You can use the Keyboard Viewer available in System Preferences to see where characters are located on keyboards used for other languages.

You must have fonts installed for the language you want to see in the Keyboard Viewer.

To see keyboard layouts for different languages:

  1. Choose Apple > System Preferences and click International.

  2. Click Input Menu, then select the checkbox next to Keyboard Viewer.

  3. To see the character layout on keyboards used in different countries, select the On checkbox next to the country's keyboard layout or input method.

  4. Choose Show Keyboard Viewer from the Input menu on the right side of the menu bar (the one that looks like a flag or alphabetical character).

    The Keyboard Viewer shows the characters for the keyboard layout or input method selected in the Input menu. For example, if U.S. is chosen in the Input menu, you see the characters that appear on a U.S. keyboard in the Keyboard Viewer.

  5. To see the keyboard layout for a different country, choose its keyboard layout from the Input menu.

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