Which keyboard layout should I choose?

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  1. Posts : 12
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    Which keyboard layout should I choose?


    Hello. I am setting up my new PC right now and I have been given the option to choose a 'keyboard layout'

    I speak English, I'm American, and I'm right-handed.

    I don't know the differences between the layouts. Which of these I should choose:
    • United States-Dvorak
    • United States-Dvorak for right hand
    • United States-International
    • US

    Thank you!
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  2. Posts : 9,582
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       #2

    You need to choose the layout that matches the physical layout of your keyboard, otherwise you might find things confusing. For instance, the shifted 2 character on US keyboards is @, whereas for the UK it is ".
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  3. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
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    As you are living in the United States you need to choose the US keyboard layout.

    Keyboard layout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    If you need to use diacritics when typing then you need the US International keyboard layout.

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258824
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  4. Posts : 12
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    Thread Starter
       #4

    Yes I am living in the US. I choose that one. Thanks
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  5. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
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    You're very welcome.
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  6. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
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    HOLD ON. Let's don't just drop this thread and leave me in the dark. What are the two options with Dvorak?
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  7. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       #7

    It's an alternative to the Qwerty-type keyboard and is supposedly more comnfortable to use.

    Introducing the Dvorak Keyboard

    As Dwarf stated earlier, you need to choose the Windows keyboard layout that matches your physical keyboard.
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  8. Posts : 4,751
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    seavixen32 said:
    It's an alternative to the Qwerty-type keyboard and is supposedly more comnfortable to use.

    Introducing the Dvorak Keyboard

    As Dwarf stated earlier, you need to choose the Windows keyboard layout that matches your physical keyboard.
    I followed your links but did not learn a lot other than goverment is trying to tell me what keyboard to use now. == Is Dvorak a different letter layout so that I would have to learn to type again? What is the Dvorak-right hand? I quess the one I am using now is the Qwerty, but I never did know that.
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  9. Posts : 7,730
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    Dvorak keyboard layout: The Dvorak Keyboard -- a Primer

    Comparison of the two: http://www.andong.co.uk/dvorak/

    The Dvorak layout is supposedly easier to use than the Qwerty layout.

    You always know if you're using a QWERTY keyboard because the first six keys on the top row of the letter keys spell...............believe it or not, QWERTY. :)

    It's a throwback to the days of the girls' typewriters in the typists' pool.
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  10. Posts : 4,751
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    seavixen32 said:
    Dvorak keyboard layout: The Dvorak Keyboard -- a Primer

    Comparison of the two: The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

    The Dvorak layout is supposedly easier to use than the Qwerty layout.

    You always know if you're using a QWERTY keyboard because the first six keys on the top row of the letter keys spell...............believe it or not, QWERTY. :)

    It's a throwback to the days of the girls' typewriters in the typists' pool.
    Thanks for the info. I had never hard of the Dvorak Keyboard and had no I idea that I typed on a Qwerty. Learn something new everyday.
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