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Re: PDF order in RTL languages (Hebrew)

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From: Alon Fridman Waisbard
Date: Dec 22, 2018 3:11PM

I just checked, and the parent tag ("Document") had the language code set
to ar-SA.
Which isn't Hebrew, but it's still a RTL language (Arabic, Saudi Arabia).
I tried changing it to "he", and it didn't cause any change.
I also tried changing the language of other tags. No change either.

By the way, the document properties setting for this document was already
Hebrew.

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 2:28 PM JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Is rtl used on the parent tag? It sounds to me like the children tags are
> not inheriting the dir="rtl" from their parents.
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> Subject: [WebAIM] PDF order in RTL languages (Hebrew)
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> 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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