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Re: PDF order in RTL languages (Hebrew)

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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Dec 21, 2018 2:51PM


This was mentioned in the original post as "InDesign ME (the
Middle East edition)".
> On Dec 21, 2018, at 10:14 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Alon, do you know what source program the PDF was made from?
> Adobe InDesign, Word, etc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Alon
> Fridman Waisbard
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 4:42 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] PDF order in RTL languages (Hebrew)
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a PDF document in Hebrew that was created using InDesign ME (the
> Middle East edition), with all settings of Right to Left language.
>
> However, when I open the document in Acrobat DC Pro I see:
>
> 1) When there's more than one element in a paragraph line, the order of them
> is Left to Right.
>
> 2) When using the Reflow view, and zooming, I see the lines reflow as if
> it's Left to Right.
>
> Any idea how to fix this?
>
> I mean, I can manually fix the first issue using the Reading Order Tool.
> Though I'd be happy if anyone would suggest an automatic solution for this.
>
> But the second issue feels more like a bug in on the reflow feature.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alon Fridman Waisbard,
> Web Accessibility Consultant
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