Apple Indian Language Kit - Manual (Page 19)

Choosing a keyboard layout
In the upper-right corner of your screen, you’ll see a Keyboards menu in the
menu bar. The Keyboards menu is available on any system that has more than
one language installed.
If you work in more than one language, you can switch from one language to
another by choosing the appropriate keyboard layout from the Keyboards
menu. For example, you can type a document in Devanagari that includes
passages in English, all using the correct fonts and characters.
To choose a keyboard layout while working in an application program, you
can do one of the following:
m Open the Keyboards menu and choose the keyboard layout you want to use.
You can now type in the language corresponding to the layout you selected.
m If you know what is listed in the Keyboards menu, press
x
(Command)–
Space bar to switch to the next section of the list without opening the
menu. Press
x
–Option–Space bar to switch to the next choice within the
same section.
Note: To use this option, make sure the “Use Command–Option–Space bar”
checkbox is selected in the Keyboard control panel. (See “The Keyboard
Control Panel” later in this chapter for more information.)
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The Keyboards menu is divided into sections,
separated by dotted lines, that correspond to the
scripts installed on your system.
Because people may use several languages on their
computer, many keyboard layouts appear in your
Keyboards menu. You can remove keyboard layouts
you don’t use. To do this, open the System file (in your
System Folder) and drag the layouts you don’t need to
the Trash. Then, restart your computer.