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HELP - re: Internet and keyboard in Russia

 
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jimmyinrussia06
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:38 am    Post subject: HELP - re: Internet and keyboard in Russia Reply with quote
Hi everybody,
I am heading over to Russia in 2 months with my girlfriend to tech English at Ivanovo state university for 6 months. I am wondering if anyone has been there and has any tips or knows some cool things to see and do in the area.
Primarily however i am wondering about internet services in Ivanovo or the whole of Russia. What is he best way for me to get my laptop connected. I have looked on the net heaps and found some stuff but nothiing very specific. Any help??
I have another query- excuse this if it is ill-informed but what happens when I try to write emails to Australia from a Russian keyboard and what about my tax return and other such official things that I will be completing from Russia. My concern is the different letters and syntax etc. This is the main reason why I want my laptop hooked up so there is an English keyboard and formatting etc.
Any help would be awesome!!
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danbrew
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You will have no problem obtaining internet access in a university setting. You'll easily be able to use your laptop.
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tripchik
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
jimmyinrussia06 wrote:

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what happens when I try to write emails to Australia from a Russian keyboard


A lot of Russian keyboards are already dual language - you switch the keyboard layout in the control panel.

If you take your laptop you may need to download Microsoft's cyrillic language support - free - then you can also switch layouts to write in Russian.

http://www.geocities.com/fontboard/cyrillic.html

The keyboard layout here is not the same as standard Russian, it's a Russified version of QWERTY, but much easier for Westerners.

If you have a Mac, there are similar free keyboard utilities such as Cyrillix:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15033&mode=info
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mediashark
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
you can also buy english-russian keyboard stickers from computer shops. you are more likely to find english-only rather than russian-only keyboards esp. if they are imported.
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