Greek keyboard viewer?

[ubuysa]

The ONLY thing I miss from Microsoft Office is their keyboard viewer. I have my Windows (Vista 32-bit) system set to use English and Greek. I'm still learning Greek so I really need a keyboard viewer that can display which keys on my standard English keyboard correspond with the Greek letters. Does anyone know of such a thing that works with OpenOffice?

OpenOffice 2.3.1
Windows Vista 32-bit
Compaq Presario V6000 laptop

[TerryE]

The simple answer is No is doesn't. I must admit that I know even less Greek than you, though I can read the text. I have my keyboard set up for toggling to Greek. Most of the letters are the same in capital form, so all you need to remind yourself about the few exceptions. I just did a little crib; printed it off, and sellotaped it to the side of my display:

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`1234567890-=    ¬!"£$%^&*()_+
`1234567890-=    ~!@#$%^&*()_+
 qwertyuiop{}      QWERTYUIOP{}
 ;ςερτυθιοπ[]      :΅ΕΡΤΥΘΙΟΠ{}
 asdfghjkl;'#       ASDFGHJKL;@~
 ασδφγηξκλ΄'\       ΑΣΔΦΓΗΞΚΛ¨"|

[/size]Etc. This for my UK keyboard, so you will need to do your own. All you need to remember is the trick with using the ; key as a prefix to the accented vowels: άέήύϋώ etc.

[ubuysa]

Thanks for this, I've done something similar and used CorelDraw to create two keyboard maps for the Greek characters (upper and lower case) which I can display on screen. The tiny MS Visual keyboard was a neat little tool though. Ah well, you can't have everything!

[Robert Tucker]

I have these two keyboard layouts saved as a PDF which I can display in a small window on my sreen:

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~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ +
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   : Σ Ε Ρ Τ Υ Θ Ι Ο Π { }
   ; ς ε ρ τ υ θ ι ο π [ ]
    Α Σ Δ Φ Γ Η Ξ Κ Λ ¨ “ |
    α σ δ φ γ η ξ κ λ ´ ' \
   » Ζ Χ Ψ Ω Β Ν Μ < > ?
   « ζ χ ψ ω β ν μ , . /

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¬ ! ¨ £ $ % ^ & * ( ) _ +
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   Χ Ω Ε Ρ Τ Ψ Υ Ι Ο Π { }
   χ ω ε ρ τ ψ υ ι ο π [ ]
    Α Σ Δ Φ Γ Η Θ Κ Λ : @ ~
    α σ δ φ γ η θ κ λ ; ' #
   ͺ Ζ Ξ Σ ͵ Β Ν M < > ?
   \ ζ ξ ς ʹ β ν μ , . /