Keyboard is typing french how do i change it to english only

ust press the CTRL+SHIFT keys and you will switch from French to English

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Try these instructions to change your keyboard layout to English.

Usually, when you type, there will be a language bar which will show the language that you are currently typing in. If you click on the FR (French), it will show an option to switch to EN (English). To remove French completely, go into the Control Panel and go to Region and Language. In the pop-up dialog, click on the Keyboards and Languages tab, and then click change keyboards. In the dialog box that appears, you will see all the "keyboard languages" that you have installed. Click on the blue icon saying FR, and click Remove.
(Note: You will not be able to remove a keyboard language if it is the default language of the computer, ie. if the computer is configured in French, you will not be able to remove it)

Click on Keyboard icon on taskbar and change the option to english...Looks like it is in French right now..

you need to change the keyboard lay out.
Windows 7 or Windows Vista

1. Click Start Collapse this imageExpand this image, type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.
3. Click Add.
4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand French (Canada).
5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the English (UnitedS tates) check box, and then click OK.
6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.
7. In the Default input language list, click English (United Kingdom) - English (United States), and then click OK two times.
8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK. Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout.
9. Click the Language bar, and then click English (United States)

Windows XP

1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Run box, and then press ENTER.
2. On the Languages tab, click Details.
3. Under Installed services, click Add.
4. In the Input language list, select the language that you want. For example, select French (Canada) .
5. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click English (United States), and then click OK .
6. In the Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer list, click English (United Kingdom) - English (United States), and then click OK.
7. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK. Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout.
8. Click the Language bar, and then click English (United States)

if you have windows XP follow these steps :-right click on Taskbar-Toolsbar-here check the language bar(should apear in your case french) -right click on the Fr(that apear)-settings -here you will see French keyboard-click Add and select EN-english -than OK and your keyboard should type english letters/

Computers running Windows®, you have the option of typing alternative character sets. This can be selected by clicking on START>SETTINGS> CONTROL PANEL. Then click on the picture of the world globe. This enables users to toggle between Arabic or Hebrew and English. This requires you to learn the keyboard layout for these languages

First, select the desired language.(the default in the U.S. is U.S. English If your computer was sold in a French spealing country, the keyboard might be different. If this is the case, the only solution could be a new keyboard

Hello,
Yes you are right: it is a one time option. You can however install other languages. You will switch from the Canadian French keyboard to the US or English Canadian keyboard by pressing Shift Alt. You will console yourself if I told you that I type mainly in French, but the physical keyboard is US and I cannot even use the Alt + Ascii code to put the accents where due, because the laptop does not have numeric pad.

Hope it helps.

Hi,
Change your regional options to english,
US english depending where you are.
start, control panel (classic view), regional languages, keyboard and languages tab, change keyboards, click add tab, select language,click the plus sign, tick the keyboard box,
( you can have more than one )
The one at the top is the primary language set.
So, set main language at top, all others under.

To select the language bar on screen, so you can swtch between them,
go to, regional languages again, keyboards and languages, change keyboard, langage bar tab, in here is a few settings for you to put on taskbar,

Hope this helps
Regards
Ric.

Hi Sam,

Sorry your problem got left in the que for a while, but Lee apparently wasn't familiar with that keyboard. You do have an extra key near the start button that activates the Tags and other coloured symbols while in french or multi language mode. Simply use it like a shift key.

If you're not using the HP to type in french and don't require the accents you can change the setting in windows to tell the computer that your keyboard is a US english keyboard which will reassign all the keycodes to the "normal" locations by english speaking standards.

To do so, open your control panel, click on the classic mode link if it's not already in classic mode(20+ icons). Then click on the regional settings icon. Depending on wether you have Vista or XP the panel varies slightly XP has a keyboards tab, Vista has a Input Devices tab. Either way go to that tab and click the button to adjust input devices, on the page that pops up you will see a list of available, installed keyboards. If US english isn't listed click the ADD button find it in the list and add it.

If you only type in english, remove all other keyboards. If you use french as well, remove all but the canadian french/canadian multilingual depending which you have(if you don't know follow instructions below to find out). Then OK out of the window. OK the regional settings window and close the control panel. If you only select US english you're done, if you left French as an option you will see a small blue icon to the left of the clock, you can click on it at any time to switch between your installed keyboard modes.


Hope this Helps FixYa!


Chris


Model info for your product can be found at www.hp.com click Support & Drivers, then select the Knowledgebase button on the next screen and type in your full model number or allow the automated link to check your model online. When it launches your product page select Product Specifications from the long list in the middle and if it brings up a second list select the same.

You can now scroll down the specs and your keyboard will be listed as either Canadian English/French/Multiligual, all three have some variation of the keys you described.