You went without knowing how from the AZERTY keyboard to QWERTY? Here’s how to change a QWERTY keyboard to AZERTY and get back to your habits.
It is always amusing to realize that the layout of our modern keyboards is directly inherited from the mechanical imperative of the ancient typewriters of the 19th century, as well as from the language. In the Anglo-Saxon world, the positioning of the upper alphabetical keys is QWERTY, while in France and Belgium the alignment is in AZERTY. However, your keyboard may be AZERTY, but your keyboard must also PC Windows is configured in French and in AZERTY. Windows includes English and French keyboards by default. It is entirely possible to switch from one to the other by accident. Here we will explain the different methods available.
How to change a QWERTY keyboard to AZERTY on Windows?
Keyboard shortcuts
There are several Windows keyboard shortcuts to switch between keyboard types.
- Sous Windows 11press the Windows + Space key combination to switch from QWERTY to AZERTY and vice versa.
- On Windows 10 and 8 do a Alt + Maj
Taskbar
You can change the keyboard type through the taskbar.
- Identify the language icon on the right of the taskbar, normally immediately to the left of the icon dedicated to Wi-Fi.
- Click on it and the list of available keyboards appears.
- Select French
It is still possible to go through the Windows Settings Panel, but it takes longer.
How to change a QWERTY keyboard to AZERTY on macOS?
The operation is just as simple under macOS:
- Click on menu Apple at the top left of the screen and click on the line System Preferences.
- Next, identify and select the Keyboard icon.
- A window opens with the list of languages available for the keyboard.
- Click on French to return to an AZERTY keyboard.
So you no longer have any reason to be annoyed when you accidentally change the language of your keyboard, whether on Windows or macOS.
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