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Changing Keyboard Layout/Language

Instructions For Windows Vista:

1. Click the Windows button (i.e., Start on other versions of Windows) and then Control Panel.
2. Now, click Regional and Language Options.
3. Click on the Keyboards and Languages tab.
4. Then, click Change keyboards....
5. Click Add (under Installed Services).
6. Select the keyboard layout you would like to add from the list. Click Ok.
7. Your keyboard layout will now be included in the list. Click it, and then click Ok.
8. Alt + Shift should allow you to cycle through language layouts.

Instructions for Windows XP

1. Click Start and then Control Panel.
2. Once in Control Panel, if you are in Category View, click Switch to Classic View in the top left corner.
3. Now, click on Regional and Language Options.
4. Click on the Languages tab.
5. In the Text Services and Input Languages, click on Details.
6. Under Installed Services, click Add.
7. Choose the input language/keyboard layout you want.
8. Click Ok, and then click Ok once more.
9. Now, your keyboard layout is set. You should be able to switch between inputs by pressing Alt + Shift.

Instructions For Mac OSX:

To change the language layout for your keyboard (ie, use different character set/key order etc), you can click on the flag (usually USA) at the top right corner of the screen. This menu has an option “Open International” - select it. Put a check mark next to the language you are interested in.

If your computer does not have a flag there already, click the Apple menu in the upper left hand corner, go to System Preferences, and under Personal click International. Go to the Input Menu tab, and check the box for the language you want. This will also likely make the flag appear since now your Mac knows you want choices.

You can make multiple layouts available on the flag menu by checking multiple languages at once. You will be able to choose between them by clicking on the flag icon.

To also display the name of the layout next to the flag, selecting “Show/Hide Input Source” on the flag menu.

Changing keyboard layout does not change the menu language. To do this: MacLanguageChange

To spell check in another language: MacWordAltLanguageCheck

Make your computer let you toggle back and forth between input languages!

Mac CCL Word

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