It finally arrived.
Nearly a week late my new PC arrived, It looks fantastic, i have a better screen, faster bits inside it and it was fairly easy to set up. So once done i excitedly downloaded firefox (i like it) and then log in to twitter and mail etc, then i came across a problem, it seems a few of the buttons are in the wrong place, the @ button gives you this " and the # button gives you \ .
Now i know that sometimes mistakes happens and the odd rouge bit can slip through the net but it doesn't inspire confidence in the rest of the bits if they cant even get the keyboard right.
Update:
After one failed attempt i done it , so thankyou for your help HappySlayerUK and Tachybaptus :)
That's how everything is nowadays, things aren't how you'd expect them, 'coz someone couldn't be arsed to get it right the 1st time.. Why should a PC be any different?
ReplyDeleteBilly, you've got the US keyboard selected instead of the UK one. This is how to fix it -- instructions for Windows 7 which I guess you must have. This description makes the process sound long and difficult -- sorry. Actually it's very easy.
ReplyDeleteBegin by clicking on Start -- Control Panel -- Region and Language. (It may take you more than one step to Region and Language if Control Panel is set to show entries in groups, but you'll find it.)
In the Regions and Language window, click on the Keyboards and Languages tab. Then click on Change Keyboards. You will now be in the Text Services and Input Languages window. You'll see a list of the keyboards that have been made available. Probably it will say list English (US).
Click on Add. Find English (United Kingdom) in the list. Click on the + sign next to it to open out the choices. Click on Keyboard. Click on the + sign next to this to open further choices. Click in the box next to EITHER United Kingdom OR United Kingdom Extended (see below). Click on OK.
You will be back in the Text Services and Input Languages window. At the top of this window is a box headed Default input language. Click on the down arrow to the right of the white box to show a list of installed keyboards. Click on United Kingdom OR United Kingdom (Extended) to select it. Click on OK.
Restart the computer, and you will find that the keyboard has changed to the familiar British layout, matching the markings on the keys.
OK, what's this about the United Kingdom (Extended) layout? It's for doing letters with accents. It works like this:
To get é (or any vowel with an acute accent), hold down the Alt Gr key and press e (or whatever).
To get è (or any vowel with a grave), press the ` key (to the left of the 1 key), then press the key for the letter.
To get ê (or any vowel with a circumflex), hold down Alt Gr and press the key with ^ on it (unshifted). Then press the key for the letter.
To get ñ (or any vowel with a tilde), hold down Alt Gr and press the key with ~ on it (unshifted). Then press the key for the letter.
To get ü (or any vowel with an umlaut), hold down Alt Gr and press the key with " on it (unshifted). Then press the key for the letter.
To get ç, hold down Alt Gr and press c.
It's messy and illogical, but actually that makes it easier to remember.
Ok have given it a go, on old lapppy as new pc installing loads of updates on restart, think i cracked it :)
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