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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> 49<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> 50<list type="unordered"> 51<listitem> 52<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> 53</listitem> 54<listitem> 55<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> 56</listitem> 57<listitem> 58<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> 59</listitem> 60</list> 61<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> 62<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> 63<list type="unordered"> 64<listitem> 65<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> 66</listitem> 67<listitem> 68<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> 69</listitem> 70<listitem> 71<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> 72</listitem> 73</list> 74<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 75<embed href="text/shared/guide/language_select.xhp#language_select"/> 76<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> 77<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> 78</body> 79</helpdocument> 80