Problem with Arabic PDF output

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Shaimaa Gamal
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Problem with Arabic PDF output

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Hi,

I Hope you can help me with this issue.

When I publish the project as PDF (Arabic text), it gives me strange text (in screen-shot 2)and gives me an error (in screen-shot 1).
Earlier, I didn't have this issue.

Is there a solution I can apply ASAP?


Thank you,
Shaimaa
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Re: Problem with Arabic PDF output

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Right-to-left languages like Hebrew, Farsi and Arabic are only supported in WebHelp and CHM and only with the standard templates, not with add-on skins. They are not supported in PDF . Sorry about that, but it is not possible with the current PDF engine. :?
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Noha Yehia
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Re: Problem with Arabic PDF output

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Morning;

I'm inquiring about any updates might took place in solving the Arabic PDF output problem??
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Re: Problem with Arabic PDF output

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Hi Noha,

Help+Manual 8 outputs Arabic as glyphs (little graphics instead of text). The text is not searchable or selectable, and the files are very large, but it looks OK. You can test this with the free trial version that you can download here:

https://www.helpandmanual.com/downloads.html

It will run in free trial mode automatically if you don't register.
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