Concept Of The Keyboard Language; Setting Up A Keyboard Assignment In Windows Xp - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

Input of Text
3.4 Using a different keyboard assignment
Example
In Hungarian, for example, you would have to input these characters as follows:
• őŐűŰ (O double-acute, U double-acute) via the Character Map
• öÖüÜ directly
• áÁéÉíÍóÓúÚ compound input
3.4.1

Concept of the keyboard language

Windows manages pairs for the keyboard consisting of "Language ("Language and Region
Support")" and "Keyboard assignment". The set keyboard language determines which
language property is assigned to the characters entered. The associated keyboard
assignment will determine which key produces which character.
Several such settings can be set up and it is possible to switch between them.
One of the settings is defined as the default setting.
Windows uses the term "Language and Region Support" as this can be used not only to
switch the language properties, but also to select settings such as currency, date format etc.
3.4.2

Setting up a keyboard assignment in Windows XP

Proceed as follows to select a new keyboard assignment:
1. From the Start menu, select "Settings" → "Control Panel" and click "Regional and
2. Click the "Languages" tab and click the button "Details..." under the heading "Text
3. The dialog box "Text Services and Input Languages" is opened. Select the "Settings" tab.
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Language Options".
Services and Input Languages".
If a symbol such as DE is displayed in the right-hand taskbar, you can also right-click this
symbol and select the command "Properties..." to speed up steps 1 and 2.
Creating foreign language texts
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