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French Keyboard question.

EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles.Portland, ORRegistered User regular
edited October 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
So, I've got quite a few terms of college French ahead of me and I'd like to purchase a keyboard so I don't have to constantly "alt" for the accents. Does anyone know a good source for one and how exactly do they work? Is there a Function key or something to hit the accents? Also, is it pretty easy to switch your keyboard "language" on the fly from Windows?

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Esh wrote: »
    So, I've got quite a few terms of college French ahead of me and I'd like to purchase a keyboard so I don't have to constantly "alt" for the accents. Does anyone know a good source for one and how exactly do they work? Is there a Function key or something to hit the accents? Also, is it pretty easy to switch your keyboard "language" on the fly from Windows?

    I believe http://ncix.com ships to the US, and since it's based in Vancouver, you should be able to find a good selection of French Canadian keyboards. Switching is done with a key combo and the languages toolbar (which appears after you install a second keyboard language in "Control Panel>Regional and Language Options>Keyboards and Languages" in Windows Vista.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Ruckus wrote: »
    Esh wrote: »
    So, I've got quite a few terms of college French ahead of me and I'd like to purchase a keyboard so I don't have to constantly "alt" for the accents. Does anyone know a good source for one and how exactly do they work? Is there a Function key or something to hit the accents? Also, is it pretty easy to switch your keyboard "language" on the fly from Windows?

    I believe http://ncix.com ships to the US, and since it's based in Vancouver, you should be able to find a good selection of French Canadian keyboards. Switching is done with a key combo and the languages toolbar (which appears after you install a second keyboard language in "Control Panel>Regional and Language Options>Keyboards and Languages" in Windows Vista.

    Thanks! That's all I needed to know.

    Though if anyone can recommend a specifically GOOD French-Canadian keyboard. It's hard to see on that site just how they look or how the accents are placed.

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  • Eggplant WizardEggplant Wizard Little Rock, ARRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY

    That's what they use in France.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY

    That's what they use in France.

    Perfect again. I'll just look for one with that layout. I'm excited.

    None of the ones on that site I was recommended earlier seem to have the accented characters on the number keys. Argh.

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