You can customize your keyboard for a specific language or format by changing the keyboard layout. The layout controls which characters appear on the screen when you press the keys on your keyboard. Some input languages have several keyboard layouts; others have only one. For example, you can change your keyboard layout from the English QWERTY format to the English Dvorak format. After you change the layout, the characters on your screen might not correspond to the characters on your keyboard keys.
Before you can change the keyboard layout, you must add the input language and keyboard layout that you want to use to Windows. For more information, see Add an input language.
On the Welcome screen, click the Keyboard layout button , and then select a keyboard layout.
NoteIf you don't see the Keyboard layout button, you might not have more than one input language, or your regional and language settings might not be applied to reserved accounts. For more information about reserved accounts, see Apply regional and language settings to reserved accounts.
A setting that specifies the language in which you enter text. When you add a new input language, you also select a keyboard layout and other input methods for that language. Sometimes referred to as keyboard language or input locale.
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Welcome screen
The first screen that appears when you turn on Windows. The Welcome screen lists all of the accounts on the computer.
Taskbar
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Taskbar
The area of the desktop that contains the Start button and buttons for all open programs. By default, the taskbar is located at the bottom of the desktop, but you can move it.
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