Questions concerning the input language, a setting in an operation system or an individual program that controls the language used to type information via the keyboard.
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Word reverses word order when converting tabs to spaces
Here is a simple example:
I want this, but with the tabs replaced by spaces:
I get this instead:
With the words reversed.
Note that a similar thing happens if I just change the text direction ...
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One key for one language
If you have only 2 languages on Windows to switch, you can use Ctrl+Shift or Alt+Shift to switch between them.
But if the count of languages is more than 2 (I have 4), it becomes tricky to use the ...
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Writing mixed text in Microsoft Word
In Word, while writing japanese using a japanese font sometimes I have to write also some romaji, and when I do it automatically switches to a different font for that text only.
This is particularly ...
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What's messing with my default input language?
The Problem
Why is my input language set to NL (=Dutch) every time I open an application, despite the default input language setting?
Background
I have a Windows 7 system with an English (US) ...
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Remove invisible language modes in Windows 8
this might be considered a duplicate of my previous question: Disable [Windows]+[Space] hotkey in Windows 8
However my problem is more about getting rid of 2 settings, that should be removed, while ...
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Windows 8 - 2 languages. How to lock keyboard to only one?
I have small problem with my keyboard languages.
I have 2 languages installed on my PC.
I have English set as display language and Polish used for Keyboard layout, date and time.
(I just don't like ...
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Arabic typing on Microsoft Word 2010 no longer working
I have already installed the language pack from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/language-packs/.
On the Windows 7 machine I then go:
Word 2010 -> File -> Options -> Language -> Add additional ...
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Creating a custom input method
Is there any standard way of creating a custum input method for X11/linux in general?
I've poked around scim and iBus but I can't seem to find any example of it having been done before.
In reality I ...
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Can I keep Windows from defaulting printers to A4 paper?
There's an old joke that English will be the language of Heaven, because Americans won't learn foreign languages. Microsoft seems to have internalized this joke...
I am an American English speaker; ...
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How to change default language in OneNote without changing keyboard (MS-OneNote 2010, Windows7)
I live in Britian and usually write in English, but I use a Swiss German keyboard layout (on my UK keyboard) because this allows me to write in all my languages (German, French and Italian) without ...
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How to add new languages to Pidgin spellchecker in Linux?
When you write a message in Pidgin, you rightclick on the input and you can choose from Languages menu in which language you write. What to do when there is no language you want in the menu (in ...
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Install Russian on Windows XP
Is this possible? I need a keyboard layout for Russian and Ukranian - but it's not in the Regional Language and Settings list and I have enabled the advanced languages as well. I've tried Windows ...
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How to switch input language using Caps Lock?
I have several input languages in my system and found that standard key combinations (Ctrl+Shift or Alt+Shift ) interferes with some useful key combinations in text editors.
Is there a way to assign ...
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Switch keyboard layout with “Windows” keys in Windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Custom shortcut for switching keyboard input languages in Windows XP
I use two keyboard layouts in my system - Russian and English. Windows 7 offers only two ways to ...
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How to switch input language by pressing Shift+CapsLock [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Custom shortcut for switching keyboard input languages in Windows XP
I'm using Shift+CapsLock to switch input language in Linux and I have dual boot. It would be really ...
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Language changing in Windows 8 [duplicate]
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Why in Windows 8 alt+shift change language for all applications?
This is a bit hard to explain. I'll try my best: I have two languages enabled in my windows. EN and FA. ...
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Typing other language by error, how to convert to other one?
I'm typing sometimes in Arabic, and other times in latin letter (French)
When I'm writing in Arabic, I found that keyboard is French and make no sense for what I'm writing
Are there any methods to ...
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How can I remove an input method completely in Windows 8?
I have upgraded to Windows 8 Pro from Windows 7 Home Premium. Recently, I noticed that there's 2 input language methods in my computer (English and Vietnamese):
But I don't want to use that ...
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What does “Reconversion” do in notepad?
When I right click on Notepad, there come up options for right-to-left languages. But at the end exists an option "Reconversion". I have installed a Japanese LIP and it seems like I have got hold of ...
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Is it possible to disable a windows keyboard shortcut?
Is it possible to disable any default windows keyboard shortcut? I want to reuse win+space for something else, but it is already taken by the system to switch between keyboard layouts. Windows 8 ...
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How do I install a language pack in Windows 7 Home Premium? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to change Windows default language to another language, but temporarily?
Specifically, I want Korean (link), but I hope this helps other people in general. According ...
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Shortcuts don't work in Microsoft Word 2013
I have English Windows 8, English Office 2013 and a few keyboard languages.
When I set the English keyboard and start Word, shortcuts work. But when I change the English keyboard to other languages ...
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Can I set cells to remember a certain input method in Excel? If so, how?
I have an Excel document with two columns. In one column, I write using the Japanese input method. In the next one I write using the standard one (Latin based).
So, can I set Excel to automatically ...
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Why are the language bar buttons locked / pressed?
I'm using the Language Bar in Windows 7 to switch between English and Japanese. In 'Japanese' mode the bar has a few extra buttons for switching between the various alphabets / width styles - image 1:
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Keyboard input not recognized after google input tool uninstall
I use Windows 7.
I had recently installed Google Input Tools for my local language. Since there seems to be some issues with it I wanted to reinstall the software.
So, yesterday I did uninsall it ...
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Complicated input language and display language setup in Windows 8
Problem
I live in Russia and use in everyday life 3 languages: Russian, English and Japanese.
If you use Japanese IME you don't need to have English input language by itself, Japanese IME has ...
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Changing behavior of Windows 8 Win+Space language changer
I wonder if it is possible to have Win+Space language changer act as Mac OS one.
In Mac OS it orders input languages by last used time, but in Windows 8 it just cycles between all of currently ...
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Exclude an input language from Alt+Shift/Ctrl+Shift switching cycle on Windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Multiple input languages, switch between two
I have 3 input languages installed on my Windows 7: English, Russian and Japanese. So when I switch between them by ...
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Add Keyboard - Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin New Experience Input
I would like to add Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin New Experience Input from command line.
I tried the following command:
reg add "HKCU\Keyboard Layout\Preload" /v 3 /d 00000804
except ...
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Set default input language for bootup
When I boot up, my default input language is Hebrew. I can change the language when I boot up, (click on it, etc) but I really just want it to be English by default.
Additionally, should I attempt to ...
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How to restore pre-windows-8 Alt+Shift keyboard behavior?
Before Windows 8, the Alt+Shift shortcut changed the input method (keyboard layout) for the current app. This permitted to map an input method to each app.
For example I could keep the default layout ...
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Can I switch input methods while Caps Lock is being held down on Windows?
On my Linux computer, my keyboard switches from English to Serbian when I hold the Caps Lock key. For example, to write č all I have to do is hold Caps Lock, and press the key where č is on the ...
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How can I change my language/keyboard input language system-wide temporarily?
I currently have two languages set up; English and Dutch. The only difference is in keyboard input. The Dutch one uses the French/Belgian AZERTY layout and the English one uses the Irish/English ...
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Set Windows 8 to per-application input language mode
In Windows XP, Vista, 7 whenever one was using sevaral input languages, switching between applications would default input language for an application to defalut language.
For example when I have ...
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How to set default language to english while I am typing url name in browser
My computer install 2 languages, Thai and English
I think it's common to set default language to english while I am typing url name on browser, such as www.google.com
but if language is now set to ...
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How do I set a default language (input source) for an application?
Has Apple completely removed the possibility to do this, and to what end?
The primary input language for my MacBook is Norwegian. What I want is for OSX to open MacVim with the US input language ...
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How do I type the backslash/Yen/¥ character on Japanese Windows?
I am running VirtualBox on a Ubuntu 12.04 host with a US keyboard. The virtual machine is running Japanese Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard). I want to cd \ from the Command Prompt.
On Japanese ...
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How do I change the input language globally by hotkey in Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Switching keyboard layout in Windows globally
My primary input language is English but I often have to switch to German when I need umlauts.
When I press Alt+Shift ...
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Windows Pidgin GTK+ cannot type quotes properly
I use Pidgin, XChat and MonoDevelop on my windows 7 machine.
Since a year, more or less, im not able to type quotes:
" becomes ¨
' becomes ´
I've finally started to get really pissed at this problem ...
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switching language in windows stops working after a while
When you have a second language active on your windows, you can switch between the languages using shift+alt or via the task bar language button. On a certain laptop I have, this stops working a while ...
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What's the difference between a “Keyboard Language” and an “Input Language”?
I see the same keyboard options underneath different languages, and it's confusing me...
What exactly is the difference between selecting an "input language" inside Windows, versus merely selecting ...
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Advanced text services - ink correction
Out of blue it appeared two new keyboards in my language panel as you can see on this screenshot:
My operating system is Windows XP SP3. Whats weird this keyboard have been installed under all ...
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sing CapsLock to switch the keyboard language layout
Currently I am using Recaps for switching between keyboard layouts. But I am looking for a replacement, because it is a little buggy and not updated for years. Do you know any replacement?
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Microsoft Office 2010 language pack proofing tool without changing UI
I may have misunderstood the literature regarding the language packs or language proofing tools. 1st of all I am not sure if they are the different names for the same thing or not. Are they? 2nd I do ...
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Can't get the keyboard layout switching button to show
I used to have a button with which I could switch the on screen keyboard to standard qwerty, reduced qwerty (no numbers), split thumb layout and handwriting recognition.
The button is still there, ...
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Corupted keyboard layout
When I try to add Persian keyboard layout on my Windows 7 x64, the keyboard doesn't show up in the language bar. For example, when I add English, Arabic, and Persian keyboard layouts as shown in the ...
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Russian Language in windows 7
I am using windows 7 64 bit ultimate edition.
i ran my pc. windows opened.
on the top i see language bar. which shows that there are two languages present one is english and other is russian.
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Russian language automatically loads on windows 7 startup [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Russian Language in windows 7
i am using windows 7 ultimate edition.
I did a fresh installation. And only programs I installed is Gameranger and silverlight.
Now when ...
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How to disable the shape toggle hotkey in Windows Chinese Input method?
In any version of Windows I have used so far (Xp, Vista, 7, 8) and all versions of the MSPY IME (RTM versions and the 2010 version)
There is this annoying bug that you cannot change or disable the ...
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How to get the keyboard to input Japanese?
To test 'text boxes' in an application of mine, I need the physical keyboard to output Japanese to the screen. Does anyone know how this can be done?
The application is in a Virtual Machine ...
