Writing Stories in Right-to-Left Languages

The script editor lets you write stories in right-to-left languages (for example, Arabic and Hebrew). Alignment of the text changes based on the following rules:

• Automatic switching to right-to-left alignment:

  • Production cues and Story Form cells switch to right-to-left if more than 50 percent of the text in the production cue body consists of right-to-left characters.

  • Queue grid cells switch to right-to-left and right-aligned if the first character in the cell is a right-to-left character. If the cell is center-aligned by default, it will remain center-aligned regardless of cell content.

• Manual switching

  • If focus is in any segment, alignment of all segments will be switched. Reloading the story will return the segment alignment to the default.

  • If focus is in the production cue body, only the current cue body alignment will be switched. Reopening the production cue returns cue body alignment to the default.

  • If focus is in a story form field, only the current story form field alignment will be switched. Reloading the same story form keeps the current field alignment. Reloading a different story form returns the field to the default.

To manually switch alignment of the segment that has focus, do one of the following:

• Press Ctrl+Shift.

• Right-click and select “Switch to RTL.” If the story is RTL, select “Switch to LTR.”