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to a US keyboard layout.</p><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx2-selectKeyboard.png" align="middle"/></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><a id="selectKeyboard-pa2"><!----></a>Make sure that the
selection is correct or choose another keyboard layout. If you don't
know which layout your keyboard has, look in the specifications that
came with your system, or ask the computer vendor. There may even be a
label on the keyboard that identifies the layout. You can also look
here: <a class="link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout" target="_top">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout</a></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="selectKeyboard-pa3"><!----></a>If your keyboard isn't in
the list shown, click on <span class="emphasis"><em>More</em></span> to get a fuller list,
and select your keyboard there.</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p><a id="selectKeyboard-pa5"><!----></a>After choosing a
keyboard from the <span class="emphasis"><em>More</em></span> dialogue, you'll return
to the first keyboard choice dialogue and it will seem as though a
keyboard from that screen was chosen. You can safely ignore this and
continue the installation: the keyboard chosen from the full list
will be applied.</p></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="selectKeyboard-pa4"><!----></a>If you choose a keyboard
based on non-Latin characters, you will see an extra dialogue screen
asking how you would prefer to switch between the Latin and non-Latin
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