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type="topic" style="task"
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<link type="guide" xref="prefs-language#textentry"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="keyboard" group="i18n"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="keyboard-shortcuts-set"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.3" date="2013-04-30" status="review"/>
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<revision version="14.04" date="2014-02-28" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<email>yrazes@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Juanjo Marín</name>
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<email>juanj.marin@juntadeandalucia.es</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
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<desc>Add input sources and switch between them.</desc>
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<title>Use alternative input sources</title>
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<p>Keyboards come in hundreds of different layouts for different languages.
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Even for a single language, there are often multiple keyboard layouts, such
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as the Dvorak layout for English. You can make your keyboard behave like a
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keyboard with a different layout, regardless of the letters and symbols
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printed on the keys. This is useful if you often switch between multiple
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<p>Some languages, such as Chinese or Korean, require a more complex input
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method than just a simple key to character mapping. Consequently some of
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the input sources you can choose between enable such a method.</p>
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<p>Options with input methods are only available if respective input method
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(IM) engine is installed. When you <link xref="prefs-language-install">install
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a language</link>, a suitable IM engine is automatically installed if applicable.
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For example, if you install Korean, the package <em>ibus-hangul</em> is
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installed, and the input source option <gui>Korean (Hangul)</gui> is made
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available next time you log in. You can also <link xref="addremove-install">
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install</link> the IBus IM engine of your choice separately.</p>
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<title>Add input sources</title>
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<note style="sidebar">
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<p>You can preview an image of any layout by selecting it in the list and clicking
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<gui><media type="image" src="figures/input-keyboard-symbolic.svg" width="16" height="16">
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preview</media></gui>.</p>
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<p>Click the icon at the very right of the menu bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
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<p>In the Personal section, click <gui>Text Entry</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click the <gui>+</gui> button, select an input source, and click
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<p>The default source is the source at the top of the list. Use the
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<gui>↑</gui> and <gui>↓</gui> buttons to move sources up and down in
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<p>If you select a source with an input method, you can click
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<gui><media type="image" src="figures/input-preferences.png" width="18" height="18">
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preferences</media></gui> to access that method's preferences dialog if any.</p>
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<section id="indicator">
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<title>Input source indicator</title>
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<p>You can quickly switch between selected sources using the input source
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indicator in the menu bar. The menu will display a short identifier for the
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current source, such as <gui>En</gui> for the standard English layout or a
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symbol in case of a source that uses a special input method, e.g. Chinese
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(Chewing). Click the input source indicator and select from the menu the
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source you want to use.</p>
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<section id="shortcuts">
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<title>Keyboard shortcuts</title>
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<p>You can also use keyboard shortcuts to quickly switch between your selected
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input sources. By default the shortcut for switching to next source is
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<keyseq><key xref="windows-key">Super</key><key>Space</key></keyseq>, but you
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<p>Click the icon at the very right of the menu bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
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<p>In the Personal section, click <gui>Text Entry</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click the current shortcut definition below the label <gui>Switch to
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next source using</gui>.</p>
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<p>When the shortcut definition has changed to <gui>New accelerator...</gui>,
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press the keys you want to use as the new shortcut.</p>
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<section id="windows">
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<title>Set input source for all windows or individually for each window</title>
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<p>When you use multiple sources, you can choose to have all windows use the
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same source or to set a different source for each window. Using a different
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source for each window is useful, for example, if you're writing an article
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in another language in a word processor window. Your input source selection will
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be remembered for each window as you switch between windows.</p>
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<p>By default, new windows will use the default input source. You can
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instead choose to have them use the source of the window you were last
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