Click "Add an Input Method." Windows displays dozens of alternative keyboard layouts, including several AZERTY layouts designed for Belgian, French, Lithuanian or Wolof (a West African language).

A keyboard layout used in France and neighboring countries. A, Z, E, R, T and Y are the letters on the top left, alphabetic row. AZERTY is similar to the QWERTY layout, except that Q and A are ...

1. AZERTY Wikimedia Commons There are some quirky QWERTY layouts that use largely the same base as Sholes’ original keyboard adapted by Remington, but switch a few keys.

Left: France’s current AZERTY layout. Right: the BÉPO open source alternative. Some have already taken matters into their own hands.

An example of a keyboard by Cherry that uses the new French layout. Image: (Cherry) The algorithm wasn’t solely responsible for the design of the new AZERTY keyboard layout, which now includes ...

But AZERTY has held sway because typists have become used to its layout, despite its numerous peculiarities. While most people have used the AZERTY keyboard, it never became an official standard ...