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This wikiHow teaches you how to enable different types of keyboards for Windows and macOS.
Quick Steps
- Click the Apple menu and click System Preferences/Settings .
- Click Accessibility .
- Click Keyboard and click Accessibility Keyboard .
- Toggle on Enable Accessibility Keyboard .
Steps
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Click the menu. It’s at the top-left corner of the screen.
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Click System Preferences .Advertisement
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Click Accessibility . It’s the blue circle with the outline of a person inside.
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Click Keyboard .
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Click the Accessibility Keyboard tab.
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Check “Enable Accessibility Keyboard” box. The accessibility keyboard is now enabled.
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Click the Search icon. It’s usually a magnifying glass or white circle next to the Start menu.
- If you don’t see these icons, press ⊞ Win + S .
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Type keyboard . A list of search results will appear.
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Click On-Screen Keyboard . It should be near the top of the search results.
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Slide the “On-Screen Keyboard” keyboard to . This opens the on-screen keyboard. You can use this keyboard by clicking the mouse (or tapping the touchscreen) on the key you want to type.
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Right-click the part of the taskbar with the clock. It’s usually at the bottom-right corner of the screen. A menu will appear.
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Click Show touch keyboard button . This adds a small keyboard icon to the area by the clock.
- If you have a lot of icons in this area, click the arrow to display the icons you can’t see.
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Click the keyboard icon. This opens the touch keyboard. You can now use your touchscreen to type.
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Click the Search icon. It’s usually a magnifying glass or white circle next to the Start menu.
- If you don’t see these icons, press ⊞ Win + S .
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Type region . A list of results will appear.
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Click Region & Language . It should be the first match.
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Click + Add a language . A list of languages will appear.
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Click the language you want to enable. This downloads the language and adds it to the Languages list.
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Click the language you just downloaded. It’s under the “Languages” header. Some buttons will appear.
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Click Options .
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Click Download . The keyboard for this language will download to the computer. When it’s finished installing, you’ll be prompted to restart the computer.
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Restart your computer. Click the , click , then click Restart . The computer will turn off and then turn back on.
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Switch the keyboard to the new language. Now when you need to switch languages, press and hold ⊞ Win and the Spacebar to bring up the language list, then click the language you want to use.
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Plug the keyboard cord into the computer’s USB port. If you plugged the keyboard in and it was not automatically detected, unplug the cable, then plug it back in.
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Open the Device Manager. If the keyboard is still not detected, type device manager into the search bar, then click Device Manager in the search results.
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Right-click Keyboards . A context menu will appear.
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Click Scan for hardware changes . This scans the computer for new keyboards. Once your keyboard is detected, the appropriate drivers will be installed.
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