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| + | <div class="lead">How to change a computer's settings so you may input text using different languages. </div> | ||
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| − | + | == Mac OS X 10.7 Lion == | |
| + | '''To turn on input source for a language''' | ||
| + | #From the Apple menu (upper left corner of screen), select '''System Preferences''', click '''Language & Text'''. | ||
| + | #Select the tab labeled '''Input Sources'''. | ||
| + | #Select the language that you would like to add by clicking on the checkbox next to it. | ||
| + | #Click on the '''Show Input menu in menu bar''' checkbox. Exit the window. | ||
| − | + | *'''To select/toggle between languages''', click on the '''flag icon''' in the menu bar (upper right corner of screen). | |
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| + | '''To turn on the Keyboard Viewer''' | ||
| + | #From the Apple menu, select '''System Preferences''', click '''Language & Text''' and then click '''Input Sources'''. | ||
| + | #Click the Keyboard & Character Viewer checkbox. | ||
| + | #Make sure the checkbox next to each input source you want to use is selected and that '''Show Input menu in menu bar''' is also checked. | ||
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| − | == | + | == Windows 7 == |
| − | # | + | #Navigate to the '''Control Panel'''. Under '''Clock, Language, and Region''' click on '''Change keyboards or other input methods'''. |
| − | # | + | #This opens a new window: '''Region and Language'''. Under the '''Keyboards and Languages''' tab, click on '''Change keyboards'''. |
| − | # | + | #This opens a new window: '''Text Services and Input Languages'''. Under the '''General''' tab, click '''Add'''. |
| − | #To toggle between languages now, click on the | + | #This opens a new window: '''Add Input Language'''. Scroll through the list to locate the desired language(s). |
| − | + | #To view that language's keyboard options, click the '''+''' signs next to the language and "Keyboard." | |
| − | + | #Check the boxes to select the languages you want to use. | |
| + | #Click '''OK''' as you go back through all three windows to accept and save changes and exit the menu. | ||
| + | #To toggle between languages now, click on the upper-case two-letter abbreviation (example: EN for English) located in the task bar, bottom right - or click on '''Show the Language bar''' to toggle from the top of the screen. (Clicking on the dash will return the toggle tool to the bottom task bar.) | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:07, 25 February 2014
How to change a computer's settings so you may input text using different languages.
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
To turn on input source for a language
- From the Apple menu (upper left corner of screen), select System Preferences, click Language & Text.
- Select the tab labeled Input Sources.
- Select the language that you would like to add by clicking on the checkbox next to it.
- Click on the Show Input menu in menu bar checkbox. Exit the window.
- To select/toggle between languages, click on the flag icon in the menu bar (upper right corner of screen).
To turn on the Keyboard Viewer
- From the Apple menu, select System Preferences, click Language & Text and then click Input Sources.
- Click the Keyboard & Character Viewer checkbox.
- Make sure the checkbox next to each input source you want to use is selected and that Show Input menu in menu bar is also checked.
Windows 7
- Navigate to the Control Panel. Under Clock, Language, and Region click on Change keyboards or other input methods.
- This opens a new window: Region and Language. Under the Keyboards and Languages tab, click on Change keyboards.
- This opens a new window: Text Services and Input Languages. Under the General tab, click Add.
- This opens a new window: Add Input Language. Scroll through the list to locate the desired language(s).
- To view that language's keyboard options, click the + signs next to the language and "Keyboard."
- Check the boxes to select the languages you want to use.
- Click OK as you go back through all three windows to accept and save changes and exit the menu.
- To toggle between languages now, click on the upper-case two-letter abbreviation (example: EN for English) located in the task bar, bottom right - or click on Show the Language bar to toggle from the top of the screen. (Clicking on the dash will return the toggle tool to the bottom task bar.)
