Installing
the Classical Greek Keyboard (Windows XP)
- Click Start button
- Click Control Panel
- Click Regional & Language Options (depending
on your desktop settings, you may need to select Date,
Time, Language and Regional Options in the Pick
a category window, then select Regional & Language
Options)
- Select Languages tab in the dialog box
- Click the Details button
- Text Services and Input Languages dialog box
should now be open - in the Installed Services area
click the Add button
- Add Input Language dialog box should now be open
- select Greek in the Input language drop-down
slot
- In the Keyboard layout/IME drop-down slot, select Greek
Polytonic
- Click the OK button for the Add Input Language dialog
box
- In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog
box, click the Language Bar button to open the Language
Bar Settings dialog box
- Place a check mark in the check box next to Show
Language bar on the desktop
- Close all dialog boxes by clicking their OK buttons.
Your computer should now have the Greek Keyboard installed
in addition to the English Keyboard.
Using the classical Greek
keyboard (Windows XP)
The active keyboard is indicated on the Taskbar (e.g., the
English keyboard is represented by the letters EN).
To select the Greek keyboard, first open the software you
intend to use (e.g., Microsoft Word) and make sure that the
software has the focus (click inside the software window).
Then click the letters on the Taskbar (EN in the example
illustration below) to open a keyboard menu and select Greek
(EL).
The Greek keyboard should now be active, with the letters EL appearing
on the taskbar. You may wish to work with the Language Bar
on the screen. To restore the Language Bar, right-click on
EL and select Restore the language bar from the menu.
The Language bar should now appear docked to the title bar
of the software window. You can also drag the Language bar
down into the document area if you wish, as illustrated below:
To return the Language bar to the Taskbar, click on the
minimize button (button with a minus sign on right side of
Language bar).
The On-Screen Keyboard can be used as an aid in learning
the layout of this keyboard. To start the On-Screen Keyboard,
follow this Start Menu path: Programs/Accessories/Accessibility.
You can enter characters via the keyboard, using the On-Screen
Keyboard as a template, or you can enter characters directly
by clicking the keys on the screen.
You must select a font in the software you are using that
supports classical Greek. Palatino Linotype is one
font that can be used.
In order to type diacritical marks using the polytonic Greek
keyboard, it is necessary to use "dead keys". Dead keys are
keys that when pressed do not display anything on the screen
until the next key is pressed. If the second key is for a
character that can take a diacritical mark, then that character
and the mark are displayed. If the second key is for a character
that does not take a diacritical mark, then two characters
are displayed, the first being a basic value for the key.
To get a diacritical mark all by itself, press the appropriate
dead key followed by a space.
The basic Greek keyboard is illustrated below:
The keys labeled with red arrows are dead
keys.
Press the dead key, release, then press the character to
which the diacritical should be applied (the illustration
above contains one example for each diacritical).
When you hold down the right Alt key, the
keys change as illustrated below:
The right Alt key provides a second
set of diacriticals. To apply these, hold the Alt key
down and press the appropriate dead key. Then release both
keys and press the desired character key.
When you hold down the Shift key,
the keys change as illustrated below:
The Shift key provides a third set
of diacriticals. To apply these, hold the Shift key
down and press the appropriate dead key. Then release both
keys and press the desired character key (hold the Shift key
down again to obtain the upper case character).
When you hold down both the Shift and
right Alt keys, a fourth set of diacriticals is
available as illustrated below:
To apply the diacriticals above, hold down
both the Shift key and the right Alt key
and then press the appropriate dead key. Then release all
three keys and press the desired character key.
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