Portuguese (Portugual) Keyboard - Black - USB Connector


Portuguese (Portugual) Keyboard - Black - USB Connector
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Portuguese (Portugual) Keyboard - Black USB

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The Portuguese keyboard is an economical solution for typing Portuguese in Windows. This USB keyboard is ready to use out of the box; you only have to configure Windows for Portuguese and begin typing.

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Specifications

The Portuguese (Portugal) keyboard conforms to the Portuguese (Portugal) keyboard layout in Windows XP. This keyboard supports the keyboard layout for: Portuguese (Portugal). This language is supported in Windows Vista, XP, ME, 98, and 95.

 

Features

  • Color: Black
  • Language: Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Connector type: USB

How to Setup an International Language in Windows

You must first configure Windows for the international language that you wish to use. After you configure Windows, you will be able to manually select the international language when you wish to use it. For additional information on language setup, see the Windows Help file system of contact Microsoft technical support.

Setup instructions for Windows Vista

Setup instructions for Windows XP

Setup instructions for Windows ME

Instructions for Typing Portuguese in Windows

Deadkeys

The Portuguese (Portugal) keyboard layout uses a system of deadkeys (highlighted in yellow below) to type certain accented characters. To use the deadkey system, first type the deadkey; nothing will appear on the screen. Next, type the key (generally a vowel) that you wish to combine with the deadkey. You should then see the accented character that you want on the screen. If you press a deadkey and then a press a key that does not go with that accent (such as pressing an accent and the number "2"), nothing happens; the accent deadkey must be correct to work. Depending upon the language, deadkeys work with both unshifted and shifted keys.

The AltGr Key

Many languages include more characters than can be typed on a standard computer keyboard. To solve this problem, additional characters may be assigned to the right AltGr key (the right Alt key) and/or the Shifted AltGr key. In Europe, the right Alt key is referred to as the AltGr key. In the United States, it is merely the right Alt key. It is important to note that the left Alt key cannot be used as the AltGr key.

Characters that require the AltGr key appear to the left in the DataCal labels (see illustration to the left). On the number keys, the AltGr characters are centered at the bottom of the label. Shifted AltGr keys are centered at the top of the label. For alpha keys, the AltGr characters are in the lower left corner of the label. Shifted AltGr characters (if different from the lower case AltGr characters), are centered at the top of the label.

Combination Keys

Many languages that use a complex script method of input, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Punjabi, Hindi, etc., require that you type two or more keys in combination to product certain characters. This system is different from the AltGr deadkey because it does not use the AltGr (i.e., the right Alt key) to produce the characters.

To type the combination characters, first press the key for the first letter in the combination; nothing will display on the screen. Next press the second letter required in the combination. When the combination is complete, it will display on the screen. Languages use more key combinations than can be listed here. The user should experiment with the language setup in Windows to see exactly what is required to produce the necessary characters using the key combinations.