Punto Switcher- a program for automatically switching keyboard layouts. The program monitors the correct keyboard layout when typing on the computer, and, if necessary, automatically replaces the keyboard layout.

Many people are familiar with the situation when, when typing on the keyboard, the user forgot to change the keyboard layout, for example, from English to Russian. The user enters the word "hello" thinking that he is typing in the Russian layout, but in fact he is typing this word "ghbdtn" in the English keyboard layout. The Punto Switcher program will recognize that the user has made a mistake and switch to the correct keyboard layout.

The main features of the free program Punto Switcher:

• automatic keyboard switching;
• autocorrect;
• fix selected text and clipboard text;
• sound design;
• switching keyboard layout using hotkeys;
• keeping a diary, in which all typed text is saved;
• saving the last 30 texts to the clipboard.

In the Punto Switcher program, you can not only correct layout and case, but also perform the following actions: check spelling, transliterate, clear selected text from formatting, etc.

When switching layouts, and in some other cases, Punto Switcher, gives sound signal, notifying you of these actions.

You can download free program Punto Switcher from the official website of Yandex - the manufacturer of this application.

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Punto Switcher Settings

It will be possible to enter the settings of the Punto Switcher program from the notification area. After click right click click on the program icon, select in context menu item "Settings".

This will open the "Punto Switcher Settings" window. The program settings are located in several sections:

• General - here you can configure general rules for the program to work.
• Hotkeys - you can set up hotkeys for more convenient control program.
• Switching rules - here you can configure the program in which cases it is necessary to switch the keyboard layout, and in which it is not necessary to do so.
• Exception programs - you can add to the list programs in which you will need to disable automatic keyboard layout switching.
• Troubleshooting - here you can add some additional settings when problems occur.
• AutoCorrect - in this section you can set abbreviations that will be automatically replaced with full words.
• Sounds - here are the sound settings for actions and events in the Punto Switcher program.
• Diary - you can save all text information typed on the keyboard.

You can read more about working with the Punto Switcher Diary in a special article on my website.

The program offers several hotkey options for switching layouts. In the "General" section, you can activate the "Switch by:" item, and then select hotkeys for fast switching keyboard layouts. The Punto Switcher program reacts to quick keystrokes in order to avoid conflict with the usual system shortcuts.

You can perform any actions using the Punto Switcher program using hot keys, or by enabling the necessary functions by clicking on the program icon from the notification area.

Here you can quickly change some program settings: enable or disable auto-switching, sound effects, in the clipboard you can: change the layout, transliterate, check spelling, view history, you can additionally turn on keeping a diary, view the diary, create an autocorrect list, send the selected text to Twitter, view system properties, convert numbers to text.

With the help of the program, you can find the necessary information on external resources on the Internet. Select "Find" from the context menu, and then decide where to look for the information you need.

Fix typing errors in Punto Switcher

When typing words that have impossible combinations of letters in Russian or English, Punto program Switcher will automatically switch the keyboard layout. Next, you will be typing in the correct language.

In more simple cases the program changes the layout after several letters entered, in more complex cases, the word will change only after the full input, after pressing the spacebar.

You can manually cancel the keyboard layout switch on the last word entered. Suppose there are some English words in the Russian text that the program wants to convert into Russian, or they made a typo. To do this, you will need to press the "Pause / Break" (Break) key. It will also be possible to highlight text and change the input language using this very useful key. In this case, the layout is also changed using the "Shift" + "Pause/Break" (Break) keys.

Remember this "magic" key, it will often help you out when entering text.

• Pause/Break (Break) - this key will force you to change the input language of the last word or selected text.

When entering abbreviations that do not obey the rules, errors in rewriting these words are possible. You can disable the correction of abbreviations in the program settings. In the "General" section, in the "Advanced" tab, you can uncheck the box next to the "Correct abbreviations" item. However, this is not necessary, since if an abbreviation is entered incorrectly, you can press the Pause / Break key in order to correct this word.

Many laptops don't have a "Pause/Break" key. What should such users do?

Replacing the Break key with another key on a laptop

If your laptop does not have a Pause / Break key, then Yandex suggests using the F11 key instead. You can choose any other keys.

In the settings of Punto Switcher, enter the "Hot Keys" section. Highlight the action you want to change. In our case, this is a replacement for the "Break" key (Pause / Break). Click the "Assign..." button.

In the "Select key combination" window, activate the item opposite the input field, click in the field with the mouse button, and then press the desired key on the keyboard, or several keys at once. After that, click on the "OK" button, the key combinations will be changed.

Instead of the "Break" key, I chose the "F11" key.

As you can see in this image, I changed the "Break" key to "F11" in the hotkey settings.

Case change, transliteration, spell check

To change the case of the program, there is a key combination "Alt" + "Pause / Break". You will need to highlight the text and then press these keyboard keys. As a result, all uppercase letters will be CAPITAL, and capital letters, on the contrary, in capital letters.

To change the transliteration, that is, to translate the letters of the Russian text into Latin letters, or vice versa, you can use the keyboard shortcut "Alt" + "Scroll Lock". For example, if you need to change the word "thank you" into a word written in Latin letters "spasibo".

Highlight right word or text, and then press that keyboard shortcut. The selected text will be written in Latin or Russian letters (if reverse transliteration is performed).

So far, there are no rules for a unified Russian transliteration, so the text will be rewritten according to Yandex rules.

With Punto Switcher you can check the spelling on the clipboard. To do this, click on the program icon in the notification area. In the context menu, first select the "Clipboard" item, and then the "Check Spelling" item.

Now you can paste the text from the clipboard into a document, into your correspondence, or anywhere else.

Article Conclusions

The free Punto Switcher program from Yandex automatically changes the keyboard layout, makes corrections in the typed text, autocorrects, transliterates, spell checks, saves the typed data in the diary.

Online service: text transliteration- writing Russian characters in Latin.

About transliteration of Russian names and surnames

When filling out registration forms, questionnaires, drawing up various kinds of documents (for example, a passport or visa), you have to write your last name, first name, address in Latin (English) letters. This service allows automate translation ( transliteration) Russians letters in English.

How to write the last name and first name in English? How to correctly name a Russian site in English letters? Exist various systems or the rules for transliteration of names and surnames (transliteration of Russian words). They are based on the process of simply replacing the letters of the Russian alphabet with the corresponding letters or combinations of letters of the English alphabet (see below). The difference between the systems of transliteration of names and surnames is observed when translating some letters, for example, E, E, Ъ, b and diphthongs (combinations of a vowel and Y).

To translate english letters in Russians Paste the text into the top input field and click the "Make" button. As a result, in the lower input field you will get the translation of the Russian text into a transcript (Russian words in English letters).

Note. Since March 16, 2010, new Cyrillic transliteration rules for the Russian alphabet have been used when issuing a passport. The result may not match the old name, for example, on a plastic card. In order for the name to be entered correctly in the passport (as before), that is, so that it matches the name on the credit card or driver's license, you must additionally submit an appropriate application. Example: Julia new system will be Iuliia , most likely you will want Julia or Yuliya (which, in my opinion, is more harmonious).

When applying for a driver's license, a transliteration system is used that is different from a foreign passport, similar to the system for a US visa. At the request of the owner of the record in Latin in driving licenses may