People who use Korean at work, those who need a computer for school lessons and reports.
There are various reasons, but if you learn Korean there is the opportunity to input Hangul on a computer.
So, I will explain how to set up the Korean keyboard on Windows10.
※If you can speak Japanese, it's a better you look at the Japanese page. Because you can read more parfect explanations.
Adding a Korean keyboard and setting.
Install a Korean keyboard on your computer.
A Korean keyboard is required for input Korean.
But if your computer doesn’t have a Korean keyboard, you have to install one first.
Let’s try to add a Korean keyboard on Windows as follows.
How to add a Korean keyboard.
Click ‘Settings icon’ from the start menu.
Look for the gear icon.
This is the ‘Windows Setting’s screen .
Click the ‘Time & language’ tab.
Here you can set time and language.
Select ‘Language’ tab.
The language package is only English.
Click the ‘Add a preferred Language’ tab.
A list of languages packs will appear.
Choose Korean and install it.
If you want to add Chinese, select ‘Chinese’.
A Korean package has been added, and there are two languages available now.
Now you can type a message in Korean.
Switchnig between English and Korean.
Switching the keyboard language by mouse
Let’s change the keyboard language.
To switch is simply click the language button at the bottom of the screen.
Click on the part labeled “ENG”.
In input Korean mode, it is displayed as ‘한’.
Switch keyboards with shortcut key.
When you think it’s troublesome to move the mouse every time you switch the keyboard.
I advise you to use shortcut keys.
Use the shortcut key to swich the installed keyboard languages in order.
For example, if you have a computer has the three keyboards of ‘English, Korean, Chinese’.
Each time you press the “shift + Alt” key, the selected laguage will switch to ‘English → Korean → Chinese → English’.
You can type in English with the Korean keyboard.
You can type in English also with the Korean keyboard.
Click on the part labeled “가” at the leftside of ‘한’.
“A” is displayed when in the English input mode.
If your computer is made in Korea, the “Alt key” on the right is written as 한/영(Kor/Eng).
When you don’t know the location of Korean keyboard.
How to know the location of the Korean keyboard.
Even if you install a Korean keyboard, it will be difficult to write if you don’t know the layout of the keyboard.
So I will explain how to know the layout of the Korean keyboard.
Click on ‘Windows Ease of Access > On Screen Keyboard’ from the start menu.
You will see the keyboard layout on the screen.
This is Korean keyboard layout.
This is the English keyboard layout.
You can type in Korean while looking at this.
The keybord sticker is a useful tool.
If you have keyboard sticker of Korean, it will be more comfortable.
If you use this kind of keyboard stickers, you don’t have to call out the layout of the Korean keyboard.
The basic procedure for setting up the keyboard is the same for other languages such as Chinese or Japanese.
It would be helpful when you want to type in laguage sach as Chinese or Jpanese.