Edit & view text from right to left

Right-to-left controls turn on automatically when you open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation with right-to-left text, or when you add text in a right-to-left language. You can also turn on right-to-left controls manually.

Turn on right-to-left controls

Before you can write, view and edit text in right-to-left, you need to turn it on on your computer.

Use right-to-left language controls

After you turn on right-to-left controls, you can change the layout for documents with text in a right-to-left language. If there's no right-to-left language text in the document, you can't see these controls.

Google Docs

Change paragraph direction

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Docs app .
2. Open a document with text in a right-to-left language.
3. Tap Edit .
4. Tap Format   Paragraph.
5. To change paragraph direction, tap Paragraph direction .

Change table direction (column order)

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Docs app .
2. Open a document with text in a right-to-left language.
3. Tap Edit .
4. Tap a table.
5. Tap Format   Table.
6. To change the table direction, tap Table direction .

Note: Right-to-left controls will also automatically turn on for users that have a right-to-left language as their phone language setting.

Google Slides

Change paragraph direction

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Slides app .
2. Open a presentation with text in a right-to-left language.
3. Tap the text you want to change.
4. Tap Format   Paragraph.
5. To change paragraph direction, tap Paragraph direction .

Note: Right-to-left controls will also automatically turn on for users that have a right-to-left language as their phone language setting.