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title: New Ways to Use Keyman
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---
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If you are an existing user of Keyman, you will notice that some parts
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of the program have changed. This topic describes some of the new ways
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you can or should access some of Keyman's features. These changes have
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been implemented as part of enhancing how Keyman integrates with modern
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versions of Windows.
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## Keyman 14
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Keyman Configuration no longer requires you to click the OK to save
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changes. All changes are applied instantly.
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Keyman keyboards are no longer hidden from the Windows language picker
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when you exit Keyman. Rather, if you select a Keyman keyboard, Keyman
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will be restarted for you automatically.
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The 'Usage Page' option has been removed as it posed a potential
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security risk.
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## Keyman 10-13
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The key change in your usage will be how you access keyboard layouts.
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With version 9.0 and later, all keyboard layouts are registered as
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Windows Text Services, and are always available through Windows language
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interfaces as well as with the [Keyman menu](tray-menu), [language
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switcher](language-switcher) and [hotkeys](config/hotkeys).
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[Keyboard Task - Turn on a Keyboard](select-keyboard)
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Most of the following changes were made in Keyman 10.0
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When you install a keyboard layout, it will be registered under the
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language for which the keyboard has been designed, or if this has not
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been specified by the keyboard designer, then it will be installed under
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your default language. You can always change the language registration
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in the [Keyboards tab](config/keyboards).
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In earlier versions of Keyman, language association was controlled in
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the Languages tab in Keyman Configuration. With the new model of
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keyboard registration, all language association is controlled in the
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Keyboards tab. Each keyboard can be associated with multiple languages.
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The keyboard menu now shows all Windows languages and keyboards, and not
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just Keyman keyboards. This reflects the tight integration with Windows
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languages that Keyman 10+ provides.
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You may be using a non-US hardware keyboard, which we call the Base
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Layout. For example, you may be using a French, or German, or other
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European Latin-script keyboard. You can change the base layout in the
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Options tab, which will allow Keyman to automatically generate new
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versions of your keyboards that adapt to your base layout.
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## Related Topics
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- [What's New](../about/whatsnew)
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