American Apple Keyboard Layout

The keyboard is available as a wired full size keyboard or a compact wireless keyboard. When it became necessary to replace my white Apple wireless keyboard I decided to go back to a wired keyboard. My reasons being that one my keyboard spends most of its time sat in front of my monitor and secondly I would miss the numeric keypad and direction. If you answered 'Yes' to both questions, you should use the 'United States-International' keyboard layout. Advantages: It works in all Windows programs: email, Word, Excel, Paint, web browsers, and TM programs. Non-English characters are produced with little extra effort, many times equivalent to using a native language keyboard.

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The United States-International keyboard layout for Windows

by Steven Marzuola

• Do you work in English and in another language from western Europe? (Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, .)
• Does your Windows computer have a US-style keyboard?

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If you answered 'Yes' to both questions, you should use the 'UnitedStates-International' keyboardlayout.

Advantages:

• It works in all Windowsprograms: email, Word, Excel, Paint, web browsers, and TM programs.
• Non-English characters areproduced with little extra effort,many times equivalent to using a native language keyboard.
• There isvery little memorization, no arbitrary numbers (e.g.compared to Alt-codes).
• Most peoplecan leave it set at all times. It does notinterfere with working in English,except for one minor disadvantage (mentioned below). There's no reasonto switch back and forth with another keyboard.
• The charactersshown on each key can still be obtained usingthat key. In other words, each key still produces its US Englishequivalent. If you install a Swedish, Spanish, or other keyboardlayout but retain the physical US keyboard, the characters producedby the keyboard will not match what is printed on the top of the keys.
• Free, built into Windows. Nothing extra to buy ordownload.

How it works:

First,certain keys become 'prefix' or'dead' keys. It's similar to how accent marks are typed on mechanicaltypewriters.

'	single quote
'	double quote
`	grave accent
^	caret (Shift-6)
~	tilde (Shift-`)

When followed by a letter that can take an accent mark, this sequencecreates the accented characters. Examples: á, ü,è, ô, ñ.

This may be confusing at first,because nothing isvisible on screen after the first key press.The combination character is not displayed until the second key ispressed to complete the sequence.

Ifthe next character does not take an accent mark, then the prefixsequence is aborted and two consecutiveordinarycharacters are obtained. For example: since there is no letter p with atilde~ on top,the key sequence ~ p will produce the separate characters ~p.

Second,the behavior of the right-hand 'Alt' key is modified. Hold the RightAltkey and press otherletter or number keys to obtain a wide variety of other letters andaccents. Some of them are duplicates ofthe 'prefix' combinations, others are new. Here are some of the lettersyou can obtain (the last ones use theShift key):

¡²³¤€¼½¾‘'äåé®þüúíóö«»áßðø´æ©ñµç¿ ÄÅÉÞ

How to get the new characters:

In this image, the regular keys/characters are shown in black. 'Dead'or 'prefix' keys are in blue, and the characters obtained with theShift-Right-Alt key (shown here as 'Alt-Gr', or 'Alt-Graphic') are inred. These are the uppercase versions.

Disadvantages:

Only two that I canthink of (in 20 years):

• Microsoft makes this option hard to find!
• If you want totype one of the 'dead'characters: ' ` ' ^ ~ you can getunexpected results if the next character goes with that accent. Toavoid this, press a space immediately after such a keystroke.

How to install:

• For Windows 10:
  Click Start, Settings, to open the 'Time &Language' window.
  On the left side, select 'Region &language'.
  At the bottom right, select 'Additional date,time, & regional settings'.
  On the right side, under 'Language', select'Change input methods'
  On the row that says, 'English (United States),select 'Options'
  Under 'Input method', select 'Add an inputmethod.'
  Search and click on the option, 'UnitedStates-International'. Then click 'Add'.
  (Optional, butrecommended). Under'Input method', on the row for 'US', click 'Remove'.
  Click 'Save', and close the settings windows.'
• For Windows8
• For WindowsXP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7

Summary

This article describes how to change keyboard layouts for the Microsoft keyboards listed in the 'Applies To' section.
You can configure your keyboard to use a different language or keyboard layout, such as Canadian Multilingual, Spanish, or United States-Dvorak. A large selection of keyboard layouts is installed with the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Generally, you should configure your keyboard layout in Windows to match the actual keyboard that you use. If you can choose a different layout, be aware that the keys on your keyboard may display different characters than those that appear on screen.

More Information

To configure your keyboard to use a different language or keyboard layout, use the appropriate method for your version of Windows.

Note These methods use the Canadian French keyboard layout as an example.

Windows 7 or Windows Vista

1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.

3. Click Add. Pdf file reader software, free download for windows xp.

4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand French (Canada).

5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the Canadian French check box, and then click OK.

6. In the options, click View Layout No deposit casino blog. to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.

7. In the Default input language list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French, and then click OK two times.

8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
   Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout.

9. Untitled goose game 1 0 7 download free. Click the Language bar, and then click FR French (Canada).

Windows XP

1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

2. On the Languages tab, click Details.

3. Under Installed services, click Add.

4. In the Input language list, select the language that you want. For example, select French (Canada) .

5. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click Canadian French, and then click OK .

6. In the Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French, and then click OK.

7. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
   

   Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout.

8. Click the Language bar, and then click French (Canada). How to clean up your mac computer.

How to make sure that the selected layout matches the keyboard

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Windows 7 or Windows Vista

1. Click Start, type osk in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the keyboard.

Windows XP

1. Click Start, type osk in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the keyboard.

References

For more information about the Language bar, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

306993 HOW TO: Use the Language Bar in Windows XP
For more information about how to use the United States-International keyboard layout, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

306560 How to use the United States-International keyboard layout in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, and in Windows XP