====== Changing keyboard layout ======
By default you may find that the keyboard layout that the eee expects is not what appears on your keyboard.  At first you probably won't notice much of a difference until you want to type **@**, **|** or **£** or and you find that a different character appears.  


===== In Easy Mode =====

In Easy Mode, you change the Keyboard in the **Settings** tab, by clicking on the **Personalization** icon. Select the appropriate layout under **Keyboard layout:**.

==== Keyboard Shortcuts in Easy Mode ====

See [[http://wiki.eeeuser.com/mappingkeyboardshortcuts|Mapping Keyboard Shortcuts in Easy Mode]]



===== In Advanced Mode =====

In Advanced Mode the default keyboard layout is set to the US. These instructions inform KDE to use a different layout; for example the UK.

  * //Launch / Control Centre / Control Centre, and select Peripheral Devices / Keyboard Layout//
  * Under **Available layouts** select your country then click **Add >>**.
  * Change **layout variant** to **eeepc**.
  * Click **Apply**.
  * Under Active layouts select **U.S. English** then click **Remove**.
  * Click **Apply**.


==== Keyboard Shortcuts in Advanced Mode ====

See [[howto:mapping_keyboard_shortcuts|Mapping Keyboard Shortcuts in Advanced Mode]]




Dvorak Keyboard mapping [[http://wiki.eeeuser.com/dvorak_keyboard]]

==== UK English spellcheckers ====

For some reason, on most EEEs UK English spellcheckers (and only UK English)   can't be installed onto OpenOffice the normal way. If you need to install a UK English spellchecker, look here:- [[howto:openofficeukdict]]