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Customizing your keyboard

You can customize your keyboard as follows:
  • Change the time before keyboard characters repeat when you press and hold a key
  • Change the speed at which keyboard characters repeat
  • Change the cursor blink rate
  • Customize key sequences for input languages

Windows 10 and 8.1

To customize your keyboard:
  1. Type Control Panel in the search box.
    NOTE: In Windows 10, click or tap the search icon to access the search box. In Windows 8.1, access the Search charm to access the search box.
  2. Click Control Panel.
  3. If your Control Panel is displayed by Category, click or tap on the View by: drop-down menu and select Small icons or Large icons.
  4. Click or tap Keyboard.
  5. Adjust the keyboard settings you want to change and click or tap OK to save the settings and close the window.

Windows 7

  1. Click Start > Control Panel.
  2. If your Control Panel is displayed by Category, click the View by: drop-down menu and select Small icons or Large icons.
  3. Click Keyboard.
  4. Adjust the keyboard settings you want to change and click OK to save the settings and close the window.

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