diff --git a/java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml b/java/res/values-ar-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
similarity index 83%
rename from java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
rename to java/res/values-ar-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
index 8d4d4bf..5629636 100644
--- a/java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
+++ b/java/res/values-ar-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!--
 /*
 **
-** Copyright 2012, The Android Open Source Project
+** Copyright 2014, The Android Open Source Project
 **
 ** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 ** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <!-- The all letters need to be mirrored are found at
          http://www.unicode.org/Public/6.1.0/ucd/BidiMirroring.txt -->
     <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
-    <!-- TODO: Use !text resources to merge LTR and RTL punctuations. -->
-    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",(|),)|(,\',-,/,@,_</string>
+    <!-- U+061F: "؟" ARABIC QUESTION MARK
+         U+061B: "؛" ARABIC SEMICOLON -->
+    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,&#x061F;,:,&#x061B;,\",\',(|),)|(,-,/,@,_</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/java/res/values-ar/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml b/java/res/values-ar/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
index 8d4d4bf..d33a104 100644
--- a/java/res/values-ar/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
+++ b/java/res/values-ar/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     <!-- The all letters need to be mirrored are found at
          http://www.unicode.org/Public/6.1.0/ucd/BidiMirroring.txt -->
     <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
-    <!-- TODO: Use !text resources to merge LTR and RTL punctuations. -->
-    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",(|),)|(,\',-,/,@,_</string>
+    <!-- U+061F: "؟" ARABIC QUESTION MARK
+         U+060C: "،" ARABIC COMMA
+         U+061B: "؛" ARABIC SEMICOLON -->
+    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,&#x061F;,&#x060C;,:,&#x061B;,\",(|),)|(,\',-,/,@,_</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml b/java/res/values-fa-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
similarity index 83%
copy from java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
copy to java/res/values-fa-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
index 8d4d4bf..5629636 100644
--- a/java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
+++ b/java/res/values-fa-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!--
 /*
 **
-** Copyright 2012, The Android Open Source Project
+** Copyright 2014, The Android Open Source Project
 **
 ** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 ** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <!-- The all letters need to be mirrored are found at
          http://www.unicode.org/Public/6.1.0/ucd/BidiMirroring.txt -->
     <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
-    <!-- TODO: Use !text resources to merge LTR and RTL punctuations. -->
-    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",(|),)|(,\',-,/,@,_</string>
+    <!-- U+061F: "؟" ARABIC QUESTION MARK
+         U+061B: "؛" ARABIC SEMICOLON -->
+    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,&#x061F;,:,&#x061B;,\",\',(|),)|(,-,/,@,_</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/java/res/values-fa/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml b/java/res/values-fa/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
index 8d4d4bf..d33a104 100644
--- a/java/res/values-fa/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
+++ b/java/res/values-fa/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     <!-- The all letters need to be mirrored are found at
          http://www.unicode.org/Public/6.1.0/ucd/BidiMirroring.txt -->
     <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
-    <!-- TODO: Use !text resources to merge LTR and RTL punctuations. -->
-    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",(|),)|(,\',-,/,@,_</string>
+    <!-- U+061F: "؟" ARABIC QUESTION MARK
+         U+060C: "،" ARABIC COMMA
+         U+061B: "؛" ARABIC SEMICOLON -->
+    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,&#x061F;,&#x060C;,:,&#x061B;,\",(|),)|(,\',-,/,@,_</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml b/java/res/values-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
similarity index 67%
copy from java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
copy to java/res/values-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
index 8d4d4bf..9c12cf4 100644
--- a/java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
+++ b/java/res/values-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!--
 /*
 **
-** Copyright 2012, The Android Open Source Project
+** Copyright 2014, The Android Open Source Project
 **
 ** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 ** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 */
 -->
 <resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
-    <!-- The all letters need to be mirrored are found at
-         http://www.unicode.org/Public/6.1.0/ucd/BidiMirroring.txt -->
     <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
-    <!-- TODO: Use !text resources to merge LTR and RTL punctuations. -->
-    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",(|),)|(,\',-,/,@,_</string>
+    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">:,;,\",!text/keyspec_left_parenthesis,!text/keyspec_right_parenthesis,\',-,/,@,_</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/java/res/values/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml b/java/res/values/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
index 5b2918f..9099f4c 100644
--- a/java/res/values/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
     <!-- TODO: these settings depend on the language. They should be put either in the dictionary
          header, or in the subtype maybe? -->
     <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
-    <!-- TODO: Use !text resources to merge LTR and RTL punctuations. -->
-    <!-- TODO: We should have different punctuations list for tablet. -->
-    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",(,),\',-,/,@,_</string>
+    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",!text/keyspec_left_parenthesis,!text/keyspec_right_parenthesis,\',-,/,@,_</string>
     <!-- Symbols that are normally preceded by a space (used to add an auto-space before these) -->
     <string name="symbols_preceded_by_space" translatable="false">([{&amp;</string>
     <!-- Symbols that are normally followed by a space (used to add an auto-space after these) -->