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    French Keyboard

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by biggamehunter, Aug 16, 2008.

  1. biggamehunter

    biggamehunter Notebook Guru

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    Hi all , I just got a French backlit keyboard for my CF-28,partnumber 61025364.How can I get the full fuction of the keyboard,?I an running windows XP pro english version. The keyboard is a little different.
    Thanks for the help, Mike
     
    biggamehunter, Aug 16, 2008
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  2. Zippy-Man

    Zippy-Man Notebook Evangelist

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    What do you mean by full function?
     
    Zippy-Man, Aug 16, 2008
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  3. tom_baker

    tom_baker Notebook Guru

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    Do you mean you want to remap the keyboard so you can use it as an AZERTY model rather than a QWERTY?

    --Tom
     
    tom_baker, Aug 16, 2008
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  4. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    Can anything that is French have full function? :p :D

    J/K, I love the French:rolleyes2:
     
    Rob, Aug 17, 2008
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  5. biggamehunter

    biggamehunter Notebook Guru

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    Let me start off by saying that I do not type, I hunnt and peck.The french keyboard that I got is not the same layout nor dose it use the same keys, it has additional keys and script.Is there a driver or do I need to remap my keyboard?
    Thanks
     
    biggamehunter, Aug 19, 2008
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  6. gray-beard

    gray-beard Notebook Evangelist

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    I think it would be much easier to just replace the keyboard with an english model. There are a few on ebay to choose from.

    Good luck
    Bob
     
    gray-beard, Aug 19, 2008
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