Thread: How do Russians and others normally switch between Latin and non-Latin keyboards?

Originally Posted by Hanna

Ah, ok. So there is no special trick, people just do it in the way that I am already familiar with.

The reason I was wondering, is because switching input locale is considered *really* complicated by most people in Europe. I notice it here in Sweden for example, and also in the UK. I don't know HOW many times I've explained how to set this up to friends and family, for them to say "Omg, how complicated" etc, etc.

So it hit me that it is necessary for everyone in Russia and I was wondering if there was any special trick.

Are you familiar with any version of Windows (as far as I get it, you only mean this OS) that doesn't have its normal layout (English-US) already installed? I just can't see any problem about hitting alt-shift/ctrl-shift anytime you need to, really.

If I remember correctly (being a Linux user myself) a standard Windows installation in Germany will only have the German layout. That means that y and z are swapped in comparison to English and most of the symbols for interpunction are distributed differently. You can easily write English with it, so there is no need to have an English layout installed.