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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: January 17, 2007
- Total Downloads: 2,173
- Downloads last week: 7
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
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Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This very handy keyboard editor from Microsoft could use one small tweak. Keyboard Layout Creator's interface logically displays as a keyboard with a few functions available under pull-down menus. An extensive Help manual should give anyone the tools to create their own layouts.
Building a keyboard layout is very simple with this app. The program works with any of three common physical keyboard designs. Selecting yours takes a single menu click. You can get a boost by loading an existing layout or you can start from scratch. Color coding makes it easy to see which keys that can be edited and which ones can't. Changing a key is a simple process: one click on the keyboard interface, and then press the key you want in that location. Radio boxes display Shift, Alt, and Ctrl Shift states. You can either change the keys for a particular shift state or just as easily choose a single key and edit all of its states.
With a single command you can build packages to allow you to move the layout to other systems. Shift, Ctrl, and Backspace keys can't be assigned new duties, but other than that, this freeware program can help any user create a personalized keyboard with ease.
Publisher's description
From Microsoft :Ever wanted to quickly and easily define your own keyboard layout for a language Microsoft doesn't support? Or define your own keyboard layout so you can quickly and easily enter your favorite symbols with a simple keystroke? Well, want no more: the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator is here.
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Version: Keyboard Layout Creator 1.3.4073
Cons: Like everything from Microsoft, this little application is a giant waste of time. After finding out that nothing in the help section of my new Vista plagued laptop about changing keyboard layouts is accurate (no language toobar?) - I find this useless POS. Of course, I can't even ascertain that it doesn't work without wasting a bunch of my time on Microsoft's piracy problem, by downloading and running the "Genuine Disadvantage" application. The real disadvantage, of course, is the Microsoft operating system, which wastes more of my time than any whiny child ever could. After all the time and aggravation to install this POS, it doesn't do anything! I have run it repeatedly. I set the layout the way I want it, close the application and nothing happens! Typical Microsoft! No instructions and totally dysfunctional! Can somebody please put this monopoly out of business so America can move on to a different standard, maybe one that works?
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