YSK (You Should Know) - Changing the language on your OS may also change keyboard shortcuts.
I hadn't thought about this before, but with hindsight it may be obvious - when I changed Windows to Spanish, some keyboard shortcuts that I was so used to also changed.
For example, for decades I've always been able to hit Ctrl-S to save some text in notepad. But now that my OS is in Spanish, I have to get used to hitting Ctrl-G for guardar.
It's not a dealbreaker, I'll keep my OS in Spanish and get used to the differing shortcuts, but I must say - these shortcuts have been a lot harder to get used to than just reading different menus, etc.
Posted Sep 4, 2016, 12:06 PM UTC
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That's only for Microsoft software like Office, and just a few other programs, but it's not common for a program to "translate" shortcuts. And by the way, I HATE that they decided to do that on Windows, it's a mess. I would use the OS on English, but then many programs and games mess with my keyboard layout. I can't win :/
I guess that's why it took me by surprise that Ctrl-S wasn't working. I also think it's bad form; imagine if the close, maximize, and minimize buttons were all in a different place, depending on the OS language.
They are, depending on whether you're using a left-to-right or right-to-left language like Arabic.