Windows users can enable Vietnamese typing without having to download any additional software by following the steps further below.
(If you would prefer instead to keep the layout of your actual keyboard và use a defined or customizable method to lớn type Vietnamese, skip this page & click here for instructions on installing và setting up software for typing Vietnamese in Word or other word processors.)Follow these steps lớn change your current keyboard layout lớn the Vietnamese keyboard layout as seen above, (keeping in mind that the naming of user interface elements may vary between different versions of Windows):1. Access the Start menu & select Control Panel.2. Click on Clock, Language, và Region.3. Under Region & Language, click on Change keyboards or other input đầu vào methods.4. In the Keyboards and Languages tab, click on Change keyboards... .5. The Text Services & Input Languages window pops up. In the General tab, under the Installed services section, click on Add... .6. In the địa chỉ Input Language window that pops up, type V or scroll down to Vietnamese (Vietnam).7. Expand Vietnamese (Vietnam) by clicking on the + khổng lồ the left of it.8. Expand Keyboard by clicking on the + to the left of it.9. Under Keyboard, select Vietnamese. A kiểm tra mark should appear in the box next to lớn it.10. To lớn see what the layout of the Vietnamese keyboard looks like, click Preview... .11. Close out of the preview & click OK.12.
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This particular method involves changing your settings so that your current keyboard will have the layout of the Vietnamese keyboard (i.e. The physical keyboard used in Vietnam).Here"s the layout your keyboard would adopt:(If you would prefer instead to keep the layout of your actual keyboard và use a defined or customizable method to lớn type Vietnamese, skip this page & click here for instructions on installing và setting up software for typing Vietnamese in Word or other word processors.)Follow these steps lớn change your current keyboard layout lớn the Vietnamese keyboard layout as seen above, (keeping in mind that the naming of user interface elements may vary between different versions of Windows):1. Access the Start menu & select Control Panel.2. Click on Clock, Language, và Region.3. Under Region & Language, click on Change keyboards or other input đầu vào methods.4. In the Keyboards and Languages tab, click on Change keyboards... .5. The Text Services & Input Languages window pops up. In the General tab, under the Installed services section, click on Add... .6. In the địa chỉ Input Language window that pops up, type V or scroll down to Vietnamese (Vietnam).7. Expand Vietnamese (Vietnam) by clicking on the + khổng lồ the left of it.8. Expand Keyboard by clicking on the + to the left of it.9. Under Keyboard, select Vietnamese. A kiểm tra mark should appear in the box next to lớn it.10. To lớn see what the layout of the Vietnamese keyboard looks like, click Preview... .11. Close out of the preview & click OK.12.
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You’re back in the General tab of the Text Services & Input Languages window. Under Default input đầu vào language, select the input đầu vào language you want khổng lồ use as the default.13. Click OK.14. You’re back in the Region và Language window. Click OK.15. In your taskbar, usually located near the system icons for clock & power, you should now see a language icon. The icon will display the two-letter language code of the language that you selected khổng lồ be the default đầu vào language (see step 12 above). If you selected English as the default input language, the icon will display EN. If you selected Vietnamese as the default đầu vào language, the icon will display VI. Khổng lồ switch to lớn another language-keyboard combination, click on the icon và select the option you want. The icon will display the 2-letter language code of whichever option has been activated.Tip: to help familiarize yourself with the Vietnamese keyboard layout, you can print out a paper copy of it here và have it handy when you’re typing. Or, you can buy or create your own Vietnamese keyboard stickers and stick them onto your current keyboard. Keyboard stickers are usually available in light-colored lettering for dark keyboards và dark-colored lettering for white keyboards. Apart from the light- or dark-colored lettering, the stickers are transparent so that they don’t cover up the original lettering on your keyboard. If you decide to buy keyboard stickers online, from Amazon.com or Ebay.com for example, make sure they’re stickers you can stick onto individual keys và that you’re not buying what’s called a keyboard overlay. A keyboard overlay is a lettered paper or plastic sheet that covers your entire keyboard. The problem with it is that it’s hard to lớn find the right overlay because it won’t fit onto your keyboard unless it matches your keyboard exactly in size, physical spacing between keys, và so forth.IMPORTANT NOTE:If you"ve recently enabled Vietnamese typing và find that your usernames and/or passwords are no longer working, it may be because you are typing in Vietnamese. Read step 15 above to lớn learn how to lớn change input sources. Alternatively, remove the Vietnamese keyboard in your Control Panel if you no longer need it.
