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Dvorak: Dvorak Layout
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Converting standard mechanical typewriters to Dvorak (or any alternative, e.g. international, layout) was often impractical, and at best expensive, so switching to Dvorak usually required a new, dedicated machine. A notable exception was the popular IBM Selectric typewriter, which used a single spherical typing element rather than individual character hammers; it could easily be converted by replacing the QWERTY typing element with an available Dvorak equivalent.
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Update: Mac OS X comes with Dvorak keymaps built in, select them from System Preferences -> International -> Input Menu. There's a regular Dvorak layout and a version that switches in the QWERTY keys when the command key is pressed so that shortcut keys don't move around.
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Although the Dvorak layout is the only other keyboard layout registered with ANSI and is provided with all major operating systems, attempts to convert universally to the Dvorak layout have not succeeded. The failure of the Dvorak layout to displace the QWERTY layout has been the subject of some studies and of considerable debate.
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Microsoft distributes Dvorak keyboard layouts that make the most frequently typed characters on a keyboard more accessible to people who have difficulty using the standard "QWERTY" layout. There are three Dvorak layouts: one for two-handed users, one for people who type only with their left hand, and one for people who type only with their right hand. The left- or right-hand keyboard layouts can ... be used by people who type with a wand.
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Here's an image you can use that shows the letters of the Dvorak layout, with the home row in red. It comes in 350x140, 500x200, and 800x320. The largest is good for printing and hanging in your cubicle. It comes out to about
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On computers running Mac OS 9.x and later, select the "Apple Menu", then "Control Panels", then "Keyboard", and then select "Dvorak". There is a second "Dvorak" layout which reverts to qwerty when the command key is held down.
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