Hey, how do I type different languages with a standard US keyboard?
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How do you do this exactly, I am a bit lazy to try to find all the detail on the web so came here. I was thinking like you press a letter and ctrl+alt at the same time or something. I know at school where they have macs (mostly emacs those tax draining money flushers) the French teacher does this very instantanious like it is a letter on the keyboard, and even beginning forms of questions (multiple letters) are done by one sequence or button. Anyone know how, maybe I am just dumb, but I can't seem to figure this out on windows. My thinking would be that it is built into the os because you can select the language, but it won't let you type the language. I don't know keyboard lay outs from other languages, but either think that all accented letters have a new button somewhere or there are a couple accent buttons that you hold down while pressing the letter (like shift to capitalize).
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I know that when you are installing Windows XP it asks you about the region you are in, and then about the keyboard. You have to add the type of language you want. For example, at the win xp setup I have two options for Polish language: Polish, and Polish(Programmers). I always choose Polish (Programmers) and English (United States). Once I add them to the list, I can select which is the default, by which you work at all times, unless you change it.
Now, to change this in windows go:
Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages tab > Details button > and this is where you do it
To switch between the languages the default keys are left alt + shift. You can set it yourself in that same menu also.
Once you have more than one language keyboard layout you will have a "language box" in the taskbar, that will show what the current language is. I'll attach a screenshot, wait up.
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Ah, and the most important part, once you install and select a language, for example Polish. To use the special letters from the language there are key combinations, I have no idea what they are when it comes to french but in polish its:
ą - right alt + a
ę - right alt + e
ó - right alt + o
ś - right alt + s
ż - right alt + z
ź - right alt + x
and so on, as You see 90% of these are very intuitive. It will be harder in french as the marks above letters sometimes face to the left or to the right. or sometimes there might be 3 different marks possible above a letter like in french when it comes to the letter "e". French is a bitch like theres no tomorrow, anyway - so sign up for Japanese or Russian, I suggest.
First of all, I think there are a couple (2-4 buttons on right side near shift and enter where a couple keys are missing, multiply 2-4 by 2 then. I figured out what keys do what, some letters get mixed around so forth, a couple things I didn't quited understand happened, but I figured it out. I did not figure out for example, Canadian French keyboard (which is more like US).
Any way, any more stuff is fine if you post.
And about switching language, I am stuck with french for awhile. Next year I could take either German, Latin, French, Japenese, or Spanish, these are all possible languages and are in preferance order, German being first.