Installing
the International Keyboard
For Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000 do the following:
- Click Start button
- Click Settings
- Click Control Panel
- Click Keyboard
- Click on Language Tab (Input Locales Tab
for Win 2000)
- Now you should see an entry line for English,
click on English to highlight it if it is not already
highlighted.
- Click the Properties button
- Open the drop-down box and select United States-International.
- Click all OK buttons - depending on the way Windows
is installed on your computer, you may need to insert the
Windows CD disk (part of the software that was bundled
with your computer when it was purchased
For Windows XP do the following:
- 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 English in the Input language drop-down
slot
- If there is a check box to the left of Keyboard layout/IME,
click the check box to add a check mark for Keyboard
layout/IME (otherwise, ignore this step)
- Open the drop-down slot for Keyboard layout/IME and
select United States-International from the list.
- Click the OK button for the Add Input Language dialog
box
- In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog
box, in the Default input language area, open the
drop-down list and select English (United States) -
United States - International
- 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 be set for International Keyboard.
Using the International Keyboard
(use for French, German, Italian and Spanish)
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). If you have more than one input
language installed on your computer, the active language
is indicated on the Taskbar (e.g., English is represented
by the letters EN as illustrated below ). If
you have multiple languages installed, make sure EN appears
on the taskbar (if not click on the two letters representing
the active language and select the English (United States) from
the menu). Now click the keyboard icon and select United
States - International on the menu. The International
keyboard is now active. Follow the directions below for entering
accented characters.

There are three keys on the keyboard that are used in combination
with other keys to produce characters with accents. These
keys are:
1) the single/double quote key
2) the 6/circumflex key
3) the grave/tilde key.
Acute - strike the single quote key (key just
to left of Enter key) and then the vowel desired.
Example: strike single quote then a for á
Grave - strike the grave key (key just below
the Esc key) and then the vowel desired.
Example: strike the grave key then e for è
Umlaut - hold down the Shift key and strike
the double quote key (just left of Enter key), release
these keys and then strike the vowel.
Example: strike Shift + double quote then u for ü
Circumflex - hold down the Shift key and strike circumflex (number
6 key), release these keys and then strike the vowel.
Example: strike Shift + circumflex then e for ê
Tilde - hold down the Shift key and strike
the tilde key (key just below the Esc key), release
these keys and strike the character desired.
Example: strike Shift + tilde then n for ñ
Special Characters
ç hold down the right ALT key and strike
the comma key (use Shift + ALT for capital)
ß hold down the right ALT key and strike
the s key
¿ hold down the right ALT key and strike
the forward slash/? key
¡ hold down the right ALT key and strike
the number one/! key
Since the single/double quote key acts differently than
on a standard keyboard, you must strike the space bar after
these keys if you want the single or double quote rather
than the accent. |