Windows 7 – Hotkey to Switch Between Hangul and Latin Input Modes with Korean IME

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I'm using Windows 7 Starter and whenever I travel to Korea I like to try to practice typing Korean.

I have the Windows Input Method Editor (IME) installed and I know I can toggle the input mode between typing Latin (English) characters latin mode and typing Hangul (Korean) characters hangul mode by taking my hands from the keyboard, grabbing the mouse, and clicking on the little icon shown which changes between an A and a 가 symbol.

But I lose the positions of my fingers on the keyboard when I do this, and in any case it slows me down a lot. Usually I switch between the two a lot.

So is there a way to switch without using the mouse? I can't seem to find a keyboard shortcut for it anywhere.

Best Answer

Right Alt will work - only if you are in editing mode (i.e. typing something in some textbox and not browsing windows etc)

Left Alt + Shift will switch between languages. You can modify this setting easily in the Languages/Keyboards setting.

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