Apple Keyboard English International Vs Us
The United States-International keyboard layout for Windows
by Steven Marzuola
- However you can alter the layout in System preferences to suit US International or British - English if you choose Some differences are US Keyboard British Keyboard alt 2 =™ alt 2 =€ alt shift 2 =€ alt shift 2 =™ alt 3=£ alt 3 =# Shift 3 =# Shift 3=£.
- While the US keyboard replaces may symbols with text the symbols remain on the UK version in most cases. Shift for instance is an upwards arrow on the UK keyboard and ‘shift’ on the US version. On their website Apple say “Yes, we did think of everything” but I am not sure that’s quite true. You see what Apple seem to have forgotten is to include a hash key (#) on the UK version yet again. On US keyboards the hash key (#) appears above the three (3) key and therefore when shift + 3.
From your description looks like 'International' is exactly what I'm using right now (Apple keyboard bought in Asia). I gues I like US layout a little bit more, there is just one thing that stops.
- Do you work in English and in another language from western Europe? (Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, ...)
- Does your Windows computer have a US-style keyboard?
Advantages:
- It works in all Windowsprograms: email, Word, Excel, Paint, web browsers, and TM programs.
- Non-English characters areproduced with little extra effort,many times equivalent to using a native language keyboard.
- There isvery little memorization, no arbitrary numbers (e.g.compared to Alt-codes).
- Most peoplecan leave it set at all times. It does notinterfere with working in English,except for one minor disadvantage (mentioned below). There's no reasonto switch back and forth with another keyboard.
- The charactersshown on each key can still be obtained usingthat key. In other words, each key still produces its US Englishequivalent. If you install a Swedish, Spanish, or other keyboardlayout but retain the physical US keyboard, the characters producedby the keyboard will not match what is printed on the top of the keys.
- Free, built into Windows. Nothing extra to buy ordownload.
How it works:
First,certain keys become 'prefix' or'dead' keys. It's similar to how accent marks are typed on mechanicaltypewriters.
| ' | single quote |
| ' | double quote |
| ` | grave accent |
| ^ | caret (Shift-6) |
| ~ | tilde (Shift-`) |
When followed by a letter that can take an accent mark, this sequencecreates the accented characters. Examples: á, ü,è, ô, ñ.
This may be confusing at first,because nothing isvisible on screen after the first key press.The combination character is not displayed until the second key ispressed to complete the sequence.
Ifthe next character does not take an accent mark, then the prefixsequence is aborted and two consecutiveordinarycharacters are obtained. For example: since there is no letter p with atilde~ on top,the key sequence ~ p will produce the separate characters ~p.
Second,the behavior of the right-hand 'Alt' key is modified. Hold the RightAltkey and press otherletter or number keys to obtain a wide variety of other letters andaccents. Some of them are duplicates ofthe 'prefix' combinations, others are new. Here are some of the lettersyou can obtain (the last ones use theShift key):
Ms English International Keyboard
How to get the new characters:
In this image, the regular keys/characters are shown in black. 'Dead'or 'prefix' keys are in blue, and the characters obtained with theShift-Right-Alt key (shown here as 'Alt-Gr', or 'Alt-Graphic') are inred. These are the uppercase versions.Disadvantages:
Only two that I canthink of (in 20 years):
- Microsoft makes this option hard to find!
- If you want totype one of the “dead”characters: ' ` ' ^ ~ you can getunexpected results if the next character goes with that accent. Toavoid this, press a space immediately after such a keystroke.
How to install:
- For Windows 10:
Click Start, Settings, to open the 'Time &Language' window.
On the left side, select 'Region &language'.
At the bottom right, select 'Additional date,time, & regional settings'.
On the right side, under 'Language', select'Change input methods'
On the row that says, 'English (United States),select 'Options'
Under 'Input method', select 'Add an inputmethod.'
Search and click on the option, 'UnitedStates-International'. Then click 'Add'.
(Optional, butrecommended). Under'Input method', on the row for 'US', click 'Remove'.
Click 'Save', and close the settings windows.' - For Windows8
- For WindowsXP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
Yesterday Erin took you through the signs and symbols that you will find on your computer keyboard. She even explained the name for each symbol. Another element she mentioned is that there are different keyboards for different countries.
If you have ever sat down at a computer whilst in the United Kingdom and tried to type an email, you probably ran into a few frustrations. That’s because the UK keyboard, while very similar to the American one, has a few differences.
The United Kingdom and Ireland use a keyboard layout based on the 48-key version defined in British Standard BS 4822. I’ve included the American keyboard and the UK keyboard below, so you can take a look at the differences. To be honest, the differences are so few and minor that identifying them might feel a bit like some of those “spot 5 differences” images you may have completed as a kid.
United Kingdom Keyboard
I’ve included a list of the main differences below for you but one of the first differences you might have seen is that the UK enter key is a little bit bigger. You might have also noticed that some of our symbols are in different places. The one people notice the most are the “@” symbol, which is to the left of the enter key. While the quotation mark makes it way over to above the number 2.
Apple Keyboard English International Vs Us Citizens
The pound symbol, which we actually call a hash rather than pound, is also moved closer to the enter key giving us a space for the currency symbol of the British Pound.
Main differences between a US and UK keyboard:
- an AltGr key is added to the right of the space bar
- the # symbol is replaced by the £ symbol and a 102nd key is added next to the Enter key to accommodate the displaced #
- @ and ” are swapped
- the ~ is moved to the # key, and is replaced by a ¬ symbol on the backquote (`) key
- the key is moved to the left of the Z key
- the Enter key spans two rows, and is narrower to accommodate the # key
- on laptop computers, the and key is often placed next to the space bar