language support
Remember, if you have any questions... just ask! We're happy to assist.
Keyboard Layouts
All of our workstations
have been configured to allow the keyboard layout to be selected for
a range of languages. The list below shows the currently supported languages, and the shortcut
key combinations required to select them.
Please note that, as is standard in Windows XP, any selection will only operate in the current window/application. If you open another web browser window, for example, you will need to make the language selection again for that window, otherwise the current system default of (EN) English (United States) will apply. To revert back to the default English (US) keyboard layout, use the shortcut shown below (i.e. Ctrl+Shift+0 ).
If you have trouble
remembering what the selected keyboard layout looks like, a link to the Windows
On- Screen Keyboard appears under Language Tools
on both the Internet & Office menus
(together with a link to Lingoes
text translation software).
Note: Sometimes the On-Screen Keyboard is slow to update its display when a new language selection is made, however if you move the mouse cursor over it the display will refresh immediately!
If you require a character
from a language not catered for by these key-board selections, the Character Map
application (located on both the Internet & Office
menus under the Language Tools listing) may help...
otherwise, come and see us for assistance.
Latin-Based Scripts
| Language | Keyboard | Shortcut Keys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Čeština | Czech | Left Alt+Shift+0 | |
| Dansk | Danish | Left Alt+Shift+1 | |
| Français (France) | French | Left Alt+Shift+2 | |
| Deutsch (Germany) | German | Left Alt+Shift+3 | |
| Magyar | Hungarian | Left Alt+Shift+4 | |
| Italiano (Italy) | Italian | Left Alt+Shift+5 | |
| Norsk (Nynorsk) | Norwegian | Left Alt+Shift+6 | |
| Română | Romanian | Left Alt+Shift+7 | |
| Español (International) | Spanish | Left Alt+Shift+8 | |
| Svenska | Swedish | Left Alt+Shift+9 | |
| English (US) | United States | Ctrl+Shift+0 |
Non-Latin Scripts
| Language | Keyboard | Shortcut Keys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| عربي (Egypt) | Arabic (101) | Ctrl+Shift+1 | |
| Български | Bulgarian | Ctrl+Shift+2 | |
| 汉语 (PRC) | Chinese (Simplified) | Ctrl+Shift+3 | |
| - Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0 | |||
| 漢語 (PRC) | Chinese (Traditional) | Ctrl+Shift+4 | |
| - US Keyboard | |||
| 漢語 (Taiwan) | Chinese (Traditional) | Ctrl+Shift+5 | |
| - Microsoft New Phonetic IME 2002a | |||
| Ελληνικά | Greek | Ctrl+Shift+6 | |
| עברית | Hebrew | Ctrl+Shift+7 | |
| 邦人 | Japanese Input System | Ctrl+Shift+8 | |
| - MS-IME 2002 ver 8.1 | |||
| Русский | Russian | Ctrl+Shift+9 |
Additional Chinese Keyboard Settings
| Language Form | Action | Shortcut Keys |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) IME | Ime/NonIme Toggle | Ctrl+Space |
| Chinese (Simplified) IME | Shape Toggle | Shift+Space |
| Chinese (Simplified) IME | Symbol Toggle | Ctrl+PERIOD |
| Chinese (Traditional) IME | Resend Result String | Ctrl+Left Alt+G |
| Chinese (Traditional) IME | Previous Composition | Ctrl+Left Alt+K |
| Chinese (Traditional) IME | UI Style Toggle | Ctrl+Left Alt+L |
| Chinese (Traditional) IME | Ime/NonIme Toggle | Ctrl+Space |
| Chinese (Traditional) IME | Shape Toggle | Shift+Space |
| Chinese (Traditional) IME | Symbol Toggle | Ctrl+Left Alt+COMMA |
Spellchecking
In addition to the keyboard
language options noted above, all of our workstations
also support spellchecking of documents in a variety of languages. The spellcheck facility is
available when using either Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org Writer, and also
from within both the Mozilla Firefox and Netscape Navigator browsers [when
entering text].
For those who are unaware, OpenOffice.org Writer is a free open source word processor available from Sun Microsystems, which is capable of editing and saving Microsoft Word documents in their native format.
While a somewhat limited choice of languages is available in Microsoft Word, a much larger selection is supported in OpenOffice.org Writer, Mozilla Firefox and Netscape Navigator (and can be added to if required).
Spellcheck support in Microsoft Word 2003:
- English - Multiple Versions
- Français - French (Multiple Versions)
- Español - Spanish (Multiple Versions)
Spellcheck support in OpenOffice.org Writer:
- Български - Bulgarian
- Hrvatski - Croatian
- Čeština - Czech
- Dansk - Danish
- Nederlands - Dutch (Netherlands)
- English - UK
- English - US
- Eesti - Estonian
- Français - French (Canada)
- Français - French (France)
- Deutsch - German (Austria)
- Deutsch - German (Germany)
- Deutsch - German (Switzerland)
- Ελληνικά - Greek
- עברית - Hebrew
- Magyar - Hungarian
- Italiano - Italian (Italy)
- Te Reo Mäori - Maori (New Zealand)
- Norsk bokmål - Norwegian (Bokmål)
- Norsk nynorsk - Norwegian (Nynorsk)
- Polski - Polish
- Português - Portuguese (Portugal)
- Română - Romanian
- Русский - Russian
- Español (de España) - Spanish (Spain)
- Kiswahili - Swahili (Kenya)
- Kiswahili - Swahili (Tanzania)
- Svenska - Swedish (Sweden)
- ภาษาไทย - Thai
Spellcheck support in Mozilla Firefox & Netscape Navigator:
- عربي - Arabic
- Български - Bulgarian
- Hrvatski - Croatian
- Čeština - Czech
- Dansk - Danish
- Nederlands - Dutch (Netherlands)
- English - UK - Mozilla Firefox only
- English - US
- Français - French (France)
- Deutsch - German (Germany) - Mozilla Firefox only
- Ελληνικά - Greek
- עברית - Hebrew
- Magyar - Hungarian
- Italiano - Italian (Italy)
- Norsk bokmål - Norwegian (Bokmål)
- Norsk nynorsk - Norwegian (Nynorsk)
- Polski - Polish
- Português - Portuguese (Portugal)
- Română - Romanian
- Русский - Russian
- Español (de España) - Spanish (Spain)
- Svenska - Swedish (Sweden)
Text Translation
As an additional aid,
all of our workstations also support dictionary lookup and translation of text that appears anywhere
on the screen...
...in any application! To
enable this facility, first launch Lingoes (located under Language Tools
on both the Internet & Office menus),
then at any time during the remainder of your session, simply move the mouse cursor over a word
you are interested in, and press the «Ctrl» key.
A pop-up window will appear to display the result of the dictionary lookup and any translations available. At present... bidirectional translations are available between English and the following languages:
- 汉语 - Chinese (Simplified)
- 漢語 - Chinese (Traditional)
- Nederlands - Dutch
- Français - French
- Deutsch - German
- Italiano - Italian
- 邦人 - Japanese
- Português - Portuguese (Brazil)
- Русский - Russian
- Español - Spanish
- Svenska - Swedish
- Türkçe - Turkish
The pop-up window also displays icons [buttons] at the top that allow you to listen to how the word is pronounced, or perform additional [integrated] online Text Translations using the services of (e.g.) Systran, Promt, Cross, Yahoo, Google and Altavista, etc.
Something missing? Need more options? Please let us know...
