• 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
and press a letter. A second method 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.
Typing in Chinese
The Chinese language input methods support the following features:
• You can type using a Latin-based alphabet on a QWERTY keyboard layout by pressing
and then a letter.
Typing in Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, or Swedish
The Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish languages are largely based on a Latin alphabet with a few variations. These
languages use the basic QWERTY keyboard layout with the addition of Å, Æ and Ø (for Danish and Norwegian), and Ö and
Ä (for Finnish and Swedish). The keyboards also support the following features:
• 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
and press a letter. A second method is to press and
hold the primary character. Then, you can select the alternate character from the options.
• Alternate characters are available for I (Ä), O (Ö), P (Å), K (Æ), and L (Ø).
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