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Re:How to change letters on my keyboard?
This is an old topic, but I'll take the opportunity to mention that I've been able to get Razer's Nordic-layout keyboards from Amazon.de, and have them shipped to the US. Amazon.com used to have Swedish/Nordic keyboards once in a while, but now they're harder to find and are overpriced. The Razer KBs on Amazon.de were a normal market price, though I paid a few euros to get them shipped to the US. I bought the Cynosa v2, which was one of the lower-priced ones and had the features that mattered to me.
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Daniel S.
August 26, 2022
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Souleiman B.
February 18, 2022
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Re:Re: Polish Keyboard, “ą”?
Interesting information.
Thanks so much for all the help!
I hope you have success with your language learning, too! (And the same to everyone reading the bulletin board.)
God bless!
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Language pair: English; Polish
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Joanna M.
August 10, 2021
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Re: Polish Keyboard, “ą”?
Hi, Joanna,
I’m glad to learn that both methods are working well for you, and it seems to me that you correctly understand what dead keys are. (The dead key concept was inherited from typewriters, and typewriter dead keys have been in existence since the 1890s.) The “214” software keyboard layout can be used for more languages than just Polish; for example, the double acute dead key on RAlt 0 is used (only) for Hungarian Őő and Űű, and Hungarian also needs Áá Éé Íí Óó Úú Öö Üü, all of which the “214” layout can produce, thanks to its dead keys.
I found information on the “214” layout on a Web site that is dedicated to software keyboard layouts. That site had identified the dead keys for that layout as being entered using Ctrl, but as you’d found out, Ctrl by itself didn’t work. Since I knew that other software keyboard layouts use either Ctrl Alt or RAlt without Ctrl for dead keys, I thought that either or both of them might work with the “214” layout also; fortunately, they both worked. (There are characters other than @ that can be typed on the alphabetic keys using Ctrl Alt or RAlt; for example, $ is RAlt Ł.)
Good luck with your language learning!
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Language pair: English; Polish
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Chris
August 1, 2021
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Latest: August 10, 2021
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Re:Re: Polish Keyboard, “ą”?
They both work! Thank you! In fact, it works for all of these letters: ÁĆÉÍĹŃÓŔŚÚÝŹ
And, for all the numbers row: ˛~ˇ^˘°˛`·´˝¨¸ (If I understand correctly what dead keys are, some are dead keys, at least one is not.)
And here is @!
Thanks again! Have a great day!
P.S. How did you learn about the Polish keyboard, when it is not one of the languages you listed you either speak or are learning?
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Language pair: English; Polish
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Joanna M.
July 30, 2021
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Latest: August 10, 2021
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Re: Polish Keyboard, “ą”?
Hi, Joanna,
if when the “214” software keyboard layout is active, Ctrl 9 isn’t acting like an acute dead key, and Ctrl V isn’t producing @, then try both of the following instead:
• instead of Ctrl, try both Ctrl and Alt — that is, Ctrl Alt 9 followed by Shift o for Ó, and Ctrl Alt V for @;
• instead of Ctrl, try the right-hand Alt without Ctrl — that is, RAlt 9 followed by Shift o for Ó, and RAlt V for @.
Do either or both of these combinations work with a US English hardware keyboard when the “214” software keyboard layout is active?
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Language pair: English; Polish
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Chris
July 28, 2021
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Latest: August 10, 2021
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Re:Re: Polish Keyboard, “ą”?
Thank you for your comment, Chris.
I can do Ą, Ę, and Ż, but when I hit Ctrl+9, then the letter of choice, only the capital letter, without the accent, shows up. Like this: O. (Maybe it will show up when it is posted.)
Also, how do I make the at sign?
Have a nice day!
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Language pair: English; Polish
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Joanna M.
July 27, 2021
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Latest: August 10, 2021
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Re: Polish Keyboard, “ą”?
Hi, Joanna,
when the “214” software keyboard layout is active, use Ctrl V to produce an @. (See my previous reply for how to produce ĆŃÓŚŹ.)
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Language pair: English; Polish
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Chris
July 27, 2021
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Latest: August 10, 2021
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Re:Polish Keyboard, "ą"?
Cześć! How do I capitalize the letters with accents? (ńśćóź) Also, how do I make @? I figured out how to make "Ż" "Ą" and "Ę". ☺ For those, you press the button under Esc, left of 1!, and above Tab (Which produces ˛ and ·). Ż is Shift+˛-Shift+z, and Ą or Ę are ˛-Shift+a or e.
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Language pair: English; Polish
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Joanna M.
July 26, 2021
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Latest: August 10, 2021
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Re: Polish Keyboard, “ą”?
Hi, Joanna,
to type the capital letters that are specific to Polish using the “214” software keyboard layout, you need to use the diacritical dead keys of the layout.
Presuming that your hardware keyboard has a US English layout, when the “214” software keyboard layout is active,
• to type Ą or Ę, press ` (which is the ogonek dead key on “214”), then press Shift a or Shift e respectively;
• to type Ż, press ~ (Shift `, which is the dot-above dead key on “214”), then press Shift z;
• to type Ć, Ń, Ó, Ś, or Ź, press Ctrl 9 (which is the acute dead key on “214”), then press Shift c, Shift n, Shift o, Shift s, or Shift z respectively.
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Chris
July 26, 2021
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Latest: August 10, 2021
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