Adding Another Keyboard Layout

To add another keyboard layout or Input Method Editor (IME) for a language

  1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options, and then click Regional and Language Options.
  2. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.
  3. Under Installed services, click Add.
  4. In the Input language list, click the language for the keyboard layout or Input Method Editor (IME) you want to add.
  5. Select the Keyboard layout/IME check box if multiple options are available, and then choose your preferred text service from the list.
  6. If Keyboard Layout/IME is the only type of text service available, click an option in that list.

To remove a keyboard layout

  1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options, and then click Regional and Language Options.
  2. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.
  3. Under Installed services, click the text service you want to remove, and then click Remove.

To compose a document using multiple languages

  1. Open a new document.
  2. In the notification area of the taskbar, click the language icon located near the system clock, and then click the language you want to use.
  3. Compose your document.
  4. To change languages, click the language icon in the notification area, and then select another language from the list.