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Keyboard Layouts

      [2010-06-29 Bill Hung London]
  1. Keyboard Layouts
    1. Problem
    2. Quick Solution
      1. Chinese Keyboard Layout
      2. Japanese Keyboard Layout
      3. British Keyboard Layout
      4. American Keyboard Layout
    3. Reference

Problem

I have a US keyboard Acer laptop, a UK wireless keyboard for the Mac that can only be recognized as US layout made by KeySonic, and at work I use UK keyboard layout. Whenever I type things and need to switch between British English, Chinese, or Japanese, the key mapping got messed up.

Quick Solution

Re-posting all the keyboard layouts I use here for quick reference. Images from Wikipedia:

Chinese Keyboard Layout

Japanese Keyboard Layout

British Keyboard Layout

American PC Keyboard Layout

American Mac Keyboard Layout

Reference

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Taiwan
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Japanese
  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards
  4. http://www.commonline.com.au/keyboards/images/us.jpg