keyboard problem

Hi, I had to buy my asus laptop in france but I am used to type on a qwerty. I am new to the laptop but also to windows 11. I added the qwerty keyboard proposed by windows but did not find how to generate the accents in french. i know i can switch, but it s difficult and the on screen keyboard does not match exactely with the one on my laptop. i have to write in french and german too and it would be great to get hint how I could make it easier for me. i tried to ask the asus services but they have no idea and i never got the answer promised. i want to add that initially i tried to have the system in english but had to switch it back to french. a customer service attendant told me that otherwise my asus would be too confused.... copilot and claude tried their best but could not find a solution.

I have a
Asus A14 UX3407QA-UX3407QA
Modèle du processeur
Qualcomm

Capacité de stockage
512Go

Taille de l'écran (pouces)
14"

RAM installée
16Go

I would be grateful for any suggestion you may have!
cybergrandma (very silverage)

You may find the United States-International keyboard layout easier than switching between French and standard US layouts. Go to Settings → Time & language → Language & region → French → Language options → Keyboards → Add a keyboard, then look for United States-International. With the US-International layout you can keep a QWERTY-style layout while typing French accented characters using key combinations. For example, ' followed by e gives é, and ` followed by e gives è. You can also switch installed keyboard layouts quickly with Win + Space. Since your physical keyboard was made for the French market, the labels printed on the keys will still be AZERTY, but Windows can interpret the keys using the QWERTY layout.

I use a QWERTY UK keyboard and in Word and Excel using the key combinations below I get accented vowels: -

wiganken said:

I use a QWERTY UK keyboard and in Word and Excel using the key combinations below I get accented vowels: -
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thank you so much! many of the keys are now exactely like I know them but the special caracters still do not respond to the commands you mentionned. i restarted my computer and right now i try to install the keys for any language

You can also try this keyboard remapping software, called querty-fr: GitHub - qwerty-fr/qwerty-fr: Qwerty keyboard layout with French accents

wiganken said:

I use a QWERTY UK keyboard and in Word and Excel using the key combinations below I get accented vowels: -
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fahimbah said:

You may find the United States-International keyboard layout easier than switching between French and standard US layouts. Go to Settings → Time & language → Language & region → French → Language options → Keyboards → Add a keyboard, then look for United States-International. With the US-International layout you can keep a QWERTY-style layout while typing French accented characters using key combinations. For example, ' followed by e gives é, and ` followed by e gives è. You can also switch installed keyboard layouts quickly with Win + Space. Since your physical keyboard was made for the French market, the labels printed on the keys will still be AZERTY, but Windows can interpret the keys using the QWERTY layout.

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please see also former answer, when trying alt gr + e for instance I just get to open a new window on edge and in libre office it opens the help.. apparently windows has a hard time to download the keys for the different languages, i closed everything and but downloading is at snail s pace

rogerrabbit said:

You can also try this keyboard remapping software, called querty-fr: GitHub - qwerty-fr/qwerty-fr: Qwerty keyboard layout with French accents

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thank you for the hint, if installation of the foreign keys does not work i will try your suggestion

fahimbah said:

You may find the United States-International keyboard layout easier than switching between French and standard US layouts. Go to Settings → Time & language → Language & region → French → Language options → Keyboards → Add a keyboard, then look for United States-International. With the US-International layout you can keep a QWERTY-style layout while typing French accented characters using key combinations. For example, ' followed by e gives é, and ` followed by e gives è. You can also switch installed keyboard layouts quickly with Win + Space. Since your physical keyboard was made for the French market, the labels printed on the keys will still be AZERTY, but Windows can interpret the keys using the QWERTY layout.

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sorry i am a bit confused when answering - did not realize several kind people were looking for solutions for me. now i found out that i did not download at all the keys of different languages. would you know an extension of edge or brave allowing me to type the special keys without switching language. the altgr and crtl shift solutions are already attributed to other functions in libre office and on edge

cybergrandma said:

would you know an extension of edge or brave allowing me to type the special keys without switching language

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I just tried it out, it works on my office program (Softmaker) as well as on my browser (Firefox).

rogerrabbit said:

Type French Accents with ALT Codes - Lawless French Tips

If you only type accents occasionally and you have a full keyboard, you can use ALT codes with your numeric keypad.

www.lawlessfrench.com

I just tried it out, it works on my office program (Softmaker) as well as on my browser (Firefox).

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thank you, but it does not work for me. maybe because it says that a numeric keyboard is requested? I guess I will create a post it myself with the french letters I have to use frequently

yeah, your are right, I hadn't seen that, sorry.
Then you need this: Amazon Best Sellers: Best Numeric Keypads

Glad you found the forum. There are a lot of knowledgeable people here, so it’s definitely a useful place when you run into Windows problems. Hopefully the keyboard setup works out well for you.

fahimbah said:

Glad you found the forum. There are a lot of knowledgeable people here, so it’s definitely a useful place when you run into Windows problems. Hopefully the keyboard setup works out well for you.

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Yes and I am grateful for all the answers. I now try to learn to use thunderbird email...so far I used gmail directly but it does not have enough filter possibilities. I want my mailprogramm to delete automatically unread newsletters....my mailbox is too messy.Wish you a nice evening!

Hey @cybergrandma . Nice to have you here. Welcome.

I have no knowledge of using a non-English keyboard so hope you work that out. Regarding Thunderbird, good stuff here
Client Challenge
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I haven't used Thunderbird in years. Because it had so many options, it took me a long time to get it set up to my liking, but once I did it suited me well until I changed to Outlook. I made a few notes back then. They were written over time in a hap-hazard manner. Whether they still work or not, I can't say as Thunderbird has gone through many updates since then. This is stuff I gathered from various places across the web. Maybe some of these things that irked me irritate you as well. Here are a list of TB notes I made back in 2021.
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IF "OPTIONS" IS MISSING IN TB
If the menu bar is not displayed anymore, right-click on the new Thunderbird button and activate the menu bar again. You need to open the advanced configuration if you want to display the title bar in the email client again.

ENLARGE FONT SIZE
options-all way to bottom-config editor
in search box type'devpixels'
right click on 'devpixelsperPX-modify
default value is -1.0
depending on screen size change this value to any value until you get size you want.

(ex: 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, etc) 1.5 is good on 27 in.screen)

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CHANGE FOLDER COLORS
Right-click on the folder > Properties > General Information > Icon Color
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BACKUP THUNDERBIRD if you want to use it on another machine

COPY C:\Users\<Windows user name>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles
also profiles.ini

This backs up everything
Paste this into new Thunderbird installation in same folder as above

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INSTALL ADD-ON FROM FILE
In Thunderbird, click the menu button and click Add-ons, or select Tools > Add-ons.
Click the gear icon at the top-right corner to the left of the search box and then select Install Add-on From File…
Browse to the location of the add-on installation file, select it, and click Open.
Click Install Now once the button is available.

Add-ons that are from addons.thunderbird.net are reviewed by Thunderbird volunteers.
If the author is verified, the author name will be displayed.

Restart Thunderbird to complete your changes.

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TO INSTALL ADD-ONS FROM WITHIN TB
Click the menu button and click Add-ons, or select Tools > Add-ons.
Click Extensions.
Type the name or keywords of the add-on you want in the search field and click the magnifier icon (or press Enter).
Select the desired add-on from the results list.
Click Install.
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TO IMPORT .CSV ADDRESS BOOK or PROFILES
Export your address book and profile (if applicable) from another email application.
For WLM I first had to backup address book-go to server and import it-then export from server to a file before importing into TB

install ImportExportTools add-on from here ImportExportTools NG

"Make sure addon is for version of TB you are using"

USE UP/DOWN TO ALIGN FIELDS

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TO SYNC ONLINE CALENDARS AND ADDRESS BOOKS

install TBSync add-on from here ImportExportTools NG
Use TO INSTALL ADD-ONS FROM WITHIN TB (above) to install the add-on
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SPEED UP THUNDERBIRD

Set some interface options

Edit Thunderbird options under Preferences → Advanced → General tab, click on "Advanced options" button and set these values: Tools / Options / Advanced / Config Editor.

layers.acceleration.disabled = true
and
gfx.direct2d.disabled = false

and restart Thunderbird. If it is still slow, try the next options:

Disable AeroGlass

Disabling the AeroGlass interface makes the interface reacting much faster. Install the "NoGlass" Addon which is available in the Thunderbird addon repository.

Disable Folder Indexing

If you have folders with many emails inside, Indexing can slow down Thunderbird. Go To Preferences → Advanced → General tab and disable the Global search.

To get address book on toolbar- Open Write. Right click in space on Toolbar. Click Customize. Make sure to drag your Contacts button onto the Toolbar. Click Done. Now click on that Contact button and the Address book should appear.

At the bottom you can select multiple address for to, cc, and bcc

To get delete button on message list

click the tiny little icon on far right of the date column

(its a little bitty square with an arrow pointing down), you can add the delete option to message list.
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thank you for all those explanations! It certainly will help me. would outlook have a filter like *delete after 14 days if not read*?

cybergrandma said:

thank you for all those explanations! It certainly will help me. would outlook have a filter like *delete after 14 days if not read*?

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The best thing is to cancel the Newsletters for good. In Europe all Newsletter senders are obliged to put a link at the bottom of the newletter where you may cancel their newsletters with one click. I understand however you are living in the UK, so I do not know whether this European obligation for businesses (which exists since many years) still applies in your country.