Features of the Keyboards
On the keyboards you can
- type text into the textarea
- insert text at the position of the cursor
- mark and replace text
- change the zoom
- highlight and copy the text when you have finished writing
- save the text into a text file (utf-8)
- transfer the text to the Print Area and print it out
The keyboards are fully functional with
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The Characters are not displayed in the Textarea
If you see or question marks instead of the characters you have typed in, the fonts chosen for the keyboard are not on your computer. The keyboard fonts for Norwegian are Arial Unicode MS, DejaVu Sans, Tahoma and Code2000. These fonts should provide a good language support.
If you are working on your own computer, the easiest way to get a full keyboard display is to download and install one of these fonts:
|Free download from sourceforge.net (dejavu-ttf-2.12.zip).|
|Download from code2000.net. Supports a large amount of languages; Shareware, US$5,00 after a test period.|
The keyboard fonts not listed in this table are delivered with Windows.
If you can't install a font because you are not working on your own computer, please read Changing the Keyboard Font.
How to Install a New Font (for Windows)
For downloading, the fonts are usually compressed (zip, exe, tar). So you install a new font:
Windows recognises the fonts in this folder automatically.
Changing the Keyboard Font
For getting a full display on the keyboard, you may also try another keyboard font. The menu 'Change Font' is on the left side of the keyboard. Just click on the menu button and then try out the fonts in the menu.
To make a change in the keyboard display, the chosen font must be in the font folder of your computer. Under Windows the fonts are in C:\Windows\FONTS. Also it must support the language you want to write.
Editing the Text
Font Selection Menu
If the text is displayed on the keyboard and in the print area, it normally should be printed out correctly. However, some printers do not support all languages.
If the text is not printed correctly, you could do the following:
- make a screenshot of the text in the Print Area
- cut the picture in a picture application
- and print it out
Entering a Color in the Print Area
You can enter a color either by using the HTML name like red, green, blue or by the hexadecimal name like #FFCC33. For a list of HTML and hexadecimal color names please see here.