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FOR THE KEYBOARD LAYOUT: DO YOU CHOOSE ABC EXTENDED OR U.S. ?

For the keyboard setup on the new 15" MacBOOK PROS:

What is best to choose on the set up: ABC-Extended or U.S. ?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 12, 2016 8:38 PM

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Posted on Dec 13, 2016 5:37 AM

Annie Katz wrote:


What is best to choose on the set up: ABC-Extended or U.S. ?


You should use US or ABC. ABC is just the same as US but you don't have an American flag. Some users outside the US may find that preferable.


ABC-Extended (formerly called US Extended) is much like US or ABC, but it lets you type a whole lot more accented characters via option key shortcuts. If you have a need to type Chinese pinyin with tone marks, then ABC-Extended is the one to pick.

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Dec 13, 2016 5:37 AM in response to Annie Katz

Annie Katz wrote:


What is best to choose on the set up: ABC-Extended or U.S. ?


You should use US or ABC. ABC is just the same as US but you don't have an American flag. Some users outside the US may find that preferable.


ABC-Extended (formerly called US Extended) is much like US or ABC, but it lets you type a whole lot more accented characters via option key shortcuts. If you have a need to type Chinese pinyin with tone marks, then ABC-Extended is the one to pick.

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Dec 12, 2016 8:49 PM in response to Annie Katz

The US keyboard is based on QWERTY, the standard keyboard setup in the US. You can't go wrong. I'll be honest and tell you I don't know/have never used the ABC keyboard setup, but it can't be more "accurate" than the QWERTY setup, which is what we all use here in the US (it doesn't matter what country you're typing in, you still use the the same US keyboard to create US/American/English numbers/letters/characters).

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