How To Use International Keyboard Windows 10

For some Latin-based languages, such as French, Spanish, and High german, yous may exist able to get by using the Usa International keyboard layout for character entry. Yous might make up one's mind to choose to utilise this layout over memorizing the private ANSI codes for each character.

Installing the US International Keyboard For Windows ten version 21H1 or later:

Click Start, Settings, to open the "Time & Language" window.
On the left side, select "Language".
Under Preferred Languages, select "English language (The states)" and click the "Options" push
Under Keyboards, select " + Add a Keyboard"
Scroll through the options to find "United states of america-International QWERTY"
The United states of america-International layout should show up in the Keyboards listing
Shut out of the settings panel
In the lower right-hand corner of your desktop, y'all volition run across "ENG" for your keyboard selection. Click "ENG" and select ENG-INTL for your keyboard.

How it works

First, sure keys become "prefix" or "expressionless" keys. It's similar to how accent marks are typed on mechanical typewriters.

US International Keyboard Graphic

' unmarried quote key = acute accent
" double quote key = umlauts
` grave accent key = grave emphasis
^ caret (Shift-half dozen) = circumflex emphasis
~ tilde (Shift-`) = tilde accent

When followed by a letter that can take an accent mark, this sequence creates the accented characters. Examples: á, ü, è, ô, ñ.

This may be disruptive at offset, because zippo is visible on screen after the beginning key press. The combination character is not displayed until the second key is pressed to complete the sequence.

If the next grapheme does non take an accent mark, and so the prefix sequence is aborted and two sequent ordinary characters are obtained. For example: since there is no letter p with a tilde ~ on top, the key sequence ~ p will produce the separate characters ~p.

2nd, the behavior of the right-mitt "Alt" primal is modified. Hold the Correct Alt cardinal and press other letter or number keys to obtain a wide variety of other messages and accents. Some of them are duplicates of the "prefix" combinations, others are new.

US International Keyboard Layout with Alt Keys

French Character Entry

Clarification	Case	Fundamental COMBINATION
Astute	á Á	' + a ' + Shift-A
	é É	' + e ' + Shift-East
	í Í	' + i ' + Shift-I
	ó Ó	' + o ' + Shift-O
	ú Ú	' + u ' + Shift-U
Ash	æ Æ	Alt-Gr + z Alt-Gr + Shift-Z
Cedilla	ç Ç	Alt-Gr + , (comma) Alt-Gr + < (shift-comma)
Circumflex	â Â	^ (Shift-6) + a ^ (Shift-six) + Shift-A
	ê Ê	^ (Shift-6) + e ^ (Shift-half-dozen) + Shift-E
	î Î	^ (Shift-6) + i ^ (Shift-6) + Shift-I
	ô Ô	^ (Shift-half-dozen) +o ^ (Shift-6) +Shift-O
	û Û	^ (Shift-6) + u ^ (Shift-half dozen) + Shift-U
French/Spanish Quotes	« »	Alt-Gr + [ Alt-Gr + ]
Grave	à À	` + a ` + Shift-A
	è È	` + e ` + Shift-Eastward
	ì Ì	` + i ` + Shift-I
	ò Ò	` + o ` + Shift-O
	ù Ù	` + u ` + Shift-U
Oethel	œ Œ	Not Available On This Keyboard
Umlaut	ë Ë	" + due east " + Shift-Due east
	ï Ï	" + i " + Shift-I
	ü Ü	" + u " + Shift-U
	ÿ Ÿ	" + y Not Available On This Keyboard

Note: The modest disadvantage of the international keyboard is that when you want to type the "helping" grapheme (due east.g., unmarried or double quotes) by itself rather than in a higher place a vowel, you have to type the symbol then hit the space bar. For case, to type c'est, type c then ' then hitting the spacebar and then type due east south t. It takes a piddling while to get used to typing that extra infinite when y'all merely want to blazon ' or "

If you areplagued by strangenesssuch as cést when you try to type c'est, re-read the annotation above.

High german Graphic symbol Entry

Description	Example	Fundamental COMBINATION
Umlaut	ä Ä	" + a " + Shift-A
	ö Ö	" + o " + Shift-O
	ü Ü	" + u " + Shift-U
Sharp-S	ß	ALT-Gr + s

Annotation: Press space if you lot wanted " (double quotes). So you need to printing Shift + " and and then infinite to get a single double quote in International US keyboard.

Italian Character Entry

DESCRIPTION	Example	Cardinal COMBINATION
Acute	á Á	' + a ' + Shift-A
	é É	' + e ' + Shift-E
	í Í	' + i ' + Shift-I
	ó Ó	' + o ' + Shift-O
	ú Ú	' + u ' + Shift-U
Grave	à À	` + a ` + Shift-A
	è È	` + e ` + Shift-E
	ì Ì	` + i ` + Shift-I
	ò Ò	` + o ` + Shift-O
	ù Ù	` + u ` + Shift-U
Umlaut	ï Ï	" + u " + Shift-U

Portuguese Graphic symbol Entry

Description	Example	KEY COMBINATION
Acute	á Á	' + a ' + Shift-A
	é É	' + due east ' + Shift-E
	í Í	' + i ' + Shift-I
	ó Ó	' + o ' + Shift-O
	ú Ú	' + u ' + Shift-U
Cedilla	ç	Alt-Gr + , (comma)
Circumflex	â Â	^ (Shift-6) + a ^ (Shift-vi) + Shift-A
	ê Ê	^ (Shift-6) + east ^ (Shift-6) + Shift-E
	ô Ô	^ (Shift-6) + o ^ (Shift-6) + Shift-O
Grave	à À	` + a ` + Shift-A
	è È	` + eastward ` + Shift-E
	ì Ì	` + i ` + Shift-I
	ò Ò	` + o ` + Shift-O
	ù Ù	` + u ` + Shift-U
Tilde	ã Ã	˜ (Shift+`) + a ˜ (Shift+`) + Shift-A
Tilde	õ Õ	˜ (Shift+`) + o ˜ (Shift+`) + Shift-O

Spanish Graphic symbol Entry

Description	EXAMPLE	KEY COMBINATION
Acute	á Á	' + a ' + Shift-A
	é É	' + e ' + Shift-E
	í Í	' + i ' + Shift-I
	ó Ó	' + o ' + Shift-O
	ú Ú	' + u ' + Shift-U
Tilde	ñ Ñ	˜ (Shift+`) + n ˜ (Shift+`) + Shift-Due north
Umlaut	ü Ü	" + u " + Shift-U
French/Spanish Quotes	« »	Alt-Gr + [ Alt-Gr + ]
Inverted Exclamation Mark	¡	Alt-Gr + ! (shift-1)
Inverted Question Mark	¿	Alt-Gr + /