INTRODUCTION
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This installs the keyboard layout DECH_MAC "Swiss German (Mac)" for an Apple (tm)
Macintosh (tm) keyboard with Swiss (tm) German (tm) keyboard layout.


IMPORTANT NOTE
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The software offered here comes AS IS. No warranties, express or implied, are 
given. Any consequential damage due to their use is the sole responsibility of
the user. Due to the many factors which can vary the software cannot be
guaranteed to work on all systems and with all versions of Microsoft (tm)
Windows (tm).


INSTALLATION
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- Execute SETUP.EXE and install the keyboard layout.
- Open the "Regional and Language Options" control panel.
- Select the "Languages" tab and hit the "Details" button.
- Add "German (Switzerland)" to the "Installed services" list.
- Select "German (Switzerland) - Swiss German (Mac)" as "Default input language"


KEYMAP
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Special characters such as the @ or  symbol are typed in Mac OS X (tm) using
[alt]+key and [alt][shift]+key. This keyboard layout assigns the same mappings
to Windows (tm). However, you have to additionally press the [ctrl] key. Here
are a few examples:

- [ctrl][alt][g]        -> @
- [ctrl][alt][e]        -> 
- [shift][ctrl][alt][7] -> \

In addition to the Mac (tm) keyboard layout, the following keys have been added
to ease the typing of accents for words in Spanish:

- [ctrl][a] -> 
- [ctrl][e] -> 
- [ctrl][i] -> 
- [ctrl][o] -> 
- [ctrl][u] -> 
- [ctrl][n] -> 


DO IT YOURSELF
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The layout was created with MSKLC. If you want to alter or update the layout, 
feel free to do so using the following:

- Editor: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx
- Source: DECH_MAC.KLC


RELEASE
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2007-08-25
www.bitcetera.com
