If you write, edit, or publish Urdu text, you've probably run into this problem: your text looks perfect on your phone or in Word, but the moment you paste it into InPage, it turns into a row of boxes or random symbols — or the reverse, your old InPage file looks unreadable everywhere except InPage itself.
That's because Unicode (the standard text format used by websites, phones, and Word) and InPage's legacy encoding are two completely different systems under the hood, even though both can display the same Urdu script. This free online tool bridges the two. Here's exactly how to use it.
Step 1: Choose your conversion direction
At the top of the converter you'll see two tabs:
- Unicode → InPage — use this when you've typed or copied Urdu from a website, WhatsApp, or Word document and need to paste it into InPage.
- InPage → Unicode — use this when you're pulling text out of an old InPage file and need it to work everywhere else (Word, browsers, WhatsApp, CMS platforms).
Not sure which one you need? Don't worry about it — just paste your text. The tool has Auto-detect switched on by default, and it will look at the characters you pasted and automatically flip to the correct tab for you, with a small "Detected: Unicode" or "Detected: InPage" badge confirming the switch.
Step 2: Add your text
You have five ways to get text into the box:
- Paste — click the Paste button, or use Ctrl+V as usual.
- Type directly — the input box supports right-to-left Urdu typing out of the box.
- Voice input — click the microphone icon and speak; your browser's speech recognition converts it to Urdu text.
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Upload a file — drag and drop a
.txtor.docxfile (up to 5MB) into the upload box, or click it to browse. The file is read entirely in your browser and is never uploaded to a server. - Try a sample — click "Sample: Urdu only" or "Sample: Mixed script" to see the tool working on real text before you commit your own.
Typing Urdu with English letters (Roman Urdu, beta)
If you don't have an Urdu keyboard set up, turn on Roman Urdu typing (beta) above the input box. Type phonetically — for example, "pakistan" — and it's transliterated into Urdu script and converted in one step. It supports common digraphs like kh, gh, sh, ch, th, zh, and aa, and works best for everyday words and short phrases. Always review the output before publishing, since transliteration is inherently approximate.
Step 3: Read the result instantly
There's no "Convert" button to click — the output box updates live as you type or paste, with a running character count on both sides. The tool has been tested comfortably up to 100,000+ characters (roughly a 30–40 page article), so you can drop in a full chapter or article at once.
If any character in your text doesn't have an exact match in the target encoding, you'll see a warning banner rather than the tool silently dropping or guessing at it. Click "Show details" to see exactly which characters were affected and their Unicode code points, so you can review and fix those spots by hand if needed.
There's also an optional conversion report (click "View report") that shows a breakdown of your text — Urdu characters, Latin characters, numbers, punctuation, and anything unsupported — plus a round-trip check confirming the conversion is reversible without loss.
Step 4: Copy, export, or share your result
Once you're happy with the output, you have several options:
- Copy — grabs the converted text straight to your clipboard.
- Export as .txt — downloads a plain text file.
- Export as .docx — downloads a Word document with the correct text direction and a matching Urdu/InPage font already applied, so it opens correctly without extra setup.
- Share — sends the result directly to another app on mobile, or copies it if your browser doesn't support native sharing.
A quick troubleshooting note
If your converted InPage text looks like garbled boxes when you paste it into InPage or Word, it's almost always a font issue, not a conversion error. InPage-encoded text only displays correctly with a matching Nastaliq font — such as Jameel Noori Nastaleeq — applied to it. Install that font, apply it to the pasted text, and the correct Urdu script will appear.
Why use this instead of retyping everything?
- 100% free, no signup, no usage limits
- Runs entirely in your browser — your text is never uploaded to a server
- Works on mobile and desktop
- Accurate, table-based character mapping rather than a rough approximation, with transparent warnings for anything it can't map exactly
Bookmark this page, and the converter is ready any time you need to move Urdu text between modern platforms and classic InPage publishing workflows.
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