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User Guide
• Some languages, such as Thai and Arabic, have more characters in the alphabet than there are keys
on the keyboard. You need to use a keystroke combination to access the second or third character
on a particular key. For information about how to access these types of characters, see the help for
typing in that language.
• Different languages may have different keyboard layouts. For example, American English uses a
QWERTY keyboard layout, but French uses an AZERTY keyboard layout. Some keys appear in
locations that you may not be used to.
• Similar languages may have slightly different keyboard layouts. For example, many languages use a
QWERTY keyboard layout. However, Danish, Spanish, and Romanian include different characters on
the basic keyboard that aren't on other QWERTY keyboard layouts.
• Some supported languages, such as Hebrew, Farsi, and Arabic, read right-to-left. If you change to
one of these languages from a left-to-right language in the middle of a sentence, your device
automatically places the characters you type on the left side of the cursor. When you change back to
the left-to-right language, you need to move your cursor back to the right side of the text.
Typing in Arabic or Farsi
The Arabic and Farsi keyboard layouts support the following features:
• The Arabic language has more characters in the alphabet than there are keys on the keyboard. As a
result, more than one native character appears on one key. There may be alternate letters that are
related to a primary letter or have a similar form. You can use the keyboard mapping guide that
appears with the typing task to determine how to press and hold a letter or multi-press to access the
second and third characters on each key.
• The Farsi language has a few characters that are different from the basic Arabic alphabet. These
characters are listed on the keyboard mapping guide.
• Word prediction and flicking word suggestions up onto the screen (if you have this feature turned on)
• You can type alternate characters in two ways. You can press
is to press and hold the primary character. Then, select the alternate character from the options.
• The Arabic language has many diacritics that you can add to characters. To add a diacritic, press the
diacritic key on the row of touch screen keys above the keyboard. Then, touch the diacritic you want
to add.
• To type a symbol, tap
Character guide for Arabic or Farsi
The typical Arabic keyboard layout looks like this:
. To view more symbols, tap
and press a letter. A second method
again.
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