How to switch the language on the tablet keyboard

Imagine the situation: you choose a tablet computer, buy the model you like, turn on the device when you get home, and instead of the familiar menu items, you see Chinese characters under the icons. In this case, a change in the keyboard language or the device interface can also occur during operation, for example, during system errors and return to the factory settings. Many tablet users face a similar problem quite often, and do not know how to switch the keyboard or device interface from English or Chinese to Russian. This article will talk about how to do this.

Setting keyboard language switching on an Android tablet

In order to change the interface language on Android, you must:

• go to the settings menu (for the "Chinese" and "English" versions, the settings icon usually looks like a small gear);
• find the globe icon;
• in the menu that appears, select the top line, which will open a list of available languages;
• click on the desired package and confirm the selection.

Important!Some tablet models require changing the device after changing the main parameters. You can find out about this from the corresponding notification, which should appear on the screen.

As for the keyboard language, the problem is solved with it a little easier. On many models, for example, it can be changed simply by swiping along the space bar. On others, the change is carried out by pressing a separate key on the numeric keypad. If you fail to switch in this way, you should:

• go to the settings menu;
• find the item "Language and input", and in it the item "Keyboards and input methods";
• select a keyboard and click on "Language";
• check the necessary items in the drop-down list.

After the necessary parameters are set, you can check the input device in any messenger or even in the notes menu.

How to switch keyboard language on iOS tablet

In order to make the same changes on tablets from Apple, you must follow the same procedure (for owners of English versions of smartphones, the corresponding names of menu items are shown in brackets):

• find the settings menu (Settings);
• select the tab "General" (General);
• go to "Language and region" (International);
• click on the words "iPad Language".

After the necessary “checkmark” opposite the native word “Russian” (or any other familiar to the user) is checked, the device will need to be rebooted.

Important!In order to facilitate orientation in an unfamiliar interface, you can rely on a photo of the corresponding icons from the instructions on the Internet.

If we are talking about changing the keyboard language, then here the change process most often does not cause problems. Each time the user goes into any field intended for entering text, a special panel is automatically displayed on the screen. In order to change the layout on it, you just need to click on the globe icon. It also happens that this icon is missing. This indicates that additional language packs are simply not added.

You can add them as follows:

1. Go to the settings menu.
2. Go to basic settings.
3. Select the tab labeled “Keyboards”.
4. If desired, adjust the necessary parameters of the on-screen keyboard.
5. Select the required packages by clicking on "New Keyboards".

Reference! Fans of emoticons and emojis in the same tab, you can select the appropriate item with emojis, thereby somewhat diversifying network communication.

In the same submenu of settings, you can also set the optimal order for the user to switch languages ​​used in communication.