Justification alternates, Special middle east characters insertion, Table direction – Adobe InDesign CC 2015 User Manual
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Justification Alternates
A font can have alternative shapes of certain letters of the alphabet. These variations of the font face for some letters are
generally available for stylistic or calligraphy purposes. In rare cases, justification alternates are used to justify and align
paragraphs for specific needs.
Justification alternates can be turned on at a paragraph level, where alternates are used wherever possible. You can also
turn on or off this feature at a character level. Justification alternates are available only in those fonts that have this
feature integrated. Therefore, the option to turn them on or off is available only for supported fonts.
Arabic fonts that contain justification alternates: Adobe Arabic, Myriad Arabic, and Adobe Naskh. Hebrew fonts that
contain justification alternates: Adobe Hebrew and Myriad Hebrew.
• InDesign
Paragraph-level: Window > Paragraph panel > panel menu > Justification, and then choose an option from the
Justification list.
Character-level: Window > Character panel > panel menu > Justification Alternate option.
• Photoshop
Character-level: Window > Character panel > Justification Alternates checkbox.
Special Middle East characters insertion
Some characters in Arabic and Hebrew are difficult to insert in text. Also, Arabic and Hebrew keyboard layouts make
it difficult to type or include these characters. To insert characters like a Hebrew apostrophe (Geresh) or Maqaf, select
a character from Character panel > panel menu > Insert Special ME Character.
Table direction
Arabic and Hebrew users can set the direction of a table inserted in a document. Accordingly the order of cells and
columns, default language, and the alignment of text is set. For an Arabic user, the rightmost column is the first column,
and any additional columns are added beyond the leftmost column of the table. Table direction is also supported in the
Story Editor (Ctrl + Y).
To set the direction of a new table:
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Click Table > Insert Table