How to identify keyboard localizations

  • Last Modified: September 22, 2009
  • Article: HT2841
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Summary

The list below shows how the keys on each keyboard localization looks for desktop Macs.  Not all keyboards are available in all regions. Portable built-in keyboards do not include a numeric keypad, and may have slight variations.

Products Affected

Keyboards, Desktop Computers

You can see where characters are located on keyboards used for other languages, including what characters are produced when using the shift and option keys, by following the instructions from these articles:

Mac OS X 10.4 Help:

About Keyboard Viewer

Mac OS X 10.5 Help:

About Keyboard Viewer

Arabic

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Belgian

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Bulgarian

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Croatian

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Czech (Standard)

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Danish

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Dutch

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

English (British)

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

English (International)

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

English (USA)

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

French

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

French Canadian

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

German

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Greek

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Hebrew

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Hungarian

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Icelandic

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Italian

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Japanese (Hiragana)

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Korean (Hangul)

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Norwegian

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Polish

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Portuguese

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Romanian

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Russian

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Slovak

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Spanish

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Swedish

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Swiss

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Taiwanese

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Thai

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Turkey

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

Turkey Q

Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Apple Keyboard

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