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Using Foreign Keyboard Mapping (Windows)

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Using Foreign Keyboard Mapping (Windows)

On Windows systems, when you start your Avid editing application under a new locale, your

Avid editing application automatically creates a Keyboard setting for your language. You can

view the keyboard layout by clicking the appropriate Keyboard setting in the Settings list.

The default Avid keyboard layouts for English, French, or German map correctly to the

characters on the physical keyboard. If you are using another language, the display in the

Keyboard palette might not match your physical keyboard layout. You can use the Foreign

Keyboard Mapping button in the Keyboard palette to display the correct character in the

Keyboard palette.

Avid supports the international English keyboard for Spanish and Italian. The default keyboard

setting for Spanish and Italian is an English keyboard. If you use a Spanish or Italian keyboard,

use keyboard mapping to match the physical keyboard to the Keyboard setting layout.

To set the keyboard mapping for a key:

1. In the Settings list of the Project window, double-click Keyboard.

The Keyboard palette opens.

2. Compare the layout to your physical keyboard.

If some of the letters do not match, you can change the characters displayed in the Keyboard

palette.

3. Click the Foreign Keyboard Mapping button.

4. Click the key that you want to change in the Keyboard palette.

The key changes to white.

5. Press the corresponding key on your keyboard.

The image in the Keyboard palette changes to match your keyboard, and the mapped key

changes to blue.

Each language has a certain number of keys that do not map to functions in your Avid editing

application. These are referred to as “dead” keys. You cannot map functions to these dead keys.

If you try to do so, your Avid editing application displays an error message.

Considerations for International Character Support

This topic provides recommendations, tips, and information on limitations for using international

character support in your Avid editing application.