Blackberry Z10 User Manual page 179

User Guide
• 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
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 following table shows how to type the Arabic and Farsi alphabet when there is more than one native character on each
key.
Single key press
‫ص‬
‫ث‬
‫ق‬
‫ف‬
‫غ‬
‫ع‬
‫ه‬
‫خ‬
‫ح‬
‫ج‬
‫س‬
. To view more symbols, tap
+ key press
‫ض‬
‫( چ‬Farsi only)
‫ش‬
and press a letter. A second method is to press and
.
Key press and hold
‫ض‬ ‫ص‬
‫( ڤ‬Farsi only)
‫( چ‬Farsi only)
‫ش‬ ‫س‬
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