assign German keyboard layout to English input source?

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assign German keyboard layout to English input source?

I have a MacBook Pro with a German keyboard layout (physical). If I change the input source to US English, Mac would not recoginze the German keyboard layout (i.e. it prints Z when I press Y). Is there a way to assign German keyboard layout to the US English input source? So I can type English using the physical German keyboard.

The reason why i need US English input source is MS Office for Mac automatically changes the proofing language based on the input source.

i have ukelele installed but am not sure the best way to do it.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on May 25, 2013 1:07 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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May 25, 2013 3:28 AM in response to jimsway

jimsway wrote:

The reason why i need US English input source is MS Office for Mac automatically changes the proofing language based on the input source.

Can't you turn that off, or set the proofing tools some other way? No other app does such a thing, and I can't believe everyone who wants to type English in Office in continental Europe has to install a custom keyboard layout to do so.

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Tom Gewecke

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May 25, 2013 7:21 AM in response to jimsway

PS You just need to uncheck the box for "Detect Language Automatically" in the Word settings for Language/Set Proofing Language.

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May 25, 2013 6:37 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

I tried, but I couldn't find the setting.

In the Preferences, there is no "Language/Set Proofing Language".

There is only "Spelling and Grammar".

And I couldn't find "Detect Language Automatically".

I'm using Office for Mac 2011.

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Tom Gewecke

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May 25, 2013 6:42 PM in response to jimsway

jimsway wrote:

I'm using Office for Mac 2011.

How about

Word > Preferences > Edit > Match font with keyboard

Disable that.

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May 25, 2013 6:49 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

It's always disabled.

So I guess I have to change the keyboard layout.

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Tom Gewecke

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May 25, 2013 7:00 PM in response to jimsway

jimsway wrote:

So I guess I have to change the keyboard layout.

Nobody does that as far as I know. How about Tools > Language to change the language of your doc to whatever you want?

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/word-2011-for-mac-changing-the-dictionary- to-a-dif.html

Plus for the default template if you want

"Open a blank document. On the Tools menu choose language. Choose the language version you want to use. Click the DEFAULT button to change that to the default language. Close the dialog and then quit Word. When prompted whether you want to save changes to the Normal template (that's the default template), choose yes, you do want to save the changes."

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Tom Gewecke

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May 26, 2013 3:15 AM in response to jimsway

PS Apparently there is a bug in Word which makes this problem harder to solve in footnotes:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macword/footnotes-def ault-to-keyboard-language-not-the/306667d9-9f70-4342-b34f-7b703e90bc09

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