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Configuring Mac OS X Keyboards for Russian

The following instructions describe how to install a Russian keyboard layout on your personal Mac. The Russian keyboard layout is already available on all public PCs and Macs on campus. There are two different Russian keyboard layouts possible. For Russian courses at Sarah Lawrence and general beginning Russian, the one to use is called Phonetic.

1. Go to the apple menu and select System Preferences.
2. Click International.
3. Click Input Menu.
4. Scroll most of the way down and place a check mark next to Russian-Phonetic.
5. Check Show input menu in menu bar.
6. Close system preferences.

You will now be able to switch the language from English to Russian and back using the flag icon menu to the left of the clock.

Test the keyboard by typing in these test words:

• sssr will display CCCP
• tom will display TOM
• matt will display MaTT
• kat will display KaT

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