1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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The cursor responds to the arrow keys in that Right Arrow moves it "to the text end" and Left Arrow "to the text start".</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145609" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="1">You can change the text writing direction directly be pressing one of the following keys:</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154758" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift+D or <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Right Shift Key - switch to right-to-left text entry</paragraph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149047" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift+A or <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Left Shift Key - switch to left-to-right text entry</paragraph> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149656" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">The modifier-only key combinations only work when CTL support is enabled.</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150541" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">In multicolumn pages, sections or frames that are formatted with text flow from right to left, the first column is the right column and the last column is the left column.</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">In $[officename] Writer text formatted in <emph>Thai language</emph> has the following features:</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">In paragraphs with justified alignment, the characters are stretched to flush the lines at the margins. In other languages the spaces between words are stretched.</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Use the Delete key to delete a whole composite character. Use the Backspace key to delete the last part of the previous composite character.</paragraph> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149809" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Use the Right or Left Arrow key to jump to the next or previous whole composite character. To position the cursor into a composite character, use <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Arrow key.</paragraph> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/guide/language_select.xhp#language_select"/> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145786" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01140000.xhp" name="Language Settings - Languages">Language Settings - Languages</link></paragraph> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153770" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01150300.xhp" name="Language Settings - Complex Text Layout">Language Settings - Complex Text Layout</link></paragraph> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 81