How can I change my language/keyboard input language system-wide temporarily?

Posted by Adam Lynch on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Adam Lynch
Published on 2012-09-03T08:20:48Z Indexed on 2012/09/03 9:40 UTC
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I currently have two languages set up; English and Dutch. The only difference is in keyboard input. The Dutch one uses the French/Belgian AZERTY layout and the English one uses the Irish/English QWERTY layout (@ = Shift+').

When a Belgian colleague needs to use my computer, I switch the language to NL (Dutch) (therefore the input to AZERTY) using the language bar, but it seems to be application-specific. (I.e: After changing the input to AZERTY for my colleague, if he then clicks on another program it switches back to QWERTY for that program).

Is there a way I can quickly switch between the two comprehensively yet temporarily?

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