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There are several keyboard layouts for different languages and different markets. The most common is called QWERTY and the Swedish keyboard I am working on at the moment has the following layout from the top row if I press the CapsLock key: §1234567890+´ QWERTYUIOPŨ ASDFGHJKLÖÄ' Other layouts exist. for example if I change regional setting to US English Layout I get: `1234567890-= QWERTYUIOP[] ASDFGHJKL;'\ \ZXCVBNM,./ If you wonder why some of the most common letters used in many European languages are on the far edges of the keyboard it could be because in the early days of mechanical typewriters, the mechanics would get fouled up if strong, quick fingers hit the keys too rapidly so A, S ,E are used by the ring and litttle finger of the left hand - the worst layout possible for French and English writers!

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