After seeing how to emphasize capital letters, we offer you a new tutorial: how do i switch keyboard to QWERTY or AZERTY. You may find yourself with a key layout that often doesn’t match those of your keyboard. Due to misuse or after purchasing a new computer.
🤔Why change the language of the keyboard?
The QWERTY keyboard is designed for English-speaking countries, while the AZERTY keyboard is designed for French-speaking countries. However, the differences between these two keyboard types can quickly become quite confusing for someone unfamiliar with them. In a few situations it can be useful to know how to switch from one keyboard layout to another.
For example, if you have to travel and want to stay in touch with relatives staying in France or in the context of starting a business abroad. There are many situations where it’s good to know how to change a keyboard to AZERTY or QWERTY.
The other, much more common scenario is when you unintentionally do some bad manipulation and your AZERTY keyboard unexpectedly switches to QWERTY. Here are the steps to follow so you know how to put things in the right order.
⌨How to switch from QWERTY to AZERTY on Windows?
using a keyboard shortcut
Changing the language configuration of a keyboard under Windows is very simple. A simple keyboard shortcut is all it takes. Press the keys simultaneously SHIFT + ALT. If your version of Windows has other language packs installed, repeating this keyboard shortcut lets you switch from one input language to another. You should then see the selected language displayed at the bottom right of the screen. For example ENG for English and FR for French.
You can also quickly change the keyboard layout by pressing the Windows key + spacebar.
Going through the language preference settings
Another method that is equally effective, but this time going through the language preferences settings. Click on the icon to the left of the date and time in the lower right corner of your screen. EN if the keyboard is currently french, select FR To change the language to English in the list Do the same to switch from one language to another.
You can also access these parameters as follows: windows button then in gear Settings. Then click repeatedly time and language Then Region and language. In this menu section Slice > KeyboardYou have the option to choose French or English. Click to confirm your choice Set as default language.
Here you know how to switch from AZERTY to QWERTY keyboard and vice versa under Windows. Do you know any other methods? Feel free to share them in the comments.
❓Why two different keyboards?
It is no coincidence that there are two types of keyboards. Patented in 1878 by its inventor, Christopher Latham Sholes, the QWERTY layout allowed the base to avoid the crossbars of typewriters. The QWERTY layout is mostly used in English-speaking countries, but is also sometimes used in Spain, Norway, Portugal or Sweden.
The AZERTY layout is used in French-speaking countries such as France or Belgium and is more suited to French-language words. If you know of other methods, please let us know in the comments section. We will include them in this article to be as complete as possible.
