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Writing with right-to-left scripts in Prezi

You can enable right-to-left writing in Prezi Present at any time for additional language support. Here’s how to set everything up. 

  1. Click the Add text button from the top menu bar. A text box will appear on the canvas.
  2. Select the text box. A property bar will appear.
  3. Click on the font family and select More fonts.
  4. In the list that appears, filter for Arabic or Hebrew and enable the fonts you like. Remember the exact font name. 
  5. Click the Update fonts button.
  6. Click on the font family again and select your preferred font.
  7. Set your computer’s keyboard settings to Arabic or Hebrew.

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Updating your keyboard settings to use a right-to-left language

For right-to-left scripts to work in Prezi, your computer’s keyboard settings must be changed to support a right-to-left script. Here’s how:

MacOS
  1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click Keyboard in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
  2. Go to Text Input on the right, then click Edit.
  3. Click the Add button in the bottom left corner of the screen. It looks like a + button.
  4. Search for Arabic or another supported right-to-left script. Select one or more input sources for each language you want to use.
  5. Click Add.
Windows 11
  1. ​​Navigate to Start > Settings > Time & language > Language & region.
  2. Select the language that has the keyboard you want, then select Options.
  3. Click Add a keyboard and choose the keyboard you want to add. 
Windows 10
  1. Select the Start button, then navigate to Settings > Time & Language > Language.
  2. Under Preferred languages, select the language that contains the keyboard you want, and then select Options.
  3. Select Add a keyboard and choose the keyboard you want to add.  

Selecting a new font in Prezi

You can select a new right-to-left font in Prezi the same way you can switch between any fonts.

  1. Click the Add text button from the top menu bar. A text box will appear on the canvas.
  2. Select the text box. A property bar will appear where you can change the font, size, color, and more.
  3. Click on the font family and a dropbox will appear. Select the new font you want to use. You can filter for Arabic or Hebrew fonts if you wish.

If you don’t have any right-to-left font options in your font family, you can enable them. 

    1. From the font family, select More fonts.
    2. In the list that appears, filter for Arabic or Hebrew and enable the fonts you like. Remember their names so you can easily find them later.
    3. Click the Update fonts button.
    4. Click on the font family dropbox and select your preferred font. 
    5. Follow the steps above to use the font in your presentation.
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