1. Make sure that there is French (France), French (Switzerland), French (Canada) or French (Belgium) keyboard in Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards.
2. Additionally, make sure that Automatic or French for the French (France) keyboard or French (Belgium) keyboard, and French for French (Switzerland) keyboard or French (Canada) keyboard is selected in Settings > General > Keyboard > Hardware Keyboard.
3. The French language code is FR, represented by the numeric 5, 5.
4. The language at L3 can be any Roman alphabet language. The initial factory setting is English.
5. The language at L4 can be any language. The initial factory setting is none.
6. The French language can be set at either L3 or L4.
7. To set the French language at L3, press L3 + L1, 6, 5, 5.
8. To set the French language at L4, press L3 + L1, L4, 6, 5, 5.
9. To unset the language at L4, press L3 + L1, L4, R1.
10. Roman alphabet letters and common keyboard symbols are as in Rivo alphabet layout and Rivo symbols layout.
11. Letters with diacritic accent marks in French can be typed as follows:
| é | R2 + 1 |
| ë, ï, ü, ÿ | R2 + 2, after typing the base letter (e, i, u, y) |
| â, ê, î, ô, û | R2 + 5, after typing the base letter (a, e, i, o, u) |
| à, è, ù | R2 + 8, after typing the base letter (a, e, u) |
| ç | R2 + 7 |
| œ | R2 + 3 |
| æ | R2 + 4 |
12. Additional symbols can be typed in symbol mode as follows:
| € | R2 + 6 |
| £ | R2 + # |
| ª | R2 + 4 |
| º | R2 + 3 |
| ¡ | R2 + 1 |
| ¿ | R2 + 2 |