Changing the language of the Win 8 RT OS

[Gorki247]

And UK keyboard doesnt have ? or ?.. And at least MSUK store says that they dont ship outside UK.

Well, God damnit.. So now I cant get one from Germany either.

I have zero use for a productivity tool that cant handle my own language. ? and ? are far too common to be ignored. I believe you can change the keyboard layout software side, but then you'll be hitting keys that actually put out different letters

Well, I guess no Surface for me until they land to Finland, which is probably sometime next year...

As said, I would suffice with english software just fine, it's the needed keys (mainly ? and ?) I'm after. Then again, I'm also sufficient enough on typing without looking at the keys, so its not like the key actually has to say ? for me to find it

But I guess if I'm still gonna be hitting keys that put out different letters, I might as well take the german keyboard and have Y and Z switched. ? and ? are in the same places in finnish keyboards and both are more common in finnish than Z or Y. But at least the UK one would sure be in english.. then again MS UK still claims they dont ship outside UK.

Just to clarify that the UK Surface has the ? and ? characters on the UK software keyboard. Just press and hold the corresponding letter and you will get the choice of various accented characters. The hardware keyboard is different of course.

 

[Coreldan]

Holy cow! My friend from Denmark ordered on the same day and recieved his today. I checked my order and it says "completed", so I might be expecting it tomorrow! If not tomorrow, probably still by this week!

 

[jackmumu]

Keyboard layout is changeable to just about anything out there, so you can use italian layout. Given, the keyboard will for example say ?, but would produce ? or something.

so it means the touch cover is qwert if you buy it in Germany?

 

[jackmumu]

the order status is changing to Bestellung abgeschlossen. Anybody has the same status?

 

[mzetko]

the order status is changing to Bestellung abgeschlossen. Anybody has the same status?

I ordered the blue Touch cover and have the same status, but no info aboout delivery yet. And you?