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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition
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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

by Wallace Wang
August 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
No Starch Press
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Typing on a Foreign Language Keyboard Layout

Pressing keyboard shortcuts or clicking characters in the Character Viewer can be useful for occasionally adding foreign characters to text. However, if you need to type multiple foreign language characters, a foreign language keyboard layout may offer a much simpler solution.

A foreign language keyboard layout assigns foreign characters to ordinary keys on the keyboard. By using the Keyboard Viewer, you can see which keys on the keyboard can be used to type foreign language characters, as shown in Figure 33-4.

Choosing a Foreign Language

Before you can type foreign language characters using the foreign language keyboard, you need to tell your Macintosh which foreign language you want to use:

  1. Click the ...

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