The Keyboard Convert Service

re: The Keyboard Convert Service

Pavel Srubar — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:06:47 GMT

The description is rather vague (Keyboard Convert Service is an add-on Windows feature to the Language bar). Why should I validate my genuine Window, download 268KB and install yet another service, when nobody told me how does this work?

re: The Keyboard Convert Service

Michael S. Kaplan — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:28:17 GMT

Hi Pavel --

It is of course your choice if you do not wish to do so. But I just described what its intended purpose is. So if you want an add-in that will try to correct the mistake when text was typed using the wrong keyboard, then you may want to install it and give it a try.

Ignoring WGA issues, I think anyone who downloads and tries things without understanding why they are there or what they might do is bored and looking for something to do. So when I think of WGA in those cases, you just need to decide how bored you are!

In the case where you know what the download purports to do, the potential value is obvious and understood.

re: The Keyboard Convert Service

George Schizas — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:28:32 GMT

This is extremely cool! When you are writing in Greek (I suppose in other languages as well), it's extremely easy to forget pressing Alt-Shift and typing Γρεεκ (Greek) where you should be typing Ενγλιση (English). And, unlike some word macro that Microsoft Hellas had included in some old Greek Word version, this works in *every* program (except console applications) and it takes into account dead keys! Thank you!

re: The Keyboard Convert Service

Michael S. Kaplan — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:52:13 GMT

Indeed, very cool, George.

And the dead key support was my idea (they had assumed it was impossible, but I explained how we get the info in MSKLC and they must have decided to integrate it!).

:-)

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