Edit & view text from right to left

Change paragraph direction

1. On your computer, go to Google Docs.
2. Open a document containing text with text in a right-to-left language.
3. To change paragraph direction, on the toolbar, click Paragraph direction .

Change table direction (column order)

1. On your computer, go to Google Docs.
2. Open a document.
3. Click Format  Table  Table properties.
4. In the "Column order" section, choose Right-to-left or Left-to-right.

Change the direction of the columns for a particular sheet

1. On your computer, go to Google Sheets.
2. Open a spreadsheet with text in a right-to-left language.
3. On the toolbar, click Direction .

Note: This change will only apply to the current sheet, not all sheets in the spreadsheet.

Change the direction of text inside of a cell

1. On your computer, go to Google Sheets​.
2. Open a spreadsheet with text in a right-to-left language.
3. Click the text you want to change.
4. On the toolbar, click Cell direction .

Note: If you type text into a cell using a right-to-left language, Google Sheets will automatically change the text direction to right-to-left. It will switch back if you start to type in a left-to-right language.

Change paragraph direction

1. On your computer, go to Google Slides .
2. Open a presentation with text in a right-to-left language.
3. Click the text you want to change.
4. On the format toolbar, click Paragraph direction .