Applies to all editions of Windows Vista.

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Change your input language

The input language is a setting in Windows that controls the language you use to type information on your computer. Before you can change an input language, you need to add that language to Windows. For more information, see Add an input language.

To change the input language

  • Click the Input language button on the Language bar, and then click the input language you want to use.

    Picture of the Language barLanguage bar
    Note

    Note

    If you don't see the Language bar, right-click the taskbar, point to Toolbars, and then click Language bar.

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