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Select an alternate keyboard layout
Some languages have more than one keyboard layout option. For those languages, you can select the keyboard layout that
feels most natural for you to use. The QWERTY keyboard layout is available as an option for all languages.
1. On the Input Language screen, tap one of the enabled languages that you have already selected.
2. If more than one option exists, in the drop-down list, tap a layout.
3. If you want the layout you've selected to be the default whenever you use this language, tap Make Default.
Change your voice input language
1. On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.
2.
Tap Settings Settings > Language and Input.
3. Tap Voice Dictation.
4. In the Language drop-down list, tap the language you want to use.
Keyboard input methods
An input method enables you to type words or characters that are not available using the characters on your keyboard
layout. In some cases, input methods give you a phonetic approximation of a word based on the keyboard layout you are
using. Your device can then suggest a character or diacritic based on the sound you choose.
In other cases, input methods provide you with gestures and key combinations for languages. Some keyboard input
methods are common to all supported languages, such as word prediction or selecting accented characters by pressing
and holding keys.
All keyboard input methods also support using the Symbol key key to access symbols.
You can use your BlackBerry device in many different languages, regardless of the default language you select. However,
the differences between the languages you use may mean that you need specific tips to use your
BlackBerry Keyboard with
a language that is different than the default keyboard layout. For example, if you use a language that has more characters
in the alphabet than the language that your keyboard supports, you need to know how to access those additional
characters.
Typing in other languages
You can set your BlackBerry device to recognize three different input languages when you type. As you type, your device
makes predictions based on each of the language families. For example, if you use a Latin-based display language,
predictions appear for any of the configured Latin-based languages. Similarly, if your display language is Korean, it will not
display Arabic or Latin-based suggestions. When you set more than one typing language, you may need to consider the
following:
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