Hi Negoslav and George - thanks for this. Once I've installed the new language though, how does one go about finding out what keys do what on the new keyboard layout, would there perhaps be documentation in Windows Help? I'm thinking in the case of Russian as it uses a completely different alphabet, then it would be in a way learning to type all over again? Hope I've made enough sense there *Smile*. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Negoslav Sabev To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 3:01 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Calling all language experts Control panel, regional and language options, languages tab, details button. Using the add button you land on a list where you choose Russian language. Tab once and you are in a list where you can select keyboard layout for different languages. be sure Russian is chosen. and activate the ok button. Tab again to ok, do this once again and you're set to use the russian alphabet. You change between English and Russian with alt+shift. HTH Negoslav ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Matthews To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 8:42 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Calling all language experts Thanks Negoslav. Now how about producing the Cyrillic alphabet on a keyboard, can you point me in the direction of any hints. So far a Google search has yielded little success. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Negoslav Sabev To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 5:05 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Calling all language experts You need the Russian voice installed. No way for eloquence or other English synthesizers or voices to read the Cyrillic alphabet. Negoslav ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Matthews To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 5:36 PM Subject: [access-uk] Calling all language experts HI Guys, I'm imminently going to be embarking upon a Russian course, some of which is going to be in written form learning the alphabet etc. I'm a JFW 10 user, and I'm just wondering what exactly I need to do in order to get it to recognise the various characters...I presume I need to install Russian support using the standard tools provided by Vista? Currently when I encounter Russian letters, I get no feedback whatsoever, or in the case of a Webpage, I am informed that the characters are indeed Russian if the appropriate Markup has been used. If anyone has any experience of dealing with the Russian alphabet, or any other alphabet other than our vernacular Roman, any advice would be appreciated. Mark