A Physical Russian Keyboard
First of all, you need a Russian keyboard. You have two choices :
- either you buy a physical keyboard with Cyrillic letters printed on the keys.
- or you stick stickers on your current keyboard.
The second choice is obviously the most economical and practical if you use a laptop.
Activate a New Language
This tutorial was carried out on a PC equipped with Windows 11. The process under Windows 10 is almost the same.
1/ First, type “language” in the Windows search bar as follows :
2/ Then go to the first suggestion: “Change the language and keyboard settings”.
3/ Click on the blue “add a language” icon. This will not impact your system language.
4/ Type “Russian” and choose the first choice in the list, then click on “next”.
5/ On the next page, you have different options related to speech synthesis or handwriting recognition. In most cases, excluding the touch screen or integrated microphone, the simple language module should be sufficient. Depending on your web connection, wait for a few seconds to receive your language pack. You can leave the settings page.
6/ As soon as loading is finished, a new choice appears at the bottom right of your interface (on the task bar next to the clock):
Choose “Russian”; your keyboard is now ready to write Russian letters ! An application, such as Word, will also recognize that the language of your document has changed.