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how to change right-hand layout to left-hand ?

Sep 4, 2012 6:18 AM

Recently I got an project to do a English version of a Japanese Magazine. I already got a hard copy as well as all the soft copy files. Thing is, Japanese layout is starting from right-hand and even the page numbers start from right hand. I checked in forums and every possible resource but couldn't find a way to change it to left hand (normal English layout) layout.

And another thing i noticed it if I open the Japanese indesign file first and then open a new document, new document is also right – hand layout document. for example, I got a Japanese document from page number 4- 14 (5 on left and 4 on right, 7 on left and 6 on right so on) and if I open a new document it's also numbered as the Japanese one. But if I close the Japanese document and open a new document in first place, it's looked like normal (4 on left 5 on right, 6 on left 7 on right so on) so I guess it's have to do something about preferences.

Any suggestions ??

BTW, I'm using Indesign CS6 on a Mac OS X 10.7.4

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1. Peter Spier,

Sep 6, 2012 6:09 AM in reply to Thishan Dhanushka

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World Tools Pro from In-Tools.com will allow you to set type right to left, but I'm not sure it unlocks right-to-left pagination. You may need to switch a version of ID that supports right-to-left layout (as the Japanese localization does). If this is an English version, though, I would think you'd want to use a left-to-right layout for an English-speaking audience....

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2. Harbs.,

Sep 6, 2012 7:58 AM in reply to Peter Spier

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Yes. It allows switch binding direction (as does the non-pro version).

However, if all you need to do is switch the page binding, you can do it with a simple script.

This simple one-line script will switch the page binding in your current document:

app.documents[0].documentPreferences.pageBinding = app.documents[0].documentPreferences.pageBinding == PageBindingOptions.LEFT_TO_RIGHT ? PageBindingOptions.RIGHT_TO_LEFT : PageBindingOptions.LEFT_TO_RIGHT;

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3. Peter Spier,

Sep 6, 2012 8:05 AM in reply to Harbs.

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Thanks for jumping in, Gabe. I'm clearly asleep this morning.

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4. Harbs.,

Sep 6, 2012 8:09 AM in reply to Peter Spier

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It's okay. I don't think we expect you to know everything...

Switching binding direction via scripting in non-CJK versions is a relatively new feature. IIRC, it was added in CS5.

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5. Peter Spier,

Sep 6, 2012 8:19 AM in reply to Harbs.

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Yeah but I think I completely blew this one. Looking again I see the problem is that opening a RTL doc seems to set ID to be RTL and he the OP was looking for a way to get it switched back, so my suggestiont o work LTR was sort of out of place, don't you think?

I really need a vacation...

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6. Thishan Dhanushka,

Sep 6, 2012 8:44 AM in reply to Peter Spier

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That's for the reply guys. I haven't use scripting before. Will try it out. Thanks again.

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7. Thishan Dhanushka,

Sep 9, 2012 3:06 AM in reply to Harbs.

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Thanks Harbs, It worked.

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