Configuration for Quebec keyboard in Windows 10 and 11
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Pascal
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Hello,
I'm trying to fix my keyboard problem. I've always had a Quebec keyboard, which allowed for a lot of options using shift and especially, alt. This is NOT the multilingual Canadian keyboard option. What should I do to adjust this? I can easily go into languages, change the keyboard language and the preferred language, but I can't find the option that works like it did in Windows 7 and 8. For example, alt+2 should give @, as a reference.
I just got this new computer which briefly had Windows 10 before being upgraded to Windows 11. I've spent an hour testing different language and keyboard configurations...
Sorry for the mistakes, you'll understand...
I'm trying to fix my keyboard problem. I've always had a Quebec keyboard, which allowed for a lot of options using shift and especially, alt. This is NOT the multilingual Canadian keyboard option. What should I do to adjust this? I can easily go into languages, change the keyboard language and the preferred language, but I can't find the option that works like it did in Windows 7 and 8. For example, alt+2 should give @, as a reference.
I just got this new computer which briefly had Windows 10 before being upgraded to Windows 11. I've spent an hour testing different language and keyboard configurations...
Sorry for the mistakes, you'll understand...
4 réponses
Well, I found it by clicking on a lot of options following the first response. That said, what I was looking for, with all the steps:
1- Click in the start bar on the language.
2- Choose "More Keyboard Settings"
3- In the "Preferred Language" menu, select the one of your choice. I wanted a display in English, but a keyboard in French, so English (US) or English (Canada) works.
4- Click on the 3 little dots to the right of the chosen language, and select "Language Options".
5- At the bottom, under the Keyboard tab, click on "Add Keyboard".
6- Select "Canadian French Qwerty". There is also the option "Canadian French (Legacy)" in the list for a slightly different setup.
7- Remove from the list all unwanted languages and keyboards.
I feel relieved, it was a bit easier on Windows 11 than on 10. I have never seen the option to add keyboards on 10, it only provided a short list of keyboards that came with each language, and no language matched this traditional Canadian version.
I hope this helps others with this issue. And this setup allows for easy accentuation on all letters, in addition to providing access to more symbols than the multilingual keyboard.
1- Click in the start bar on the language.
2- Choose "More Keyboard Settings"
3- In the "Preferred Language" menu, select the one of your choice. I wanted a display in English, but a keyboard in French, so English (US) or English (Canada) works.
4- Click on the 3 little dots to the right of the chosen language, and select "Language Options".
5- At the bottom, under the Keyboard tab, click on "Add Keyboard".
6- Select "Canadian French Qwerty". There is also the option "Canadian French (Legacy)" in the list for a slightly different setup.
7- Remove from the list all unwanted languages and keyboards.
I feel relieved, it was a bit easier on Windows 11 than on 10. I have never seen the option to add keyboards on 10, it only provided a short list of keyboards that came with each language, and no language matched this traditional Canadian version.
I hope this helps others with this issue. And this setup allows for easy accentuation on all letters, in addition to providing access to more symbols than the multilingual keyboard.
Legacy is like "traditional"