Alphabet
An Alphabet is a set of written
characters
and
symbols used to
represent the sounds of a spoken language.
The combination of an alphabet's characters and symbols form syllables,
words and sentences.
The modern English alphabet has 26 characters based on the
earlier Latin and Greek alphabets.
This alphabet is one of the most widely used sets nowadays and
most keyboards
are primarily based on its characters. It has been adapted,
though with some alterations, for
use in many languages around the world.
OpenOffice.org is available in many languages and many different alphabets.
While the letters are fixed in an alphabet, their written
appearance can differ widely. the visual appearance of the
characters in the alphabet is determined by the
font used.
In OpenOffice.org a single document can contain characters from different alphabets side by side.
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