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    Asus UX32VD-DH71-CB - Using the Canadian Bilingual keyboard?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Zithan, Nov 3, 2013.

  1. Zithan

    Zithan Newbie

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    The UX32VD isn't sold in the UK, so after much research I recently imported one from Canada - and am very happy with it so far!

    The attraction with the Canadian model (UX32VD-DH71-CB) is that the Canadian Bilingual keyboard is fairly similar to the standard UK version, with the bonus of having French and various other accents and symbols - I sometimes have to write in French and that's not easy on a standard UK keyboard, let alone one without a dedicated numeric keypad to use ALT-codes.

    However while I can easily switch layouts in the OS, I'm finding that it's not easy on this keyboard either because some keys have several accents or symbols on them - but all in grey text so it's difficult to work out what key / key combination to press to use each symbol, and which relate to the English, French or other keyboard layouts. I could really use a guide that gives this information, but can't find anything on the Asus web site. Does anyone know of such a guide, or anything else that will help me get the hang of it?

    Thanks in anticipation...
     
  2. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    That might be pretty tricky to find, since it's not a standard ASUS keyboard. Are the indicators of which symbol is which that poorly marked?
     
  3. Zithan

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    Yes, all symbols are in the same stylish cream, up to 5 of them on each key...