Making placed Arabic Copy from Word read right to left

Hello!
I am placing a word document into Indeign that is done in Arabic.
When I place it, it reads from left to right (for example, there is a number that starts each paragraph and it shows up on the left, but should be on the right).
Is there a setting that would let the text read from right to left?
thanks
babs

You need one of the following:
Expensive option: InDesign CS4 ME edition or CS5 ME edition
OR
Not-expensive option: InDesign CS4 or CS5 with World Tools installed
OR
Free but barely functional option: InDesign CS4 or CS5 with a script to turn on the World-Ready Composer (which is in CS4 and CS5, but not accessible to normal English-languge installs of ID without a plugin or a script; just search Google for "World-Ready Composer" to learn all about it)
AND
someone literate in Arabic to check your work.
World Tools has all of the numbering/character direction/hanging indent/etc. tools you need, while the scripts to turn on the WRC do not. I am a very happy user of World Tools - it has all of the necessary tools for doing RTL layouts at a very reasonable price point.
Also, I have to point out that my Arabic translation teams have never submitted a translation of a numbered list in English that was still "numbered" in Arabic in Hindi numerals; I've always seen 'em convered to lettered lists. (That is, alef, beh, teh instead of 1, 2, 3.) Stuff like that is why I suggest that you really do need someone to check what you've typeset. Beyond that, if you don't understand my list-advice, you should probably turn over the typesetting of your Arabic who is already an experienced designer/typesetter/formatter/DTPer/whatever in Arabic.

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