I have a Logitech Windows keyboard and I want to use it on my iMac. The problem is that many buttons are mapped to the wrong places. The problem is that many buttons are mapped to the wrong places. For example, when I press Right Alt + 2 I get the ™ symbol and not a @ symbol.
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Hi Khaled, Thank you for choosing Windows 8 and posting your query on Microsoft community. From your issue description I understand that, you want to change Arabic keyboard layout in windows, so it would have the same mapping of Mac.I would like to inform that you can’t change the Arabic keyboard layout in windows to Mac, As windows 8 is a different operating system. If you need further information about keyboard layout, I suggest you refer to the links given below.Change the keyboard layouthttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/change-keyboard-layoutPersonalize your PChttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/language#1TC=t1Mouse For Mac Hope this information helps you. If you need any further assistance or information about Windows, I will be glad to help you.
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Thanks Shuiab,
I know that I can’t change the Arabic keyboard layout in windows to suit Mac keyboard, but that's because Microsoft has to update Windows 8 and add Mac keyboard layout in the system files to allow 'Windows Fans' enjoy both iMac and Windows operating system.
I think this is a very simple task to the programmers in Microsoft. so my question is that is Microsoft going to support on this issue or not.
Thanks again.
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Thanks for your feedback. I've the same query>> I'm using mac keyboard but the Arabic layout of mac KB is different from the windows layout so I want to know is possible to change the windows KB layout to match with mac KB, by the way I'm still using Vista. Thanks
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Thanks for your feedback. I too am looking for the same answer. I like the apple arabic layout and would love to figure out how to get that same layout in windows.
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Thanks for your feedback. Do you know if they have yet to do this? I prefer the mac layout and would love to use it when running windows
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Thanks Shuiab,
I know that I can’t change the Arabic keyboard layout in windows to suit Mac keyboard, but that's because Microsoft has to update Windows 8 and add Mac keyboard layout in the system files to allow 'Windows Fans' enjoy both iMac and Windows operating system.
I think this is a very simple task to the programmers in Microsoft. so my question is that is Microsoft going to support on this issue or not.
Thanks again.
still waiting the answer. is it going to happen or not?
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Hi all
I faced the same problem before however I overcome this issue by my self
All what you need is Microsoft Keyboard Layout CreatorUse Windows Keyboard On Mac
http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=22339
Since there is only little different between the windows Arabic keyboard layout and MAC Arabic keyboard layout so it is not difficult to create your own layout by using this app
With Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator you can create new keyboard layouts from scratch
Also you can load existing Keyboard Layout and do some change on it and this is what you need.
First, load Arabic 101 layout in the keyboard layout creator to adjust with the MAC one
For example letter (د ) in windows keyboard is ( ة ) in MAC. So after you load the Arabic 101, Go to that letter (د ) and change it to ( ة ) and so on with the rest of the letters.
I hope this can help
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I used Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to create a layout that matches my MacBook Air keyboard
Hope this helps, regards
P.S. I'm using Windows 8.1 Pro in BootCamp, so it should works on all Windows versions
But you need to enable .Net Framework 3.5 first
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Thank you for the reply and information.
Are you able to fix the issue on your computer?
( http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-desktop/arabic-keyboard-layout-for-mac-keyboard-mapping/e49fd8e7-ea5c-43b5-9ce5-42cbc799fd79 )
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