You have written Urdu in Word, online or on your phone, and now you need it in InPage for a print layout. Paste it in directly and it breaks. Here is the clean way to do it.
Step 1: Copy your Unicode text
Select your Urdu text in Word, the browser or wherever it lives, and copy it. This is Unicode text, even if you did not think about it.
Step 2: Convert it
Open the Unicode to InPage converter, make sure the direction is set to Unicode to InPage, and paste your text into the input box. The InPage ready output appears instantly. It will look like Latin style characters, and that is exactly right at this stage.
Step 3: Copy the output
Use the copy button to grab the converted text, or download it as a .txt file if you prefer.
Step 4: Paste into InPage and apply a font
In InPage, paste the text, then select it and apply a Nastaleeq font such as Jameel Noori or Faiz Lahori. The Latin looking characters now render as proper Urdu. See our Urdu fonts guide for choices.
Step 5: Proofread
Read through the result, especially for rare ligatures, headings and any special signs. A quick check now saves a reprint later.
Common mistakes
- Forgetting the font: if the pasted text still looks like Latin symbols in InPage, you have not applied an InPage Nastaleeq font yet.
- Wrong direction: double check the converter is set to Unicode to InPage, not the reverse.
- Mixed content: convert Urdu and leave English or numbers to settle naturally, then tidy spacing.