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Setting Up a Right-to-Left Booklet

Setting Up a Right-to-Left Booklet


If your content is designed to be read right to left — Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese manga, or any other right-to-left format — Simplebooklet supports this with the Board Book transition. Here's how to set it up correctly.



Important: Board Book Only


Right-to-left reading direction is only available with the Board Book transition. The page curl transitions (Classic, Presentation, Magazine) do not support right-to-left page order. If you try to use a page curl style with right-to-left content, the pages will open in the wrong direction.



How to Set Up a Right-to-Left Booklet


  1. Go to your Dashboard and open your Simplebooklet.


  1. Click the Design tab.


  1. Click Page Flip in the left toolbar.


  1. Under Page flip transition, select Board Book.


  1. Click the settings icon next to Board Book.


  1. Toggle on Right to Left.


  1. Click Apply Page Flip.


Your booklet will now open and flip from right to left, matching the natural reading direction of your content.



Setting This at Upload


If you haven't converted your booklet yet, you can select Board Book during the upload process so you don't have to change it afterward:


  1. On the Convert page, click Advanced Settings.


  1. Select Board Book as your transition.


  1. Click Convert.


Once your booklet is converted, go to Design → Page Flip, click the settings icon next to Board Book, toggle on Right to Left, and click Apply Page Flip.



What Readers See


Readers will see your booklet open from the right side, with pages turning left — the same direction they'd turn pages in a physical right-to-left book. The navigation arrows will also reflect the correct direction.



Tips


  • If your content is already converted with a page curl transition, you can switch to Board Book by going to Design → Page Flip, selecting Board Book, clicking the settings icon, toggling on Right to Left, and clicking Apply Page Flip — no need to re-upload.


  • Make sure your PDF page order matches right-to-left reading order before uploading. Simplebooklet displays pages in the order they appear in the PDF.


  • Board Book is also a great choice for children's books, comics, and any format where a flat, slide-style flip suits the content better than a page curl.






Updated on: 24/05/2026

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