Microsoft Windows Vista On Demand

Changing Language Options

You can also install multiple input languages on your computer and easily switch between them. An input language is the language in which you enter and display text. When you install additional languages on your computer, the language for the operating system doesn’t change, only the characters you type on the screen. Each language uses its own keyboard layout, which rearranges the letters that appear when you press keys. When you install Text services or another language, the Language Bar toolbar appears on your desktop and in the Toolbars menu. Text services are text-related add-on programs for a second keyboard layout, handwriting recognition, speech recognition, and an Input Method Editor (IME), which is a system ...