrew, and the words appeared as mirrored. This is common problem also exists in other pdf form fillers when works with hebrew..

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Hi, I'm trying to fill form in hebrew, and the words appeared as mirrored. This is common problem also exists in other pdf form fillers when works with hebrew.. This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a href="/nitropdf/topics/hebrew_support-nxu7s" target="_blank">HEBREW SUPPORT</a>.

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yaeer blazer January 24, 2011 05:11

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
how about hebrew support?.

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yuvalrakavy January 24, 2011 05:13

I cannot enter text fields with Hebrew characters. The text in the field does not appear.

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I cannot enter text fields with Hebrew characters. The text in the field does not appear. This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a href="/nitropdf/topics/cannot_enter_text_fields_in_hebrew_non_latin_characters/changes" target="_blank">Cannot enter text fields in Hebrew (non-Latin characters)</a>.

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David September 19, 2011 21:26

We need support for right to left languages.
I am particularly interested in Hebrew

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We need support for right to left languages. I am particularly interested in Hebrew This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a href="/nitropdf/topics/right_to_left_languages" target="_blank">right to left languages</a>.

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Mohamed September 19, 2011 21:28

In any Arabic PDF file when you copy text; try to paste the text in notepad (or any other text editor) the text is shown in reverse order in both words and letters (i.e each phrase is in reversed words and each words is in reversed letters)!

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In any Arabic PDF file when you copy text; try to paste the text in notepad (or any other text editor) the text is shown in reverse order in both words and letters (i.e each phrase is in reversed words and each words is in reversed letters)! This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a href="/nitropdf/topics/arabic_text_is_copied_in_reversed_order" target="_blank">Any Right to Left language (Arabic) (Persian) text is copied in reversed order!</a>.

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Mohamed Boraei November 16, 2011 04:48

There are other languages that its text direction doesn't go from left to right. For example, the Arabic writing starts from right and ends on left. Can Nitro PDF Reader change the paragraph text direction?

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- Alex Lunnon (Technical Product Manager) November 16, 2011 04:50
  
  You might find this useful, unfortunately we don't offer left to right support in reader presently. Sorry for any disappointment.
  
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There are other languages that its text direction doesn't go from left to right. For example, the Arabic writing starts from right and ends on left. Can Nitro PDF Reader change the paragraph text direction? Thanks, MB This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a class='notranslate' href="/nitropdf/topics/text_direction/changes" target="_blank">Text direction</a>.

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Sunni Aal-alBayt January 10, 2012 02:00

hi.. the arabic pdf pages is from right to lift but its come in nitro reader from lift to right??!!
plz fix this in next updait thanx

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Ruben January 10, 2012 04:17

Hello, I tried to convert a hebrew text from PDF to "Word". Well, hebrew is written from right-to-left and it turned all the words and phrases to be written left-to-right
I need to convert both texts in English and in Hebrew

Please let me know if your SW works for Hebrew texts as well and how

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- Alex Lunnon (Technical Product Manager) January 10, 2012 04:19
  
  Hi Ruben,
  
  We currently do not support RTL languages however it is a good idea to vote for this post here at the top, as this is where our product management team look when considering new features to include in our product.
  
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- naf January 10, 2012 09:06
  
  From my experience in the past using other programs like Acrobat and PDF to Word conversion they also don't give a perfect result. In Acrobat RTL is okay but punctuation mark are joined to the word after it.
  
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Olivia February 01, 2012 10:13

I have tried to convert a form existing in Hebrew to Word and it is not usable. Now I have placed text fields on the pdf and tried to fill them in, but of course there is no way to change text direction. Guess I'll print and fill it in by hand because from the above it doesn't seem as if Nitro has any solution for me.

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  Hi Olivia,
  
  Sorry for the frustration, hopefully we can include this feature in the near future. We'll let everyone know here when this is being included in Nitro Pro or Reader.
  
  Thanks for your feedback!
  
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I have tried to convert a form existing in Hebrew to Word and it is not usable. Now I have placed text fields on the pdf and tried to fill them in, but of course there is no way to change text direction. Guess I'll print and fill it in by hand because from the above it doesn't seem as if Nitro has any solution for me.

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Orit Presser-Hizme March 18, 2012 23:20

Hello good people,

I often need to type Hebrew text and presently have to type the words backwards so that the letters appear in the correct sequence. I'm no techie but if there is any way to adjust that feature so that the text can be entered as one would ordinarily type, it would be even more fantastic than it already is!

One more suggestion would be to enable inserting symbols such as check marks, for example, since forms sometimes require checks, bullets, etc.

Other than that, your product is HUGE and I thank you for that!

Orit

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Hello good people, I often need to type Hebrew text and presently have to type the words backwards so that the letters appear in the correct sequence. I'm no techie but if there is any way to adjust that feature so that the text can be entered as one would ordinarily type, it would be even more fantastic than it already is! One more suggestion would be to enable inserting symbols such as check marks, for example, since forms sometimes require checks, bullets, etc. Other than that, your product is HUGE and I thank you for that! Orit This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled <a class='notranslate' href="/nitropdf/topics/right_to_left_text_and_symbols/changes" target="_blank">Right to Left Text and Symbols</a>.

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naftali.g.it March 19, 2012 08:39

Hello Orit,

I opened the topic as Chris answered me above:
"The reason the behaviour is different in the Popup is because it is using a Windows textbox control, which contains support for this.

However annotations such as 'Type Text' are controlled by our library, and we don't yet support RTL languages. In time I see this as being something on our radar, but not in the short term."

I hope they support it in the future becasue also hundreds millions speakers of Arabic and Farsi also have this problem

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Hello Orit, I opened the topic as Chris answered me above: "The reason the behaviour is different in the Popup is because it is using a Windows textbox control, which contains support for this. However annotations such as 'Type Text' are controlled by our library, and we don't yet support RTL languages. In time I see this as being something on our radar, but not in the short term." I hope they support it in the future becasue also hundreds millions speakers of Arabic and Farsi also have this problem

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arilavi April 26, 2012 06:01

any news in the matter? the program looks great but without hebrew support I can't purchanse it

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