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Understanding
Input Methods
Understanding
Input Methods
When entering a word in Arabic,
Chinese, Japanese, or Russian
source language, there are a few
differences from the languages
with Roman-based alphabets.
• For Arabic, type letters
according to your device’s
keyboard. Note: Arabic letters
are indicated at the upper right
of the keys. Because the Arabic
alphabet contains more letters
than a Roman alphabet, the
rest of the letters are located on
the math operator keys. Some
keys contain two Arabic letters.
To enter the second letter,
press the key containing that
letter, then press the accent key
(
) to switch to the second
letter. Pressing the accent key
again changes the entry back
to the first letter on the key.
• For Chinese, type Roman
letters to search for words. Your
list of results is also displayed
using Roman letters. It is only
when you select an entry to
view that you will see the word
written in Chinese. Note: For
best results, type the entire
word at the entry screen. Do
not try to find words by
entering them character by
character.
• For Japanese, type Roman
letters. As you type letters, the
Japanese characters matching
what you type will be displayed
at the entry screen. Note: To
enter the long vowel character,
press
, use the arrow keys to
highlight the character and
then press
to select it.
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