How to type Russian characters?

 

This section is similar to the section on "How to type French characters?".  But it is repeated here for completeness.

 

You can set charset to Unicode or Windows Codepage 1251 to type Cyrillic characters.  If you choose Unicode, you can also type Vietnamese.  If you choose codepage 1251, you cannot type all Vietnamese letters.

 

 

Step 1a:

If you want to type both Cyrillic and Vietnamese, set keyboard mode to "1. Auto combine (Viet)" and charset to "4. Unicode" as follows:

 

 

 

Step 1b

If you want to type Cyrillic only, set keyboard mode to "2. Combine On Request (English)" and charset to "4. Unicode".  Note that the smart Viet Option Page is no longer active because WinVNKey knows you will not type any Vietnamese text.

 

 

Step 2.

Enable either "Russian (method 1) or "Russian (method 2), but not both, in the left list box  Click on the word Russian to display a list of all Russian characters and how to type them in.  If any entry is listed in red color, it means the corresponding character is not available in the character set you have chosen.  You certainly see a lot of them in red if the character set is VISCII, for example. You must see no red if you have selected Unicode or Windows codepage 1251.  If you prefer a different way to type in Russian characters, you can redefine by clicking on the "Edit File" button.

 

 

 

 

Note that method 1 allows you to type both English and Russian together because each Russian character requires a prefix "]".  Thus English letters can co-exist with Russian in your text.  Method 2, as shown below, maps each English letter to a Russian character.  Thus you will never by able to type English in your text because each English letter you type in will be translated to Russian instantaneously.  What method to use depends on your choice.  Or you can define your own method for typing Russian.

 

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