You can use bidirectional languages, like Arabic and Hebrew, in Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. To use bidirectional languages, change your keyboard settings. On Mac: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Keyboard. Click Input Sources. Click

How to change the keyboard language on a Mac computer, and switch between different languages with just a click Devon Delfino 2019-09-19T16:00:00Z

Usually this is because you're using a different keyboard map to the keys on the keyboard, i.e. a US-purchased Mac being used with a British English keyboard. Press alt-3 to get the other symbol above the number 3.