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InDesign ME switches text to RTL when copy&paste to a new document

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Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

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Hi all, I wonder if it’s possible to force LTR settings where copying & pasting to new document, here’s the scenario:

I am using InDesign with Middle East capabilities, create a blank document:

- Flow in Word Document,

- Styling with Character and Paragraph Styles,

- Opening New Document (Template)

- Pasting all the content to the Template

And here’s where Clear Overrides function needs to be used, since the text gets overrides: Right To Left text direction

Seems like changing Paragraph Composer in the InDesign Preferences doesn’t work, also setting the defaults for new documents doesn’t work either.

Any ideas?

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Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

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You should be aware that the styles are not based on a paragraph style which exists by name in the new document with a different setting as this would make the pasted style a child of that one and replace the root settings from the copied document.

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Interestingly enough, the Templates are created in Non-ME version of InDesign, there are no styles (Character, Paragraph, Object etc) in the Templates I am working with, hence there is no Style Mapping/Merging going on...

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There is always a basic style and a hidden default style since many versions. Often styles are based on these styles, the default settings of that versions. These default settings are different in MENA and Western versions. Look in the composer settings, they are different. Maybe that you have applied a character style which influences the direction and don't forget object styles, they have also an influence.

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