# DVORAK **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 12, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvorak/190496 "2007-06-12T17:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvorak/190496/27 "2007-06-13T15:03:19Z")
> [@Oh my F'ing God!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-my-fing-god/30742/2): > > as long as you can type what without looking??? words based on the existing keyboard layout??? that would have nothing to do with typing on a different platform… i have no idea where you were going with that??? or why you’d want to use that layout… If you have to look at the keys to type…like I did in 3rd grade, then you would need to buy a new keyboard, or put new labels on the one you have. Otherwise you would be very confused because the letter on the key you just pressed would not be the same as the letter that appeared on the screen. But I don’t care what’s on the keys, I just learned the new locations. Switching between the 2 layouts is very simple. > **[How to switch keyboard layout to Dvorak on Linux, Windows, and Mac](https://www.powertyping.com/switch.html)** > > How to switch keyboard layout to Dvorak on Linux, Windows, and Mac. > How to switch from Qwerty to Dvorak or to any keyboard > Windows (ME, 2000, XP) and Mac operating systems have Dvorak and US standard 101- Qwerty keyboard drivers installed with “typical/default” installation. Guidelines to switch between Qwerty and Dvorak layout are below: > on Windows: > Click “start” button –\> “Settings” –\> “Control Panel” and select “Keyboard”. In properties choose US Dvorak. In the switch languages options check one of the combination of keys which when pressed will switch from one keyboard to the other. > If you can select either US standard 101 or Dvorak but not both, select any other English language and assign it property US Dvorak (or whatever you want it to be). > on Mac: > Click “apple” icon in upper left corner –\> “Control Panels” –\> “keyboards” and select US Dvorak --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dvorak/190496)._