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ITFPlus (FC0 U61) Module3 Unit2 MLE2

This document provides instructions for configuring input devices like the mouse, keyboard, and language settings in Windows 10. It describes using both the Settings app and Control Panel for configuration. The steps cover adjusting mouse pointer speed and buttons, keyboard repeat rate and language, and switching between keyboard layouts for different languages. The goal is to familiarize the user with options for customizing common input devices in Windows 10.

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ITFPlus (FC0 U61) Module3 Unit2 MLE2

This document provides instructions for configuring input devices like the mouse, keyboard, and language settings in Windows 10. It describes using both the Settings app and Control Panel for configuration. The steps cover adjusting mouse pointer speed and buttons, keyboard repeat rate and language, and switching between keyboard layouts for different languages. The goal is to familiarize the user with options for customizing common input devices in Windows 10.

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Module 3/ Unit

Lah Y2/ Configuring Input Devices


In this lab, you will look at the configuration options for input devices. As you
may have noticed, in \/Windows 10 there are two interfaces for configuring the
OS: the Settings app and Control Panel. The Settings app interface is for
touchscreen-enabled configuration. Microsoft often moves a few controls to the
Settings app with each feature update, but many configuration tasks on a
desktop computer or laptop still have to be performed via a Control Panel
applet. Similarly, newer hardware devices designed for Windows 10 might be
managed using an app while older device drivers use Control Panel.

1) If necessary, start your computer and sign in.

2) Click Start then click the Settings icon

3) Click Devices then from the left-hand panel, select Mouse.

As you can see, the "app" settings for the mouse are fairly limited:

Mouse Settings app. Screenshot used with permission from Microsoft.

4) Click Additional mouse options.

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Using Device Interfaces

The exact options presented here may be different on your


computer as they depend on the hardware and driver software
installed.

5) Click the Buttons tab.

Typical mouse driver configuration page. On this computer you cal? switch between configuring
the USB-attached mouse and the built-in laptop touchpad. Screenshot used with permission
from Microsoft.

6) If you are left-handed, click the Left-handed button.

7) Adjust the Double Click Speed slider and test using the folder icon to get
the response rate to a setting you are comfortable with. Click Apply if you
make a change.

8) Click the Pointers tab and browse through the schemes available,
picking a new one if you like. Again, click Apply if you have changed
something.

9) Click the Pointer Options tab and set the cursor speed to whatever is
comfortable for the way you use the mouse (faster speeds mean using
smaller "sweeps" of the mouse). Enable any other options you want to
use then click Apply.

10) If your mouse has a scroll wheel, use the Wheel tab to adjust the scroll
speed.

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Module 3/ Unit 2 11) Your mouse driver may make other settings available—take some time
to explore these then close the dialog when you have finished.

12) In the Settings app, click Typing then from the left-hand panel.

Note that these are primarily options for using an on-screen keyboard.

13) In the "Find a setting" box, type keyboard

14) Click the Show all xesu1cs link.

Searching the Settings app. Screenshot used with permission from Microsoft.

The search results contain links to pages within Settings and links to
Control Panel applets and Windows troubleshooters.

15) From the search results, click the Keyboard icon (shown with the
mouse cursor over it in the screenshot above).

16) Use the dialog to configure the repeat rate and delay to suit then click OK.

As well as adjusting the way the keys respond, you may also need to
reconfigure the keyboard input language.

17) In the Settings app, in the "Find a setting" box, type =eg1on and select the
link to Region & language.
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18) The "Country or region" setting should show the country you are in. Using Device Interfaces
Adjust it if you like.

The "Languages" option provides support for using more than one
display and input language.

19) Click the Add a language button.

20) Browse through the list to locate and select an alternative language,
such as English (United Kingdom).

21) When the language has been added, select it and click the Options button.

Depending on the support available for the language, you can add packs
to support using that language for the Windows interface or typing /
handwriting in that language. You can also change the keyboard layout
for the language, if necessary.

22) Optionally make any changes you want then click the Back button.

Language bar. Screenshot used with permission from Microsoft.

23) On the taskbar, locate the language bar in the notification area and click it.

You can use this to switch between keyboard layouts. Note the key combo
for switching (sTART+SPACEBAR).

24) Click Start, type notepad, and then press ENTER.

25) Type the following text, pressing ENzER after each

line. @ Felicia Dorothea Hemans

"The boy stood on the burning deck

Whence all but he had fled;

The flame that lit the battle's wreck

Shone round him o'er the dead"


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Module 3/ Unit 2 26) Press sTART+SPAcEaazt and try to type the same text—what happens?

27) See if you can work out the correct keys to use to type the text using
the "foreign" keyboard layout.

28) Press czs+s to save the document. If necessary, in the left pane,
expand This PC and select the Documents folder.

29) In the "File name" bOx, type Great Sea Battles then click the Save
button. Close Notepad.

30) Optionally, use the Region & language app to remove the
foreign keyboard layout.

It’s quite easy to switch input languages by mistake if you leave


the key combo set to the default. Unless you need it, it’s best to
have only one keyboard layout installed.

31) Optionally, shut down your computer if you are not continuing to use it
after this lab.

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