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International Keyboards
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International keyboards let you type text in many dierent languages, including Asian languages
and languages that are written from right to left.
Adding and removing keyboards
To type text in dierent languages on iPhone, you use dierent keyboards. By default, only
the keyboard for the language you’ve set is available. To make keyboards for other languages
available, use Keyboard settings. For a list of supported iPhone keyboards, go to
www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html.
Add a keyboard: Go to Settings > General > International, tap Keyboards, then choose a
keyboard from the list. Repeat to add more keyboards.
Remove a keyboard: Go to Settings > General > International > Keyboards, then tap Edit. Tap
next to the keyboard you want to remove, then tap Delete.
Edit your keyboard list: Go to Settings > General > International > Keyboards. Tap Edit, then drag
next to a keyboard to move it to a new place in the list.
Switching keyboards
To enter text in a dierent language, switch keyboards.
Switch keyboards while typing: Touch and hold the Globe key to show all enabled keyboards.
To choose a keyboard, slide your nger to the name of the keyboard, then release. The Globe key
appears when you enable more than one keybaord.
You can also tap . When you tap , the name of the newly activated keyboard appears briey.
Continue tapping to access other enabled keyboards.
Many keyboards provide letters, numbers, and symbols that aren’t visible on the keyboard.
Enter accented letters or other alternate characters: Touch and hold the related letter, number,
or symbol, then slide to choose a variant. On a Thai keyboard, for example, you can choose native
numbers by touching and holding the related Arabic number.
Chinese
You can use keyboards to type Chinese in several dierent ways, including Pinyin, Cangjie,
Wubihua, and Zhuyin. You can also use your nger to write Chinese characters on the screen.
Typing using Pinyin
Use the QWERTY keyboard to type Simplied or Traditional Pinyin. As you type, suggested
characters appear. Tap a suggestion to choose it, or continue typing to see more options.
If you keep entering Pinyin without spaces, sentence suggestions appear.
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