Format tables for bidirectional text

Pages supports bidirectional text, so you can enter and edit text written from left to right (such as in English or Chinese) and from right to left (such as in Arabic or Hebrew) in the same document. You can also reverse the direction of tables to accommodate different languages.

Note: To change the direction of a table or cell text, your computer must be set up for input sources that use different text directions—for example, one keyboard for typing a right-to-left language, such as Hebrew, and another for typing a left-to-right language, such as English. See Set up a keyboard or other input source for another language.

The default direction of text in table cells is based on the current keyboard. (You can change your keyboard in Settings > General.)

Change table or text direction

You can change the direction of text in individual cells, or you can reverse the table direction so that header rows, column order, and text direction are reversed.

Do one of the following:

When you reverse table direction, cell alignment is affected as follows:

SEE ALSOEnter text in another language