There are two major English languagecomputer keyboardlayouts, the United States layout and the United Kingdom layout defined in BS 4822^[1] (48-key version). Both are QWERTY layouts. Users in the United States do not frequently need to make use of the £ (pound) and € (euro) currency symbols, which are common needs in the United Kingdom and Ireland, although the $ (dollar sign) symbol is also provided as standard on UK and Irish keyboards. In commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada (English speaking parts), Pakistan, India, and New Zealand, the US keyboard is commonly used.

Windows keyboards[edit]

The UK variant of the IBMEnhanced keyboard commonly used with personal computers designed for Microsoft Windows differs from the US layout as follows:

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• Keyboards and laptops without a numeric keypad only have one Enter key on the keyboard. Apple keyboards may have a Return key and an Enter key. Although these keys perform the same function, if you were counting keys that say 'Enter' on an Apple keyboard it would be only one Enter key. What keyboard shortcuts use the Enter key?
• You must use the numeric keypad to type the numbers, and not the keyboard. Make sure that the NUM LOCK key is on if your keyboard requires it to type numbers on the numeric keypad. Inserting Unicode characters. To insert a Unicode character, type the character code, press ALT, and then press X.
• Open it by tapping the Windows key, typing “Character Map” to search for it, and pressing Enter. For each special character, you’ll see its Alt key code printed at the bottom-right corner of the window. If you don’t have a number pad, you can also head to this window to view a list of characters and copy-paste them into other applications.

Press and hold Alt and type Num Pad 0Num Pad 0Num Pad 0 then release Alt. Note: You must use the 0 key on the numeric key pad (a regular 0 key won't work for this), and you have to hold down Alt the whole time. The keystroke isn't emitted until you release the Alt key.

• The UK keyboard has 1 more key than the U.S. keyboard (UK=62, US=61, on the typewriter keys)
• The Alt key to the right of the space bar is replaced by an AltGr key
• The # symbol is replaced by the £ symbol and a 102nd key is added next to the Enter key to accommodate the displaced #
• € is produced by AltGr + 4
• @ and ' are swapped
• the ~ is moved to the # key, and is replaced by a ¬ symbol on the backquote (`) key; AltGr + backquote produces ¦
• the key labelled ' ' usually produces the '¦' symbol whilst the one labelled '¦' usually produces the ' ' symbol
• the key is moved to the left of the Z key
• the Enter key spans two rows, and is narrower to accommodate the # key
• Some UK keyboards do not label Backspace, Enter, Tab and Shift in words

Early versions of Windows handled both the differences between the two keyboards and the differences between American English and British English by having two English language options — a UK setting and a US setting. While adequate for users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland, this solution caused difficulty in other English-speaking countries. In many Commonwealth countries and other English-speaking jurisdictions (e.g., Canada, Australia, the Caribbean nations, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore, New Zealand, and South Africa), local spelling conformed more closely to British English usage, while the supplied keyboard was printed with the United States layout on the keys. People in these countries were forced to choose between a keyboard layout incompatible with their hardware, or having their spell checker software flag the British English spelling of words such as 'colour', 'centre', etc.

However, in more recent editions, the number of options was increased, allowing users to select the correct keyboard and dialect independently. For example, one is given a number of default options for locality that will usually correctly match dialect and keyboard. Further, even if the hardware keyboard layout does not match the device driver software layout that was pre-selected, it can be changed without changing the regional setting.

International or extended keyboard layouts[edit]

Since the standard US keyboard layout in Microsoft Windows offers no way of inputting any sort of diacritic or accent, this makes it unsuitable for all but a handful of languages unless the US International layout is used. The US International layout changes the `, ~, ^, ' (for ¨), and ' (for ´) keys into dead keys for producing accented characters. The US International layout also uses the right alt (AltGr) as a modifier to enter special characters.^[2]

The equivalent mapping for UK/Irish keyboards is called the 'UK Extended' layout which, if activated in settings, will allow the user to enter a wide variety of diacritics (such as grave accents) which are not accommodated by the standard UK/Irish layout. In particular, à,è,ì,ò,ù used in Scots Gaelic can be made (using `, release and then the vowel), the ŵ and ŷ used in Welsh (using AltGr+6 (^), release, then w etc.). Likewise,the Spanish and Portuguese letters ñ and õ can be made (using AltGr+# (~), release, then n etc).

For more specialized uses, there is a facility in Windows for users to create a customized layout that may match their needs more precisely.^[3]

Apple Macintosh keyboards[edit]

The non-standard default U.S. layout on Apple Macintosh computers allows input of diacritical characters, whereby the entire MacRomancharacter set is directly available,^{[clarification needed]}.

Apple supplies a 'British' keyboard layout with the following differences:

• The # symbol is replaced by the £ symbol (as on PC keyboards); the # is available by pressing ⌥ Option+3
• More recent Apple British keyboards move the backquote/~ key to the left of the Z key and replace it with a section sign (§) and a plus-minus sign (±) respectively.
• The Enter key spans two rows and is shaped similarly to the Enter key of many ISO PC keyboards.
• The ' and @ keys are swapped.

Other keyboard layouts[edit]

Other operating systems can optionally re-map the keyboard layout or have different modifier keys (for example the Amiga keyboard has 'A' modifier keys and BBC Micro or Acorn keyboards often had a 'Shift Lock' as well as a 'Caps Lock').

Under Unix/Linux the 'Windows' key is often called the 'Super' key and can be re-mapped by users for specific functionality but in most programs by default does nothing.

Some older Unix/Linux software such as Emacs use the left Alt key as a 'Meta' key which harks back to older MIT or LISP computers:^[4]

Dvorak Layouts[edit]

There are also Dvorak Layouts for each region.

Typewriters[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^British Standard BS 4822: Keyboard allocation of graphic characters for data processing. British Standards Institution, 1994.
2. ^'Using the US International Keyboard Layout'(PDF). College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University . Retrieved 14 December 2019.
3. ^Dan Price (21 August 2018). 'How to Create a Custom Keyboard Layout on Windows'. makeuseof.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
4. ^Meta key

Enter may refer to any of the following:

1. Alternatively known as a Return key, with a keyboard, the Enter key sends the cursor to the next line or executes a command or operation. Most full-sized PC keyboards have two Enter keys; one above the right Shift key and another on the bottom right of the numeric keypad.

Where is the Enter key on the keyboard?

Below is an overview of a computer keyboard with the Enter keys highlighted in blue on the main keyboard and numeric keypad.

Apple keyboards have a 'Return' key next to the keyboard and an 'Enter' key next to the number pad.

What if the Enter key goes to the next paragraph?

In programs such as Microsoft Word, when you press the Enter key, it may move to the next paragraph instead of the next line. In these programs to go to the next line press the keyboard shortcutCtrl+Enter instead of only Enter.

What is the arrow on the Enter key?

Sometimes referred to as an elbow arrow, the Enter key arrow is what happens when you press the key. In other words, when you press Enter the text cursor moves down to the next line and to the left.

How is the Enter key used and what is its function?

The Enter key is most often used to return to the next line or start a new paragraph. For example, when I press the Enter key at the end of this sentence, it starts the next paragraph.

Below are some other examples and places the Enter key is used on a computer.

• Return to the next line or starts a new paragraph in a word processor.
• Submit a form. For example, on all search engines when you enter what you want to search for you can press Enter without having to move the mouse to the search button.
• Activate a button or another object. For example, when navigating with a keyboard, you can press Tab until a button is highlighted, and once highlighted press Enter to press the button.
• Open a web page after a URL is entered into a browser address bar. For example, you can type computerhope.com in the address bar and then press Enter to open the Computer Hope home page.

As mentioned above, the Enter key and Return key activate whatever is highlighted or selected. So, unless you're typing, you should not press the Enter key without knowing what is selected. For example, if the Ok button is selected and you press Enter it would be the same as clicking the Ok button.

Which Enter key should I press?

On keyboards that have two Enter keys. it may be confusing for some users to know which Enter key to press. Both Enter keys perform the same function. Therefore you can press the key that is easiest for you to use. However, it's recommended that you press the Enter key closest to all the other letters when typing text. When entering numbers, use the Enter key on the numeric keypad.

Practice using the Enter key

Below is a textarea field that can be used to practice using the Enter key. Use this interactive text are to place an Enter in the middle and at the end of the line. In this example, if you wanted to start a new paragraph, you would need to click at the end of the sentence and then press Enter twice.

How many Enter keys are on the keyboard?

What Character Does Enter Key Generate On A Keyboard Windows 10

There are two Enter keys on a computer keyboard, one to the right of the main keyboard and the other on the bottom right corner of the numeric keypad. Keyboards and laptops without a numeric keypad only have one Enter key on the keyboard. Apple keyboards may have a Return key and an Enter key. Although these keys perform the same function, if you were counting keys that say 'Enter' on an Apple keyboard it would be only one Enter key.

What keyboard shortcuts use the Enter key?

Mcafee Enter Key

Below are links to keyboard shortcut keys that use the Enter key.

Related pages

2. In general, enter or entering refers to when data or information is being placed (inserted) into the computer. For example, when searching for something in a search engine like Google, you are entering a query or set of words to find more information.

How do you enter information into the computer?

What Character Does Enter Key Generate On A Keyboard Computer

Information is entered into a computer using an input device. A good example of an input device used to enter information into the computer is the computer keyboard.

Enter Key Symbol

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