Windows 10: Can you help me find the way back to physical keyboard?

I can't use my physical keyboard anymore. I reinstalled the driver, but useless. The visual keyboard is inappropriate for permanent use.

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Physical keyboard driver of HTC 7 Pro

HI I'm sorry in advance if neither of these 2 methods work for you, but if you've tried everything else it can't hurt to try - right?!

Open the App Drawer, look for Settings, then follow:

• Language & Input > Keyboard & Input Methods > Android Keyboard (AOSP) Settings > Input Languages
• In this list check-mark for English (and whatever other languages you require)

The only other way i know is to use a third-party keyboard application. I can recommend using MultiLing from Google Play for a number of reasons..........

• You can customize everything from the keyboard language and layout and the look of the keyboard to sound effects and emoticons,
• It has a very comprehensive list of languages with the auto-completion dictionaries,
• It is absolutely FREE !!!

Once you install the keyboard, follow these steps to add languages (Actually the app will present you with a convenient step-by step set-up wizard when you first run it):

• Settings (not your Android settings, the MultiLing keyboard settings - there is a key for that on the keyboard - this will open a pop-up) > Languages > tick the languages you want
• To install the auto-completion dictionaries, go to "Install Dictionaries" on the same screen. This will open developer's website with links to download dictionaries from Google Play.

To change the keyboard layouts:

• Settings > Keyboard Settings > Themes, Sizes and Layouts ? ABC Layouts > select the layout you want.
• Press Back several times to go back to the Input screen and you are good to go!!

SWITCHING LAYOUTS

If you want to use QWERTY with English or AZERTY with French or QWERTZ with German etc., there are two ways then to achieve this:

• Changing the MultiLing Keyboard settings where you have English and German set up - following the steps above (total of around 7 taps or 5 - 10 seconds)
• Using the stock Android keyboard with English language and QWERTZ layout, and the MultiLing with English Language and the keyboard of your choice - in your case QWERTY. In this case keyboard is done through the notifications screen (as far as i can remember).
  
• You should already have installed the appropriate auto-completion Dictionary but if not go back and complete the settings to do so now!

I really hope that some of this information is useful to you!!

Kind regards

Sarah

 

want to use manual keyboard----not on screen keyboard

Hi,

The On-Screen Keyboard is an application which provides a visual keyboard on your screen that can be used in place of a physical keyboard. To better assist you and provide you with the appropriate troubleshooting steps, kindly answer the questions below:

• Is your physical keyboard not functioning?
• Have you tried turning off the On-Screen Keyboard?

To turn off the On-Screen Keyboard, kindly follow the steps below:

• Click on Start.
• Go to Settings.
• Select Ease of Access.
• On the left panel, click on Keyboard.
• Under On-Screen Keyboard, make sure it is set to Off.

We'll be waiting for your response.

 

Physical keyboard driver of HTC 7 Pro

OK, then a stupid question: what does Android have to do with the Windows Phone 7.x???