Name

Keyboard

Synopsis

Customizes the behavior of your keyboard.

To Launch

  • Start Settings Control Panel Keyboard

  • Command interpreter control main.cpl keyboard

Description

Keyboard is a property sheet that has three tabs. The key settings are:

Speed

Modifies the repeat rate and delays and the cursor blink rate.

Input Locales

Adds new keyboard layouts for different languages. If you enable the keyboard-layout indicator in the system tray, you can easily switch between different layouts when you need to type in different languages. You can also specify a hot key to switch between locales or to a specific locale.

Hardware

Displays the drivers and resources for your keyboard (same effect as using Device Manager in Computer Management).

Notes

If you right-click on the keyboard-layout indicator in the system tray and select Properties, the Regional Options utility from the Control Panel opens.

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