How can I type a greater than ">" in Arabic

[Munzir Taha <munzirtaha at newhorizons dot com dot sa>]

I reviewed translation of userdrake.po in Arabic lang.

A string like this:
User Uid is < 500
which contains a < sign was translated using words "less than in Arabic" not 
the symbol itself. I tried to replace it with the symbol which should be 
SHIFT+DAL but couldn't generate it. After trying the whole keyboard, I 
decided to shift the keyboard to English, type the symbol, then switch back 
to Arabic to continue translation. I am not sure whether this is correct. But 
I am sure there should be an easier way and I don't know it. What is it? Do I 
need to change the layout or what?

Also, it's better if we turned to be consistent: either use < and > sign or 
use the wording "less than" and "greater than". Compare with this string:

Creating a user with a UID less than 500 is not recommended.\n
 Are you sure you want to do this?\n
These are trivial matters I know but I love to be near perfection ;)
To be silly: Why do you put a space before "Are you sure ..."

Another question:
For the translation of words like "search" how can I decide whether this 
should be translated as imperative mood or just a noun. Is it something that 
we can settle on a solution for it or just a matter of preference?

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Munzir Taha
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