Format tables and sheets for bidirectional text in Numbers for iCloud
Numbers for iCloud supports bidirectional text, so within the same table you can have some cells with text written from left-to-right (such as in English or Chinese) and others with text written from right-to-left (such as in Arabic or Hebrew). You can also reverse the direction of the table itself, or of a sheet and everything on it.
Before you can change the text, table, or sheet direction, the current spreadsheet must include right-to-left text, or a right-to-left language must be selected in the input menu.
When you change the direction, cell alignment is affected as follows:
Text cells set to auto-align (the default setting) change their text alignment.
Number cells set to auto-align (the default setting) don’t change their number alignment. (Numbers always auto-align to the right.)
If a cell is aligned to the right, left, or center, it retains that alignment.
If a cell’s alignment is justified, the gap for a partial line changes from being on the right to being on the left.