Activate language keyboard setting to one of the 16 possible languagesThe CURRENT OpenSpace-Online® Software version support 16 different languages entries:
Albanian | Danish | German | English | French | Finnish | Galicia | Erse | Icelandic | Italian | Catalan | Dutch | Norwegian | Portuguese | Swedish | Spanish
Users from other countries are also able to participate in text-based OpenSpace-Online® meetings, by only changing the keyboard/language-setting on their computer to one of the 16 above mentioned languages, e.g. a few moments before conference start.
To activate different keyboards / languages in Mac OS X| 1.) Go to the <Apple> menu and open <Systems Preferences>. 2.) Click the <International> icon on the first row of the Systems Preferences panel. 3.) Click the <Input Menu> or the <Keyboard Menu> (OS X 10.2) tab and check the keyboards you want activated. NOTE: If you do not see the keyboard you need to activate, you may need to install them from an OS X CD or download the most recent version of OS X from Apple. Make sure the appropriate Localized Files are checked during the installation set-up wizard. |
To switch keyboards| 1.) Make sure you have activated all the appropriate keyboards following the instructions in the previous section. 2.) Open a software application such as a word processor, spread-sheet or any other application in which you need to enter text. 3.) On the upper right portion of the screen, click e.g. on the American flag icon. Use the dropdown menu to select a language. 4.) The keyboard will be switched and an appropriate font will be selected within the application. A flag icon corresponding to the keyboard will be displayed on the upper right. 5.) To switch back to the U.S. keyboard or to some other keyboard, click on the flag icon on the upper right and select a keyboard from the dropdown menu. |
Example of an English Keybord