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keyboard for your language. If no suitable keyboard is found it will default
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="guibutton">More</span> to get a full list,
and select your keyboard there.</p><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Warning"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="40"><img alt="[Warning]" src="./warning.png"/></td><th align="left"/></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="admon-content"><p><a id="selectKeyboard-pa5"><!----></a>After choosing a
keyboard from the <span class="guibutton">More</span> dialog, you'll return
to the first keyboard choice dialog and it will seem as though a
keyboard from that screen was chosen. You can safely ignore this
anomaly and continue the installation: Your keyboard is the one you
chose from the full list.</p></td></tr></table></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="selectKeyboard-pa4"><!----></a>If you choose a keyboard
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