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Unicode Easy Keyboard Layout
This is a keyboard layout for Windows XP that adds easy access for lots of additional characters. It differs from the "United States International" keyboard layout included with Windows in that none of the standard punctuation marks are dead keys. This means you can activate this layout and not even notice it until you intentionally use it, whereas using the "United States International" layout requires retraining yourself in typing certain character combinations. Also, the Unicode Easy keyboard layout includes all of the Latin composite characters and all of the Greek characters in Unicode, whereas the built-in layout includes only characters in the ISO-8859-1 code page. Supported diacritical marks are: acute, grave, circumflex, diaeresis, tilde, cedilla, breve, caron, ring above, stroke, macron, dot above, and dot below.
See also: Unicode Easy Keyboard Layout for XKB (Linux/*BSD X.org X11)
All composite diacritical characters are accessed by way of dead keys defined as key combinations with the right Alt key (referred to as "AltGr"). The following table shows how to access these diacritics.
| Diacritical Mark | Key Combination | Possible Characters (Base/Composite) |
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| Acute Accent | AltGr+', letter |
| A | E | I | O | U | Y | a | e | i | o | u | y | C | c | L | l | N | n | R | r | S | s | Z | z | G | g | K | k | M | m | P | p | W | w | |
| Á | É | Í | Ó | Ú | Ý | á | é | í | ó | ú | ý | Ć | ć | Ĺ | ĺ | Ń | ń | Ŕ | ŕ | Ś | ś | Ź | ź | Ǵ | ǵ | Ḱ | ḱ | Ḿ | ḿ | Ṕ | ṕ | Ẃ | ẃ | ´ |
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| Grave Accent | AltGr+`, letter |
| A | E | I | O | U | a | e | i | o | u | N | n | W | w | Y | y | |
| À | È | Ì | Ò | Ù | à | è | ì | ò | ù | Ǹ | ǹ | Ẁ | ẁ | Ỳ | ỳ | ` |
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| Circumflex Accent | AltGr+^ (AltGr+Shift+6), letter |
| A | E | I | O | U | a | e | i | o | u | C | c | G | g | H | h | J | j | S | s | W | w | Y | y | Z | z | |
| Â | Ê | Î | Ô | Û | â | ê | î | ô | û | Ĉ | ĉ | Ĝ | ĝ | Ĥ | ĥ | Ĵ | ĵ | Ŝ | ŝ | Ŵ | ŵ | Ŷ | ŷ | Ẑ | ẑ | ˆ |
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| Diaeresis | AltGr+" (AltGr+Shift+'), letter |
| A | E | I | O | U | a | e | i | o | u | y | Y | H | h | W | w | X | x | t | |
| Ä | Ë | Ï | Ö | Ü | ä | ë | ï | ö | ü | ÿ | Ÿ | Ḧ | ḧ | Ẅ | ẅ | Ẍ | ẍ | ẗ | ¨ |
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| Tilde | AltGr+~ (AltGr+Shift+`), letter |
| A | N | O | a | n | o | I | i | U | u | V | v | E | e | Y | y | = | |
| Ã | Ñ | Õ | ã | ñ | õ | Ĩ | ĩ | Ũ | ũ | Ṽ | ṽ | Ẽ | ẽ | Ỹ | ỹ | ≈ | ˜ |
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| Cedilla | AltGr+,, letter |
| C | c | G | g | K | k | L | l | N | n | R | r | S | s | T | t | E | e | D | d | H | h | |
| Ç | ç | Ģ | ģ | Ķ | ķ | Ļ | ļ | Ņ | ņ | Ŗ | ŗ | Ş | ş | Ţ | ţ | Ȩ | ȩ | Ḑ | ḑ | Ḩ | ḩ | ¸ |
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| Breve | AltGr+u, letter |
| A | a | E | e | G | g | I | i | O | o | U | u | |
| Ă | ă | Ĕ | ĕ | Ğ | ğ | Ĭ | ĭ | Ŏ | ŏ | Ŭ | ŭ | ˘ |
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| Caron | AltGr+v, letter |
| C | c | D | d | E | e | L | l | N | n | R | r | S | s | T | t | Z | z | A | a | I | i | O | o | U | u | G | g | K | k | j | H | h | |
| Č | č | Ď | ď | Ě | ě | Ľ | ľ | Ň | ň | Ř | ř | Š | š | Ť | ť | Ž | ž | Ǎ | ǎ | Ǐ | ǐ | Ǒ | ǒ | Ǔ | ǔ | Ǧ | ǧ | Ǩ | ǩ | ǰ | Ȟ | ȟ | ˇ |
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| Ring Above | AltGr+o, letter | |
| Stroke | AltGr+/, letter |
| O | o | D | d | H | h | L | l | T | t | b | I | Z | z | 2 | G | g | A | C | c | i | p | - | = | |
| Ø | ø | Đ | đ | Ħ | ħ | Ł | ł | Ŧ | ŧ | ƀ | Ɨ | Ƶ | ƶ | ƻ | Ǥ | ǥ | Ⱥ | Ȼ | ȼ | ɨ | ᵽ | — | ≠ | – |
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| Macron | AltGr+_ (AltGr+Shift+-), letter |
| A | a | E | e | I | i | O | o | U | u | Y | y | G | g | + | - | < | = | > | |
| Ā | ā | Ē | ē | Ī | ī | Ō | ō | Ū | ū | Ȳ | ȳ | Ḡ | ḡ | ± | − | ≤ | ≡ | ≥ | ˉ |
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| Dot Above | AltGr+., letter |
| C | c | E | e | G | g | I | Z | z | A | a | O | o | B | b | D | d | F | f | H | h | M | m | N | n | P | p | R | r | S | s | T | t | W | w | X | x | Y | y | . | |
| Ċ | ċ | Ė | ė | Ġ | ġ | İ | Ż | ż | Ȧ | ȧ | Ȯ | ȯ | Ḃ | ḃ | Ḋ | ḋ | Ḟ | ḟ | Ḣ | ḣ | Ṁ | ṁ | Ṅ | ṅ | Ṗ | ṗ | Ṙ | ṙ | Ṡ | ṡ | Ṫ | ṫ | Ẇ | ẇ | Ẋ | ẋ | Ẏ | ẏ | … | ˙ |
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| Dot Below | AltGr+Shift+., letter |
| B | b | D | d | H | h | K | k | L | l | M | m | N | n | R | r | S | s | T | t | V | v | W | w | Z | z | A | a | E | e | I | i | O | o | U | u | Y | y |
| Ḅ | ḅ | Ḍ | ḍ | Ḥ | ḥ | Ḳ | ḳ | Ḷ | ḷ | Ṃ | ṃ | Ṇ | ṇ | Ṛ | ṛ | Ṣ | ṣ | Ṭ | ṭ | Ṿ | ṿ | Ẉ | ẉ | Ẓ | ẓ | Ạ | ạ | Ẹ | ẹ | Ị | ị | Ọ | ọ | Ụ | ụ | Ỵ | ỵ |
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| Greek Letter | AltGr+G, letter |
| A | B | G | D | E | Z | H | I | K | L | M | N | X | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | a | b | g | d | e | z | h | i | k | l | m | n | x | o | p | r | s | t | u | w |
| Α | Β | Γ | Δ | Ε | Ζ | Η | Ι | Κ | Λ | Μ | Ν | Ξ | Ο | Π | Ρ | Σ | Τ | Υ | Ω | α | β | γ | δ | ε | ζ | η | ι | κ | λ | μ | ν | ξ | ο | π | ρ | σ | τ | υ | ω |
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| Theta/Phi/Chi | AltGr+H, letter | |
| Sharp S / Psi | AltGr+S, letter | |
| Ligature/Schwa | AltGr+E, letter | |
| Vulgar Thirds | AltGr+Shift+3, numerator | |
The keyboard layout also includes the following characters that are accessible without using dead keys:
| Unicode Character Name | Code Point | Glyph | Key Combination |
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| Inverted Exclamation Mark | U+00a1 | ¡ | AltGr+! (AltGr+Shift+1) |
| Cent Sign | U+00a2 | ¢ | AltGr+C |
| Pound Sign | U+00a3 | £ | AltGr+Shift+L |
| Yen Sign | U+00a5 | ¥ | AltGr+Shift+Y |
| Broken Bar | U+00a6 | ¦ | AltGr+| (AltGr+Shift+\) |
| Section Sign | U+00a7 | § | AltGr+Shift+S |
| Copyright Sign | U+00a9 | © | AltGr+Shift+C |
| Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark | U+00ab | « | AltGr+( (AltGr+Shift+9) |
| Not Sign | U+00ac | ¬ | AltGr+\ |
| Registered Sign | U+00ae | ® | AltGr+Shift+R |
| Degree Sign | U+00b0 | ° | AltGr+Shift+O |
| Micro Sign | U+00b5 | µ | AltGr+M |
| Pilcrow Sign | U+00b6 | ¶ | AltGr+Shift+P |
| Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark | U+00bb | » | AltGr+) (AltGr+Shift+0) |
| Vulgar Fraction One Quarter | U+00bc | ¼ | AltGr+2 |
| Vulgar Fraction One Half | U+00bd | ½ | AltGr+4 |
| Vulgar Fraction Three Quarters | U+00be | ¾ | AltGr+6 |
| Inverted Question Mark | U+00bf | ¿ | AltGr+? (AltGr+Shift+/) |
| Multiplication Sign | U+00d7 | × | AltGr+= |
| Division Sign | U+00f7 | ÷ | AltGr++ (AltGr+Shift+=) |
| Latin Small Letter F With Hook | U+0192 | ƒ | AltGr+F |
| Left Single Quotation Mark | U+2018 | ‘ | AltGr+[ |
| Right Single Quotation Mark | U+2019 | ’ | AltGr+] |
| Left Double Quotation Mark | U+201c | “ | AltGr+{ (AltGr+Shift+[) |
| Right Double Quotation Mark | U+201d | ” | AltGr+} (AltGr+Shift+]) |
| Bullet | U+2022 | • | AltGr+* (AltGr+Shift+8) |
| Per Mille Sign | U+2030 | ‰ | AltGr+% (AltGr+Shift+5) |
| Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark | U+2039 | ‹ | AltGr+9 |
| Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark | U+203a | › | AltGr+0 |
| Euro Sign | U+20ac | € | AltGr+$ (AltGr+Shift+4) |
| Vulgar Fraction One Eighth | U+215b | ⅛ | AltGr+1 |
| Vulgar Fraction Three Eighths | U+215c | ⅜ | AltGr+3 |
| Vulgar Fraction Five Eighths | U+215d | ⅝ | AltGr+5 |
| Vulgar Fraction Seven Eighths | U+215e | ⅞ | AltGr+7 |
| Trademark Sign | U+2122 | ™ | AltGr+Shift+T |
| Partial Differential | U+2202 | ∂ | AltGr+D |
| Increment | U+2206 | ∆ | AltGr+Shift+D |
| Square Root | U+221a | √ | AltGr+R |
| Infinity | U+221e | ∞ | AltGr+I |
| Integral | U+222b | ∫ | AltGr+Shift+I |
Installation: The download file is a Microsoft Windows Installer package. Once installed, you have to add the keyboard layout in Control Panel, Regional and Language Options, Languages, Text services and input languages, Details.
Updated 14-Jul-2006:
- Removed inaccessible dead key base characters
- Added Ctrl combinations for non-alpha keys (fixes the Ctrl+] issue in Telnet)
 Unicode Easy U.S. Keyboard Layout for Windows XP (14.0 KB)
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Unicode Easy U.K. Keyboard Layout for Windows XP (14.0 KB)
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Unicode Easy U.S. Keyboard Layout for Windows Vista (252 KB)
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