Installing the keyboard
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This keyboard is installed simply by double-clicking on the icon of the installer
program. However, doing this puts a file into a Windows system folder, and also
makes a change in the registry, and Windows does not like people messing around
with it and is likely to make a fuss. Your antivirus program may also complain. It
may be necessary to disable the program while installing the keyboard; you certainly
need to do this if you are using Avast.

Before installing the keyboard, you need to have installed at least one standard
Windows Greek keyboard, so that there is a Greek option on the language toolbar
at the bottom right of the screen. You can install the ordinary Greek keyboard or the
Greek Polytonic one; both have the Greek national layout which isn't much use on a
QWERTY-marked keyboard, so you will probably never use them. But one has to be
present, so that there is a place for the control switch of the new keyboard. If you
haven't already done this ...
In Windows 10 or 8 , go to Settings, search for Region & Language in the search box,
click on the 'Add a language' button, and find Greek in the list. The keyboard will be
added automatically.
In  Windows 7 and Vista, go to Control Panel -- Region and Language, select the 
Keyboards and Languages tab, click on Change Keyboards, and then click on the Add
button. In the list that appears, find the item called 'Greek', click on the + sign to expand it,
then check the box for one of the Greek layouts, and click on OK.
In Windows XP, go to Control Panel -- Regional and Language Options, select the
Languages tab, click on Details, select 'EL Greek' from the list and then click on the
Add button. Check the box marked Keyboard layout/IME. Find a keyboard in the list,
select it and click on OK.

In Windows 10 and 8 you will need to turn off SmartScreen, which is Microsoft
spyware intended to stop you using programs not written or approved by Microsoft.
You are advised to leave this switched off permanently. 
In the current version of Windows 10, in the Start menu type
Smartscreen
You will see an item called App and Browser Control. Open it. Under 'Check apps and files', select Off.
In Windows 8 go to Settings. Enter:
Smartscreen
and select the only option that pops up, 'Change SmartScreen settings'. This opens the Action Center control panel applet, from where you can change
SmartScreen options.
Select 'Don't do anything (turn off Windows SmartScreen)'
and click on OK.

In Windows 10, 8, 7 and Vista you will need to turn off User Account Control before
installing the new keyboard. Again, it's best to leave User Account Control permanently switched off.
In the current version of Windows 10, in the Start menu type
User Account Control
This will take you directly to User Account Control Settings.
Move the slider control to the bottom of its travel. Click on OK. You will be prompted to restart the computer. 
In Windows 8 you can find the control for User Account Control in the same window as for
SmartScreen. Move the slider control to the bottom of its travel. Click on OK. You will be prompted to restart the computer. 
In Windows 7 and Vista, go to Control Panel -- User Accounts -- Change User Account
Control settings. In Vista, switch User Account Control off. In Windows 7, move the
slider control to the bottom of its travel. Click on OK. You will be prompted to restart
the computer.

Then double-click on the icon of the installer file, KBdEditInstallerGreekQWE.exe, and
click on the 'Install' button to install the keyboard.

If Windows and your antivirus program put up warnings, just tell them it's OK. If
necessary, temporarily disable your antivirus program. If Windows reports that the 
keyboard 'might not have installed correctly', click on the button to say that it has
installed correctly.

You will now have two Greek keyboards installed, the Windows one and the new Greek
QWERTY one.
In Windows 10 and 8 they will be listed separately when you click on the
keyboard selection button marked ENG at the bottom right of the screen; just click on
the one you want.
In Windows 7 and Vista, when you select the Greek keyboard a little icon showing a
keyboard will pop up next to the keyboard button. Click on this to choose the keyboard.
Your choice will be remembered, so you only have to do this once.

If the name of the new keyboard does not show up immediately as one of the options,
restart the computer so that the new keyboard is recognised.

You can uninstall the keyboard by running the installer program again and choosing the
option to uninstall it.


Using the keyboard
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The layout is shown in the picture Greek QWERTY.jpg. Please print this picture and use
it as a guide.

Keys marked in red are 'deadkeys' for diacritics. To place any diacritic(s) on a letter, hit
the deadkey(s), then the letter. If adding several marks, hit deadkeys in order from left to
right: breathing -- accent -- iota subscript. Use exactly the same procedure for capitals
(here, most fonts will give you an iota adscript rather than a subscript).

The underdot, marked in blue on the 0 key, is a separate character and not put in with a
deadkey. Type this after the letter it is to go under.

The green symbols on keys are got by holding down Alt Gr (the right Alt key) while
pressing the key. Note in particular that these include numerals. To type 1, hold down
Alt Gr while pressing the 1 key.

If you type the deadkeys for some diacritics, and then type a letter which cannot carry
these marks, you will see a 'terminator' -- that is, a symbol which shows that you have
made an error. Most of these terminators are quite clear signs: the breathing or the accent
you have typed, alone rather than on a letter. But for the combinations of diacritics with
iota subscript, for which there are no characters in the font, you will see cyrillic letters. So
if you see these foreign letters, it means that you have made a mistake.

