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  2. Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts - Wikipedia

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    Today, the left-to-right direction is dominant in all three languages for horizontal writing: this is due partly to the influence of English and other Western languages to make it easier to read when the two languages are found together—for example, on airport signs at a train station—and partly to the increased use of computerized ...

  3. Typographic alignment - Wikipedia

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    In other languages that read text right-to-left, such as Persian, Arabic and Hebrew, text is commonly aligned "flush right". Additionally, flush-right alignment is used to set off special text in English, such as attributions to authors of quotes printed in books and magazines, or text associated with an image to its right.

  4. Writing system - Wikipedia

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    How individual lines are read—whether starting from the left or right on a horizontal axis, or from the top or bottom on a vertical axis. For example, English and many other Western languages are written in horizontal rows that begin at the top of a page and end at the bottom, with each row read from left to right.

  5. Why Do Languages Have Gendered Words?

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    Today Dorman says 44% of languages have grammatical gender systems, which can help ease communication for people speaking and understanding a language. Why Do Languages Have Gendered Words? Skip ...

  6. Implicit directional marks - Wikipedia

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    In the first example, without an LRM control character, a web browser will render the ++ on the left of the "C" because the browser recognizes that the paragraph is in a right-to-left text and applies punctuation, which is neutral as to its direction, according to the direction of the adjacent text. The LRM control character causes the ...

  7. Boustrophedon - Wikipedia

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    When reading one line, the lines above and below it appear upside down. However, the writing continues onto the second side of the tablet at the point where it finishes off the first, so if the first side has an odd number of lines, the second will start at the upper left-hand corner, and the direction of writing shifts to top to bottom. Larger ...

  8. Change your language or location preferences in AOL

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    By setting your preferred language and location, you can stay informed with the latest local headlines, weather forecast and date formats displayed. 1. Login to your AOL account. 2. Click your profile to access your Account info. 3. From the Language menu, select your desired language and region. Still need help?

  9. Use keyboard shortcuts in AOL Mail

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    Mark as Read K: Mark as Unread Shift + K: Star L: Unstar Shift + L: Delete Del or Backspace: Archive E: Restore to inbox Shift + E: Open Move menu D: Go to the previous message Left arrow: Go to the next message Right arrow: Reply R: Reply all A: Forward F: Print P: Open attachmet preview Shift + P