##International US keyboard Functions & Alt codes for German
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ä, Ä, ö, Ö, ü, Ü, ẞ, ß, € , « »,
Operating the Windows International Keyboard
First off , check out:
https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/a ... keyboards-
This tells you how to load different keyboards in different devices. i.e. it covers selecting different keyboards for a : Windows, or a Mac, or an iPad device.
##Windows Keyboard
With Windows, you need to select an appropriate keyboard to type all the required German characters.
For typing in German, for people who already are familiar with the US/English QWERTY keyboard, I highly recommend selecting the US-International keyboard. So in your "Text Services and Input Languages" select : [EN] English (United States) keyboard, and
go under "English (United States)/Keyboard/" select United States-International. Click here for more [detailed instructions for selecting a keyboard](
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/2939 ... d=29397967).
eszett (also called scharfes S, 'sharp s') ligature in German orthography: ẞ, ß
As the ß derives from a ligature of lower-case letters, it is exclusively used in the middle or the end of a word.
For all caps usage, an uppercase ß was added to the German alphabet on 29 June 2017;[6] however, the former version SS is still allowed as an alternative.
ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_orthography
I hope if others have any useful tips and advice about keyboards, that you may choose to also share them here.
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Other Keyboards: