In most cases, Windows operating systems that are installed on personal computers in our country are equipped by default with two keyboard layouts: Russian and English (American). But often in the process of working with other languages, there is a need for additional characters that are not in English. For example, German umlauts or French apostrophes can create great difficulties for the user to read and write, not to mention exotic languages such as Japanese, Chinese or Hebrew. In these cases, an additional keyboard layout is simply needed.
Instructions
Step 1
Installing a new language layout is not difficult at all. On Windows, new layouts can be set in two ways. The first is through the general Start menu, the second is through the language bar in the quick launch menu located at the bottom of the desktop.
Step 2
In order to install the layout through the "Start" menu, go through the following route: Start - Control Panel - "Regional and Language Options". On the "Locales" page, select the "Add additional languages" or "Details" tab, depending on the specific version of Windows, after which a window appears under the name "Languages and text input services", which displays the already installed layouts. By default, these are English and Russian.
Step 3
To install a new layout, select the "Add" item. As a result, a small window appears with two lines allowing you to select the language and keyboard layout. From the drop-down lists, select the required one, and then press the "Save" button.
Step 4
The same result can be obtained in a shorter way through the quick launch bar. To do this, hover the cursor over the small icon of the language bar in the lower right corner of the quick launch bar and press the right mouse button. In the drop-down menu, select the "Parameters" item and get to the same tab of the layouts installed on the computer. Then we select the necessary settings in the manner described in the previous paragraph.
