Next highlight the language name and click Properties to associate that language with the keyboard layout you prefer, then click Ok . When you have a virtual keyboard selected, the character produced when you press a given key may differ from the one shown on the key. You can learn about the layout by trial and error, or else print out a keyboard map. United States-International Keyboard Layout . You can also download the appropriate extensions by selecting PanEuropean Language Support under Microsoft Windows Update.
Some foreign keyboards have a key for each special character.
Otherwise you'll have to figure out the layout and function by experience. The currently-selected keyboard can be used in most applications. Other applications may require you to select the keyboard before launching them. Some applications are so intolerant that they simply undo whatever keyboard selection you have made under all circumstances. In that case you must change your system default keyboard in order to use a different keyboard layout.