Cyrillic Keyboard

Suppliers of Cyrillic keyboards to the Linguistic Industry and General Public

SLIMLINE CYRILLIC KEYBOARD Specially made and designed for users of the Cyrillic Alphabet 12 month warranty against normal useage defects 1.5 meter cable. USB type connection. PLUG AND PLAY Has both Russian and English keyboard layouts Suitable for all PC and MAC computers. Available in Black or Beige Delivered in approx 5 working days from purchase (UK Mainland) £39.00 (Incl VAT) Black Beige Depending on stock availability, the despatched item may differ from the one illustrated

STICKERS FOR CYRILLIC KEYBOARD CONVERSION Easily convert your existing keyboard for multilingual use Stickers are made of non-transparant high quality vinyl Has both Russian and English keyboard layouts Suitable for all PC and MAC computers in black or beige Delivered in approx 5 working days from purchase (UK Mainland) £9.00 (Incl VAT) Black Beige/White

Working with the Russian Language

Having your words translated from English into Russian obviously plays a major part in establishing a business presence within the Russian market. However, in order to fully capitalise on this step, you will need to be in control of how those words are administered throughout your business structure.

For example, if you wish to print out a Russian sales letter, will your printer recognise the Cyrillic symbols? What if you need to edit or change a Russian presentation? What if your computer will not display the Cyrillic text? Where can you find a Cyrillic keyboard?

There are two ways of dealing with these situations. One is to contract out all of the Word Processing and formatting work to a company with the specialist knowledge to deal with such complications, and the other is to adapt your hardware and software programmes to incorporate Cyrillic into your working environment.

Adapting to Cyrillic

If you decide to adapt your systems to include the Russian language you will need to alter some of your computer settings, upload various Cyrillic fonts and purchase a Russian keyboard to be used when typing.

Computer settings are pretty straightforward to adjust, but are necessary in overcoming many of the viewing difficulties. One of the most common problems encountered when working with Russian is when an email or file arrives from a Russian contact and your software cannot recognise the Cyrillic characters. What do you do?

Some basic steps:

Viewing Cyrillic in Windows:

If you wish to view Russian (Cyrillic), first follow these steps:

STEP 1. Click on "My Computer," then "Control Panel," and then "Add/Remove Programs."
STEP 2. Select the "Windows Set Up" tab and scroll down to the language support selection.
STEP 3. Once you find the correct selection, click and chose the Cyrillic option.
STEP 4. You may have to put in the Windows CD-ROM or disks. Windows will spin, and then you will have to re-boot.

Viewing Cyrillic on the Web

For Internet Explorer, Under the "View" menu, chose "Encoding," then chose "Cyrillic".

Viewing Cyrillic in Documents>

STEP 1. Install some Cyrillic fonts. You will also need a Cyrillic keyboard if you want to type.
STEP 2. Load the document into the appropriate program, such as Microsoft Word or Corel's WordPerfect.
STEP 3. If necessary, highlight the text and change the font from the default in the software to an appropriate Cyrillic font that you have downloaded and installed.