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Article ID: 916265 - Last Review: October 11, 2007 - Revision: 5.6

How to configure the keyboard for Canadian French layout in Windows XP

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INTRODUCTION

This article describes how to configure the keyboard for Canadian French layout in Microsoft Windows XP.

MORE INFORMATION

To configure the keyboard for Canadian French layout in Windows XP, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type intl.cpl, and then click OK.
  2. On the Languages tab, click Details.
  3. On the Settings tab under Installed services, click English (United States), and then click Add.
  4. In Input language, select French (Canada). Then, under Keyboard layout/IME, select Canadian French.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click Apply.

    You can see EN English (US) and FR French (Canada) under Installed services.
  7. Click OK two times.
  8. To change to the French (Canada) keyboard, click EN in the taskbar, and then click FR French (Canada).
For more information about keyboard layout, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
311100  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311100/ ) Incorrect keyboard layout detected when you upgrade to Windows XP Professional
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