In the extracted folder, double-click Setup.exe.A window will open with the extracted files. Accept the default location, then click Next, then Finish. Right-click the kdbru_y.zip file, and choose Extract All. Open folder where you saved the kdbru_y.zip file.Choose to save in a place you will remember, such as My Documents (Windows XP) or Documents (Windows Vista). Click on this link to download the homophonic Russian keyboard.Professor Kuchta recommends you install a homophonic/transliterated keyboard. Once installed, change your keyboard by clicking the ' EN' icon in the lower right side of your computer screen. Select your language, then select the keyboard (Microsoft Office 2010 Pinyin IME/Microsoft Office 2010 IME/Arabic (101)). Then click the Keyboards and Languages tab.Click Start, Control Panel, Regions and Language.Install the Arabic, Chinese or Japanese Keyboard Once installed, the international keyboard provides many intuitive shortcuts for common accents, eliminating the need to memorize or look up ASCII codes. In the top of the 'Text Services and Input Languages' window, click the drop-down box called Default Input Language and choose English (United States) - United States-International.Select English (United States), then select United States-International keyboard.Click Start, Control Panel, Regions and Language, then click the Keyboards and Languages tab.You may find the International Keyboard easier when you are using your laptop.

For example, to type ' é ', you press the apostrophe key, followed by the letter e. The International Keyboard allows you to type accented characters by using keystrokes in sequence. In the GLC, you can also use the International Keyboard. In order to make this work on any keyboard, you'll need to enable the NUM LOCK and use the numeric keypad. A list of ASCII codes is found in the GLC, or by visiting this website. For example to type ' à ', hold down the ALT key, and then type the numbers 0224. You can use these codes to type accented characters. Sometimes, a missing accent can completely change the meaning of a word - so it is important to ensure the papers you type in world languages have all the accents and other special characters you need.Įvery character has a numeric code assigned to it. In many languages, you may need to type diacritical marks (accents) or special characters to spell a word correctly.

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