Why I have to press keys two times to get the ^ or ´ or ` symbol in Windows 7 and how can I fix it?...












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To get a ^ (caret) character, I have to press the ^ key two times. The first time, nothing happens, the second time two ^ appearing. So I have to delete the second.



Same behaviour when I want to print a single ´ (apostrophe) or a single ` (backtick)






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    Already covered many times here, including superuser.com/questions/288003 , superuser.com/questions/122625 , and superuser.com/questions/888185 .

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    Mar 17 '15 at 13:47






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    Thats true. But i was not able to find these questions because the titles are not that lucky. So maybe the next one facing the same issue will find this one..

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    Mar 17 '15 at 17:30
















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This question already has an answer here:




  • Apostrophes and double quotes don't show up until I type the next letter

    8 answers



  • When I type “ nothing comes out, and if I type it again, 2 of it comes out as such: ”"

    1 answer




To get a ^ (caret) character, I have to press the ^ key two times. The first time, nothing happens, the second time two ^ appearing. So I have to delete the second.



Same behaviour when I want to print a single ´ (apostrophe) or a single ` (backtick)






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marked as duplicate by Canadian Luke, Indrek, BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft, fixer1234, Nifle Mar 18 '15 at 18:44


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    Already covered many times here, including superuser.com/questions/288003 , superuser.com/questions/122625 , and superuser.com/questions/888185 .

    – JdeBP
    Mar 17 '15 at 13:47






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    Thats true. But i was not able to find these questions because the titles are not that lucky. So maybe the next one facing the same issue will find this one..

    – Finn
    Mar 17 '15 at 17:30














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This question already has an answer here:




  • Apostrophes and double quotes don't show up until I type the next letter

    8 answers



  • When I type “ nothing comes out, and if I type it again, 2 of it comes out as such: ”"

    1 answer




To get a ^ (caret) character, I have to press the ^ key two times. The first time, nothing happens, the second time two ^ appearing. So I have to delete the second.



Same behaviour when I want to print a single ´ (apostrophe) or a single ` (backtick)






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  • Apostrophes and double quotes don't show up until I type the next letter

    8 answers



  • When I type “ nothing comes out, and if I type it again, 2 of it comes out as such: ”"

    1 answer




To get a ^ (caret) character, I have to press the ^ key two times. The first time, nothing happens, the second time two ^ appearing. So I have to delete the second.



Same behaviour when I want to print a single ´ (apostrophe) or a single ` (backtick)





This question already has an answer here:




  • Apostrophes and double quotes don't show up until I type the next letter

    8 answers



  • When I type “ nothing comes out, and if I type it again, 2 of it comes out as such: ”"

    1 answer







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marked as duplicate by Canadian Luke, Indrek, BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft, fixer1234, Nifle Mar 18 '15 at 18:44


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marked as duplicate by Canadian Luke, Indrek, BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft, fixer1234, Nifle Mar 18 '15 at 18:44


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    Already covered many times here, including superuser.com/questions/288003 , superuser.com/questions/122625 , and superuser.com/questions/888185 .

    – JdeBP
    Mar 17 '15 at 13:47






  • 2





    Thats true. But i was not able to find these questions because the titles are not that lucky. So maybe the next one facing the same issue will find this one..

    – Finn
    Mar 17 '15 at 17:30














  • 2





    Already covered many times here, including superuser.com/questions/288003 , superuser.com/questions/122625 , and superuser.com/questions/888185 .

    – JdeBP
    Mar 17 '15 at 13:47






  • 2





    Thats true. But i was not able to find these questions because the titles are not that lucky. So maybe the next one facing the same issue will find this one..

    – Finn
    Mar 17 '15 at 17:30








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Already covered many times here, including superuser.com/questions/288003 , superuser.com/questions/122625 , and superuser.com/questions/888185 .

– JdeBP
Mar 17 '15 at 13:47





Already covered many times here, including superuser.com/questions/288003 , superuser.com/questions/122625 , and superuser.com/questions/888185 .

– JdeBP
Mar 17 '15 at 13:47




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Thats true. But i was not able to find these questions because the titles are not that lucky. So maybe the next one facing the same issue will find this one..

– Finn
Mar 17 '15 at 17:30





Thats true. But i was not able to find these questions because the titles are not that lucky. So maybe the next one facing the same issue will find this one..

– Finn
Mar 17 '15 at 17:30










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Why I have to press keys two times to get the ^ or ´ or `



You have an International keyboard layout set for your keyboard (probably United States-International keyboard layout - but there are others).



With this keyboard layout the ^ keystroke becomes a modifier to enabling entering of special characters.



To get a single ^ character you will need to type ^+Space.



Alternatively change the keyboard layout to the appropriate non-international version.



See Add a keyboard layout for more information.




Typing Diacritics And Special Characters




Type International and Special Characters using the right Alt key or the following modifier keys: Apostrophe ('), Accent Grave (`), Quotation Mark ("), Tilde (~), and Circumflex (^).



To type just the modifier key by itself, type Space following the modifier key.




Source Microsoft Keyboards - English (US-International)
Typing Diacritics And Special Characters




How to use the United States-International keyboard layout




Creating international characters



When you press the APOSTROPHE (') key, QUOTATION MARK (") key,
ACCENT GRAVE (`) key, TILDE (~) key, or ACCENT CIRCUMFLEX,. also
called the CARET key, (^) key, nothing is displayed on the screen
until you press a second key:




  • If you press one of the letters designated as eligible to receive an accent mark, the accented version of the letter appears.

  • If you press the key of a character that is not eligible to receive an accent mark, two separate characters appear.

  • If you press the space bar, the symbol (apostrophe, quotation mark, accent grave, tilde, accent circumflex or caret) is displayed by
    itself.




Source How to use the United States-International keyboard layout in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, and in Windows XP




How to change your keyboard layout




To configure your keyboard to use a different language or keyboard layout, use the appropriate method for your version of Windows.



Note: These methods use the Canadian French keyboard layout as an example.



Windows 7 or Windows Vista




  1. Click Start Start button, type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

  2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand French (Canada).

  5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the Canadian French check box, and then click OK.

  6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.

  7. In the Default input language list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French, and then click OK two times.

  8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the
    active keyboard layout.

  9. Click the Language bar, and then click FR French (Canada).


Windows XP




  1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

  2. On the Languages tab, click Details.

  3. Under Installed services, click Add.

  4. In the Input language list, select the language that you want. For example, select French (Canada) .

  5. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click Canadian French, and then click OK .

  6. In the Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French,
    and then click OK.

  7. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the
    active keyboard layout.

  8. Click the Language bar, and then click French (Canada).


How to make sure that the selected layout matches the keyboard



Windows 7 or Windows Vista




  1. Click Start, type osk in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

  2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

  3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the
    keyboard.


Windows XP




  1. Click Start, type osk in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

  2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

  3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the
    keyboard.




Source How to change your keyboard layout






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    Any idea why MS didn't make altGR+quote, altGR+shift+quote, altGR+shift+6, and altGR+grave work as dead keys, while leaving the normal ASCII-generating keys alone? Apple figured out how to do that in the 1980s. The deadkey behavior is horrible, especially given that deadkeys remain pending after cursor moves.

    – supercat
    Mar 17 '15 at 19:21













  • @supercat I guess it boils down to the fact that a lot of users like the current behaviour as altGR+something is harder to hit than shift+something. Personally I simply have two keyboard layouts set up, one with dead keys and one without depending on whether I am programming or writing text.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 17 '15 at 21:33











  • @DavidMulder: altGR is harder to hit, but most people in the US type apostrophes and quote marks a lot more often than they type aigus and umlauts; many (esp. programmers) type carets and backticks more often than circumflex and grave accents. Using one layout all the time and hitting altGR when accents are needed seems much easier and safer than having to worry about what layout is active at any given time.

    – supercat
    Mar 17 '15 at 21:44













  • @supercat If you're only writing english you don't need them at all virtually, but yeah, I would have no issue with altGR support being added to my US non-international layout.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 17 '15 at 22:10






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    @supercat Give autohotkey a try (ahkscript.org not autohotkey.com from what I have heard), you can even do stuff like define your own dead keys and what not.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 18 '15 at 3:05


















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1 Answer
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Why I have to press keys two times to get the ^ or ´ or `



You have an International keyboard layout set for your keyboard (probably United States-International keyboard layout - but there are others).



With this keyboard layout the ^ keystroke becomes a modifier to enabling entering of special characters.



To get a single ^ character you will need to type ^+Space.



Alternatively change the keyboard layout to the appropriate non-international version.



See Add a keyboard layout for more information.




Typing Diacritics And Special Characters




Type International and Special Characters using the right Alt key or the following modifier keys: Apostrophe ('), Accent Grave (`), Quotation Mark ("), Tilde (~), and Circumflex (^).



To type just the modifier key by itself, type Space following the modifier key.




Source Microsoft Keyboards - English (US-International)
Typing Diacritics And Special Characters




How to use the United States-International keyboard layout




Creating international characters



When you press the APOSTROPHE (') key, QUOTATION MARK (") key,
ACCENT GRAVE (`) key, TILDE (~) key, or ACCENT CIRCUMFLEX,. also
called the CARET key, (^) key, nothing is displayed on the screen
until you press a second key:




  • If you press one of the letters designated as eligible to receive an accent mark, the accented version of the letter appears.

  • If you press the key of a character that is not eligible to receive an accent mark, two separate characters appear.

  • If you press the space bar, the symbol (apostrophe, quotation mark, accent grave, tilde, accent circumflex or caret) is displayed by
    itself.




Source How to use the United States-International keyboard layout in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, and in Windows XP




How to change your keyboard layout




To configure your keyboard to use a different language or keyboard layout, use the appropriate method for your version of Windows.



Note: These methods use the Canadian French keyboard layout as an example.



Windows 7 or Windows Vista




  1. Click Start Start button, type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

  2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand French (Canada).

  5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the Canadian French check box, and then click OK.

  6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.

  7. In the Default input language list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French, and then click OK two times.

  8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the
    active keyboard layout.

  9. Click the Language bar, and then click FR French (Canada).


Windows XP




  1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

  2. On the Languages tab, click Details.

  3. Under Installed services, click Add.

  4. In the Input language list, select the language that you want. For example, select French (Canada) .

  5. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click Canadian French, and then click OK .

  6. In the Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French,
    and then click OK.

  7. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the
    active keyboard layout.

  8. Click the Language bar, and then click French (Canada).


How to make sure that the selected layout matches the keyboard



Windows 7 or Windows Vista




  1. Click Start, type osk in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

  2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

  3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the
    keyboard.


Windows XP




  1. Click Start, type osk in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

  2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

  3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the
    keyboard.




Source How to change your keyboard layout






share|improve this answer





















  • 2





    Any idea why MS didn't make altGR+quote, altGR+shift+quote, altGR+shift+6, and altGR+grave work as dead keys, while leaving the normal ASCII-generating keys alone? Apple figured out how to do that in the 1980s. The deadkey behavior is horrible, especially given that deadkeys remain pending after cursor moves.

    – supercat
    Mar 17 '15 at 19:21













  • @supercat I guess it boils down to the fact that a lot of users like the current behaviour as altGR+something is harder to hit than shift+something. Personally I simply have two keyboard layouts set up, one with dead keys and one without depending on whether I am programming or writing text.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 17 '15 at 21:33











  • @DavidMulder: altGR is harder to hit, but most people in the US type apostrophes and quote marks a lot more often than they type aigus and umlauts; many (esp. programmers) type carets and backticks more often than circumflex and grave accents. Using one layout all the time and hitting altGR when accents are needed seems much easier and safer than having to worry about what layout is active at any given time.

    – supercat
    Mar 17 '15 at 21:44













  • @supercat If you're only writing english you don't need them at all virtually, but yeah, I would have no issue with altGR support being added to my US non-international layout.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 17 '15 at 22:10






  • 1





    @supercat Give autohotkey a try (ahkscript.org not autohotkey.com from what I have heard), you can even do stuff like define your own dead keys and what not.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 18 '15 at 3:05
















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Why I have to press keys two times to get the ^ or ´ or `



You have an International keyboard layout set for your keyboard (probably United States-International keyboard layout - but there are others).



With this keyboard layout the ^ keystroke becomes a modifier to enabling entering of special characters.



To get a single ^ character you will need to type ^+Space.



Alternatively change the keyboard layout to the appropriate non-international version.



See Add a keyboard layout for more information.




Typing Diacritics And Special Characters




Type International and Special Characters using the right Alt key or the following modifier keys: Apostrophe ('), Accent Grave (`), Quotation Mark ("), Tilde (~), and Circumflex (^).



To type just the modifier key by itself, type Space following the modifier key.




Source Microsoft Keyboards - English (US-International)
Typing Diacritics And Special Characters




How to use the United States-International keyboard layout




Creating international characters



When you press the APOSTROPHE (') key, QUOTATION MARK (") key,
ACCENT GRAVE (`) key, TILDE (~) key, or ACCENT CIRCUMFLEX,. also
called the CARET key, (^) key, nothing is displayed on the screen
until you press a second key:




  • If you press one of the letters designated as eligible to receive an accent mark, the accented version of the letter appears.

  • If you press the key of a character that is not eligible to receive an accent mark, two separate characters appear.

  • If you press the space bar, the symbol (apostrophe, quotation mark, accent grave, tilde, accent circumflex or caret) is displayed by
    itself.




Source How to use the United States-International keyboard layout in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, and in Windows XP




How to change your keyboard layout




To configure your keyboard to use a different language or keyboard layout, use the appropriate method for your version of Windows.



Note: These methods use the Canadian French keyboard layout as an example.



Windows 7 or Windows Vista




  1. Click Start Start button, type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

  2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand French (Canada).

  5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the Canadian French check box, and then click OK.

  6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.

  7. In the Default input language list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French, and then click OK two times.

  8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the
    active keyboard layout.

  9. Click the Language bar, and then click FR French (Canada).


Windows XP




  1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

  2. On the Languages tab, click Details.

  3. Under Installed services, click Add.

  4. In the Input language list, select the language that you want. For example, select French (Canada) .

  5. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click Canadian French, and then click OK .

  6. In the Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French,
    and then click OK.

  7. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the
    active keyboard layout.

  8. Click the Language bar, and then click French (Canada).


How to make sure that the selected layout matches the keyboard



Windows 7 or Windows Vista




  1. Click Start, type osk in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

  2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

  3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the
    keyboard.


Windows XP




  1. Click Start, type osk in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

  2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

  3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the
    keyboard.




Source How to change your keyboard layout






share|improve this answer





















  • 2





    Any idea why MS didn't make altGR+quote, altGR+shift+quote, altGR+shift+6, and altGR+grave work as dead keys, while leaving the normal ASCII-generating keys alone? Apple figured out how to do that in the 1980s. The deadkey behavior is horrible, especially given that deadkeys remain pending after cursor moves.

    – supercat
    Mar 17 '15 at 19:21













  • @supercat I guess it boils down to the fact that a lot of users like the current behaviour as altGR+something is harder to hit than shift+something. Personally I simply have two keyboard layouts set up, one with dead keys and one without depending on whether I am programming or writing text.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 17 '15 at 21:33











  • @DavidMulder: altGR is harder to hit, but most people in the US type apostrophes and quote marks a lot more often than they type aigus and umlauts; many (esp. programmers) type carets and backticks more often than circumflex and grave accents. Using one layout all the time and hitting altGR when accents are needed seems much easier and safer than having to worry about what layout is active at any given time.

    – supercat
    Mar 17 '15 at 21:44













  • @supercat If you're only writing english you don't need them at all virtually, but yeah, I would have no issue with altGR support being added to my US non-international layout.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 17 '15 at 22:10






  • 1





    @supercat Give autohotkey a try (ahkscript.org not autohotkey.com from what I have heard), you can even do stuff like define your own dead keys and what not.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 18 '15 at 3:05














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Why I have to press keys two times to get the ^ or ´ or `



You have an International keyboard layout set for your keyboard (probably United States-International keyboard layout - but there are others).



With this keyboard layout the ^ keystroke becomes a modifier to enabling entering of special characters.



To get a single ^ character you will need to type ^+Space.



Alternatively change the keyboard layout to the appropriate non-international version.



See Add a keyboard layout for more information.




Typing Diacritics And Special Characters




Type International and Special Characters using the right Alt key or the following modifier keys: Apostrophe ('), Accent Grave (`), Quotation Mark ("), Tilde (~), and Circumflex (^).



To type just the modifier key by itself, type Space following the modifier key.




Source Microsoft Keyboards - English (US-International)
Typing Diacritics And Special Characters




How to use the United States-International keyboard layout




Creating international characters



When you press the APOSTROPHE (') key, QUOTATION MARK (") key,
ACCENT GRAVE (`) key, TILDE (~) key, or ACCENT CIRCUMFLEX,. also
called the CARET key, (^) key, nothing is displayed on the screen
until you press a second key:




  • If you press one of the letters designated as eligible to receive an accent mark, the accented version of the letter appears.

  • If you press the key of a character that is not eligible to receive an accent mark, two separate characters appear.

  • If you press the space bar, the symbol (apostrophe, quotation mark, accent grave, tilde, accent circumflex or caret) is displayed by
    itself.




Source How to use the United States-International keyboard layout in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, and in Windows XP




How to change your keyboard layout




To configure your keyboard to use a different language or keyboard layout, use the appropriate method for your version of Windows.



Note: These methods use the Canadian French keyboard layout as an example.



Windows 7 or Windows Vista




  1. Click Start Start button, type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

  2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand French (Canada).

  5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the Canadian French check box, and then click OK.

  6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.

  7. In the Default input language list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French, and then click OK two times.

  8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the
    active keyboard layout.

  9. Click the Language bar, and then click FR French (Canada).


Windows XP




  1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

  2. On the Languages tab, click Details.

  3. Under Installed services, click Add.

  4. In the Input language list, select the language that you want. For example, select French (Canada) .

  5. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click Canadian French, and then click OK .

  6. In the Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French,
    and then click OK.

  7. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the
    active keyboard layout.

  8. Click the Language bar, and then click French (Canada).


How to make sure that the selected layout matches the keyboard



Windows 7 or Windows Vista




  1. Click Start, type osk in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

  2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

  3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the
    keyboard.


Windows XP




  1. Click Start, type osk in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

  2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

  3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the
    keyboard.




Source How to change your keyboard layout






share|improve this answer















Why I have to press keys two times to get the ^ or ´ or `



You have an International keyboard layout set for your keyboard (probably United States-International keyboard layout - but there are others).



With this keyboard layout the ^ keystroke becomes a modifier to enabling entering of special characters.



To get a single ^ character you will need to type ^+Space.



Alternatively change the keyboard layout to the appropriate non-international version.



See Add a keyboard layout for more information.




Typing Diacritics And Special Characters




Type International and Special Characters using the right Alt key or the following modifier keys: Apostrophe ('), Accent Grave (`), Quotation Mark ("), Tilde (~), and Circumflex (^).



To type just the modifier key by itself, type Space following the modifier key.




Source Microsoft Keyboards - English (US-International)
Typing Diacritics And Special Characters




How to use the United States-International keyboard layout




Creating international characters



When you press the APOSTROPHE (') key, QUOTATION MARK (") key,
ACCENT GRAVE (`) key, TILDE (~) key, or ACCENT CIRCUMFLEX,. also
called the CARET key, (^) key, nothing is displayed on the screen
until you press a second key:




  • If you press one of the letters designated as eligible to receive an accent mark, the accented version of the letter appears.

  • If you press the key of a character that is not eligible to receive an accent mark, two separate characters appear.

  • If you press the space bar, the symbol (apostrophe, quotation mark, accent grave, tilde, accent circumflex or caret) is displayed by
    itself.




Source How to use the United States-International keyboard layout in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, and in Windows XP




How to change your keyboard layout




To configure your keyboard to use a different language or keyboard layout, use the appropriate method for your version of Windows.



Note: These methods use the Canadian French keyboard layout as an example.



Windows 7 or Windows Vista




  1. Click Start Start button, type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

  2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand French (Canada).

  5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the Canadian French check box, and then click OK.

  6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.

  7. In the Default input language list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French, and then click OK two times.

  8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the
    active keyboard layout.

  9. Click the Language bar, and then click FR French (Canada).


Windows XP




  1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

  2. On the Languages tab, click Details.

  3. Under Installed services, click Add.

  4. In the Input language list, select the language that you want. For example, select French (Canada) .

  5. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click Canadian French, and then click OK .

  6. In the Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer list, click French (Canada) – Canadian French,
    and then click OK.

  7. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
    Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the
    active keyboard layout.

  8. Click the Language bar, and then click French (Canada).


How to make sure that the selected layout matches the keyboard



Windows 7 or Windows Vista




  1. Click Start, type osk in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

  2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

  3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the
    keyboard.


Windows XP




  1. Click Start, type osk in the Run box, and then press ENTER.

  2. Match the keyboard on the screen with the physical keyboard to make sure that the layout matches.

  3. To check the uppercase characters, click the shift key on the keyboard or on the screen, and match the characters printed on the
    keyboard.




Source How to change your keyboard layout







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    Any idea why MS didn't make altGR+quote, altGR+shift+quote, altGR+shift+6, and altGR+grave work as dead keys, while leaving the normal ASCII-generating keys alone? Apple figured out how to do that in the 1980s. The deadkey behavior is horrible, especially given that deadkeys remain pending after cursor moves.

    – supercat
    Mar 17 '15 at 19:21













  • @supercat I guess it boils down to the fact that a lot of users like the current behaviour as altGR+something is harder to hit than shift+something. Personally I simply have two keyboard layouts set up, one with dead keys and one without depending on whether I am programming or writing text.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 17 '15 at 21:33











  • @DavidMulder: altGR is harder to hit, but most people in the US type apostrophes and quote marks a lot more often than they type aigus and umlauts; many (esp. programmers) type carets and backticks more often than circumflex and grave accents. Using one layout all the time and hitting altGR when accents are needed seems much easier and safer than having to worry about what layout is active at any given time.

    – supercat
    Mar 17 '15 at 21:44













  • @supercat If you're only writing english you don't need them at all virtually, but yeah, I would have no issue with altGR support being added to my US non-international layout.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 17 '15 at 22:10






  • 1





    @supercat Give autohotkey a try (ahkscript.org not autohotkey.com from what I have heard), you can even do stuff like define your own dead keys and what not.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 18 '15 at 3:05














  • 2





    Any idea why MS didn't make altGR+quote, altGR+shift+quote, altGR+shift+6, and altGR+grave work as dead keys, while leaving the normal ASCII-generating keys alone? Apple figured out how to do that in the 1980s. The deadkey behavior is horrible, especially given that deadkeys remain pending after cursor moves.

    – supercat
    Mar 17 '15 at 19:21













  • @supercat I guess it boils down to the fact that a lot of users like the current behaviour as altGR+something is harder to hit than shift+something. Personally I simply have two keyboard layouts set up, one with dead keys and one without depending on whether I am programming or writing text.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 17 '15 at 21:33











  • @DavidMulder: altGR is harder to hit, but most people in the US type apostrophes and quote marks a lot more often than they type aigus and umlauts; many (esp. programmers) type carets and backticks more often than circumflex and grave accents. Using one layout all the time and hitting altGR when accents are needed seems much easier and safer than having to worry about what layout is active at any given time.

    – supercat
    Mar 17 '15 at 21:44













  • @supercat If you're only writing english you don't need them at all virtually, but yeah, I would have no issue with altGR support being added to my US non-international layout.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 17 '15 at 22:10






  • 1





    @supercat Give autohotkey a try (ahkscript.org not autohotkey.com from what I have heard), you can even do stuff like define your own dead keys and what not.

    – David Mulder
    Mar 18 '15 at 3:05








2




2





Any idea why MS didn't make altGR+quote, altGR+shift+quote, altGR+shift+6, and altGR+grave work as dead keys, while leaving the normal ASCII-generating keys alone? Apple figured out how to do that in the 1980s. The deadkey behavior is horrible, especially given that deadkeys remain pending after cursor moves.

– supercat
Mar 17 '15 at 19:21







Any idea why MS didn't make altGR+quote, altGR+shift+quote, altGR+shift+6, and altGR+grave work as dead keys, while leaving the normal ASCII-generating keys alone? Apple figured out how to do that in the 1980s. The deadkey behavior is horrible, especially given that deadkeys remain pending after cursor moves.

– supercat
Mar 17 '15 at 19:21















@supercat I guess it boils down to the fact that a lot of users like the current behaviour as altGR+something is harder to hit than shift+something. Personally I simply have two keyboard layouts set up, one with dead keys and one without depending on whether I am programming or writing text.

– David Mulder
Mar 17 '15 at 21:33





@supercat I guess it boils down to the fact that a lot of users like the current behaviour as altGR+something is harder to hit than shift+something. Personally I simply have two keyboard layouts set up, one with dead keys and one without depending on whether I am programming or writing text.

– David Mulder
Mar 17 '15 at 21:33













@DavidMulder: altGR is harder to hit, but most people in the US type apostrophes and quote marks a lot more often than they type aigus and umlauts; many (esp. programmers) type carets and backticks more often than circumflex and grave accents. Using one layout all the time and hitting altGR when accents are needed seems much easier and safer than having to worry about what layout is active at any given time.

– supercat
Mar 17 '15 at 21:44







@DavidMulder: altGR is harder to hit, but most people in the US type apostrophes and quote marks a lot more often than they type aigus and umlauts; many (esp. programmers) type carets and backticks more often than circumflex and grave accents. Using one layout all the time and hitting altGR when accents are needed seems much easier and safer than having to worry about what layout is active at any given time.

– supercat
Mar 17 '15 at 21:44















@supercat If you're only writing english you don't need them at all virtually, but yeah, I would have no issue with altGR support being added to my US non-international layout.

– David Mulder
Mar 17 '15 at 22:10





@supercat If you're only writing english you don't need them at all virtually, but yeah, I would have no issue with altGR support being added to my US non-international layout.

– David Mulder
Mar 17 '15 at 22:10




1




1





@supercat Give autohotkey a try (ahkscript.org not autohotkey.com from what I have heard), you can even do stuff like define your own dead keys and what not.

– David Mulder
Mar 18 '15 at 3:05





@supercat Give autohotkey a try (ahkscript.org not autohotkey.com from what I have heard), you can even do stuff like define your own dead keys and what not.

– David Mulder
Mar 18 '15 at 3:05



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