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Here is what such user wrote: "The only slowdown was the Firewall, I had to allow the exception to run the program. Windows 8 issue, not really important.

There is a cosmetic really ' option that does not work for the newly added phonetic layout: in Control Panel of Windows 7 , one can place a cursor on the newly added phonetic layout and press "Properties" button at the right to see the image of the layout under Windows 8 this is called "Preview" and is inactive for added layouts But again, it does not affect your typing at all.

You can see the image of the phonetic layout in this instruction when I offer to see the images of all offered phonetic layouts for you to choose one. If you already know what Phonetic layout is and just want to start installing it on your computer, then you can skip the explanations below and go at once to the installation details. My phonetic layout that is, a variant of positioning Russian letters on the keyboard has the following characteristics: The Russian letters are in the same place as the similar English ones: 'A'-'A', 'O'-'O', etc.

If you want to use your printer to have this picture on paper then visit this page will open in new window. I did not personally design this variant of placing Russian letters on the keyboard, I just took one of many variants that I found on the Web and modified it.

Most of phonetic layout variants have been around for years. Different variants were accepted by different groups of users, for example, users of then-popular editor ChiWriter used one variant, users of another program - ChemText - used another, etc.

I took as a basis a widely used variant called Y aWert. If you'd like to use a different variant of placing Russian letters, then you can modify my layout after the installation it's discussed near the end of this page, in the "Modify" chapter.

Optional variants. Ready answer for one frequently asked question. In addition to my main variant of Phonetic layout see again the image right above , I've prepared two more layouts because they are almost as often used by people as that main one, so such people would not need to spend time modifying my main layout to obtain one of these two also-famous variants: 1st additional Phonetic layout - YaZHert. Here is the picture of this YaZHert phonetic keyboard layout: 2nd additional Phonetic layout.

Second widely-used Phonetic layout is called "Student" layout and the letters and symbols there are arranged in the following way: 3rd additional Phonetic layout. Keyboard stuff is kind of system-level stuff, it's Operating System tools and therefore it requires a little bit more effort and knowledge than say making browser to read Russian Web pages, so be patient.

About Windows XP and newer versions. To be able to activate such phonetic keyboard layout for Russian to have it work as "RU", you must login to Windows as a system Administrator has to have Administrative Rights.

On home computers it's not an issue - an owner is always an Administrator :- but at work it is an issue sometimes. For those who are at work - it's NOT a network Administrator Rights, it's Administrator Rights only to that specific computer, so you can ask your IT person to grant you such Administrative Rights to that computer.

In any case please refer to the system manual or your IT group to understand this "be an Administrator" issue it is not related to using Russian, so I can not explain it completely. Let's start the activation of phonetic Russian layout. First thing you need to do is to check whether Windows considers you a complete novice or not: open Windows Explorer , your standard file manager.

You can do it for example by sumiltaneously clicking on left button with Windows logo on it and then on the button with letter "E". That Explorer program lets you create folders directories , copy files between the folders, etc. If it's checked then uncheck it - while working with keyboard we need to see xxx. KBD or xxx. DLL or xxx. Best Portable Monitors. Best Gaming Keyboards. Best Drones. Best 4K TVs. Best iPhone 13 Cases. Best Tech Gifts for Kids Aged Awesome PC Accessories.

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