Windows 10: foreign language keyboard

Where do I find instructions how to install a foreign language keyboard in Windows 10? In earlier Operating Systems such information was easily available within the OS without having to resort to the Internet.

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Foreign Language Keyboards

Hi Louis,



Welcome to Microsoft Community.



I appreciate your interest on windows 10.



Yes keyboard will be available in windows 10 for foreign languages.



I would suggest you to follow the link:



http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/add-language-keyboard



Note: The steps in the above link are meant for windows 8, however, you can use the same for windows 10 as well.



I hope this information will help.



Thanks.

 

Foreign Language Keyboards

I write material in five European languages and use the foreign language keyboards in order to get the characters not found in English. Will keyboards for French, German, Icelandic, and Spanish be available in Windows 10? Otherwise, i'll stay at Windows
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Using word flow keyboard with not supported foreign language

Using word flow keyboard for fast typing with many foreign languages is impossible. But there is a workaround to use word flow features to create keyboard macros (custom dictionary) for not supported
language. Here is the steps how to do this:

A.

1. Switch to your language
(Bulgarian in my case) and type the desired word, for example
клавиатура (“keyboard” in Bulgarian).

2. Tap the word to select it.

3. Switch to English and you will see typed word just above the keyboard preceeded by a plus (+клавиатура) and tap on it in order to add it to custom dictionary.

4. When writing text in your language, enter the first letter and switch to English. Just above the keyboard you will see a list of words starting with this letter. If you want to shorten the list, enter
two or more letters before switching to English.

5. Select the word from list by tapping it.

B.

1. Open Contacts and create a new entry – for example, enter in the name field the word “keyboard” in Bulgarian клавиатура (or
any word in language you prefer). In the same field you can enter more words starting with the same letter, for example клавиш (key), капачка (cap) etc.
Add a space and period (.) after the last word, otherwise it will not be used in dictionary.

2. When writing text in your language (Bulgarian in my case), enter the first letter
and switch to English. Just above the keyboard you will see a list of words you’ve entered in step 1. (and any names starting with this letter from your contacts, if you have any). If you want to shorten the list, enter two or more letters before
switching to English.

3. Select the word from list by tapping it.

This way you can speed up typing of common used (long) words in your language.