Punto Switcher - free keyboard layout switch and other features of the Punto Switcher program. Punto Switcher Review

In this article we’ll talk about a convenient keyboard layout switch, a free popular program Punto Switcher.

The ease of use of this program can be appreciated almost immediately after installing it and starting to type text, especially, perhaps, for those who type text, i.e. fast.

The essence of the main application Punto Switcher is that it allows you to automatically switch the keyboard layout from Russian to English and back depending on the text you are typing.

Those. during normal typing (without using this program), if we, for example, write text in the language we need, then we first need to in the Taskbar, or using additional combination hot keys, switch to the language we need, make sure that we really switched to it, and only after that type the desired text.

The Punto Switcher program solves this inconvenience by automatically switching the layout when we just start typing. This is achieved by the fact that Punto Switcher takes into account what characters we type and if these combinations of characters are not found in the words of the current installed layout keyboard, the program itself will automatically switch the layout and replace the text already started to be printed with the correct language.

Let’s say if we started writing the phrase without using this program: “ Good afternoon“, but didn’t pay attention to the fact that our keyboard layout was in English, then we would have gotten this: “ Lj,hsq ltym!”.

Probably everyone has encountered this situation: you start writing text, look up from the keyboard to the monitor to look at the text and see that you are writing in a different language. Then you have to erase everything, switch the keyboard and type again. A little annoying, right?!

There are no such problems with Punto Switcher. And, besides this, the program also has additional functions, such as changing the character layout in already entered text, auto-replacing short phrases with longer ones, diary, etc. We'll look at some of the functions below.

Let's start by installing the program.

Installing Punto Switcher

We go to the website of this program and download it to your computer by clicking on the button Download:

By the way, the main features of Punto Switcher are clearly and clearly shown to the right of this download button in the interactive menu.

So, let's run the downloaded installation file. Next, the installation process will begin. It is very simple, but with the release of new versions, developers can modify it a little. At the time of writing, the installation interface was as follows:

The first window shows where on the computer it will be installed. this program. You don't have to change anything here. And here you are asked to make a choice on the account home page and search.

I personally don’t need these additions, so I remove the checkboxes (if you need them, you can leave the checkboxes). Click Install:

I don’t use Yandex Bar either, so I don’t check the box. But if you want to see what it is, then leave it. In this case, a special panel from Yandex, which can be disabled in the future, will be added to the browser.

Leave the checkbox to launch Punto Switcher and click Ready:

The icon in the taskbar will indicate that the program is running:

In the future, if we suddenly exit the program, we can start it again through the Start menu, as shown in the picture:

How to use Punto Switcher

As I said at the beginning of the article, if we are typing some text, then we don’t even need to switch the keyboard layout ourselves, since the program itself will switch the keyboard to the desired layout, correcting the entered word. If you still need to first enable the desired layout, you can use left Ctrl button (1):

But, there are unusual situations.

Situation 1. For example, Punto Switcher can change a word to a different layout where we don’t need it.

This may happen in some cases, for example, when we need to enter our login or password in English somewhere on the site, consisting of a chaotic set of characters.

So, Punto Switcher can automatically switch the layout, which will make a word with Russian characters.

In this case, you can press the key on the keyboard Break(2) to cancel automatic change keyboards for of this word. This will return the character set in English, although it is chaotic.

Situation 2. There may be a situation when we specifically disabled Autodetection through the program’s context menu by calling it with the left mouse button in the program icon in the Taskbar, i.e. so that the program does not automatically change the layout.

And then they forgot to turn on Auto-detection.

Or we simply didn’t have Punto Switcher running, and we had already typed a lot of text without noticing that we were writing in the wrong layout.

In this case, you can select all this text and press the key combination Shift (3) + Break(2), - provided that the program is already running, of course (if it was disabled). As a result, all text will be changed, as if written in a different layout.

Situation 3. There is another situation. We printed the text, but then decided that we needed some words in the text, or even the entire text, to be written differently. lowercase letters, but IN CAPITAL.

Then we can simply highlight the text we need and press the key combination Alt(4) + Break(2). The same applies to the case if we have it written in CAPITAL, but we need to convert it to lowercase.

Punto Switcher Settings

The Punto Switcher program can be further customized to suit your needs. Everything there is quite simple and clear, so I don’t think there’s much point in writing about all the settings (you can figure it out yourself or just leave everything as it is and use the default settings).

I’ll just draw your attention to some settings that may still be useful to some users.

IN Taskbars click on the program icon right click mouse and go to Settings:

Hotkeys section

In this section, you can assign hotkeys to quickly perform any operation. We have already discussed the first three actions above. If you are not satisfied with the given keys for performing a task, then in this section you can change them, as well as add new ones for other actions we need.

For example, the following given function is: Transliterate selected text. We have already talked about text transliteration in this topic, so if you wish, you can see what it is.

Let's say the combination of these keys is not suitable for us to remember. Let's change it to a more suitable one:

Note: When we enter new keys, you need to press them on the keyboard at the same time, and they themselves will be written in this new key combination selection field.

Exception programs section

In this section, you can specify for which programs we do not want auto-switching to work, i.e. so that Punto Switcher does not switch layouts automatically. Thus, I have indicated special program, in which I create and store logins and passwords:

AutoCorrect section

Quite a valuable function, especially when we often write the same sentences or phrases.

May be, emails to a friend we always begin with the phrase: “ Hello, Konstantin!».

Here we can indicate, for example, any short word or letters that we will associate with the longer phrase we need:

Now, when writing a letter, we can simply write the desired short phrase, the full phrase for this short autocorrect will pop up:

Click Enter for autocorrect. Ready!

Additional language in Punto Switcher

Some users may need to add additional language keyboard layouts, for example, Ukrainian language.

To do this, right-click on the Punto Switcher icon, select Advanced -> System Properties:

Select Ukrainian language from the list:

Ukrainian language added! All you have to do is click Apply and Ok:

I don’t use the other settings in the Punto Switcher program yet - I don’t see any particular need for them. But perhaps in your case something will be useful. For example it could be Diary, which saves everything we write on the computer, if, of course, we enable it in the settings for such a task.

In general, look at the rest of the settings yourself. If you don’t understand, write in the comments, and we’ll discuss it.

The popular Punto Switcher program from Yandex, which is used to switch keyboard layouts on a computer, can save all text information, which was typed from the keyboard. In Punto Switcher, you can enable the “Diary” function, in which all entries typed using the keyboard will be saved.

Punto Switcher can be used as a keylogger. Don't be alarmed, this information will remain on your computer, your data will not be transferred anywhere from your local computer.

The diary helps the user not to lose information that is important to him, for example, to restore typed text. However, with this function you can keep track of your children or other family members who have access to this computer.

Clipboard manager programs that save user data have similar functions. On my website you can read an article about the program.

The following will be saved in the Punto Switcher diary: search queries entered in the browser, chat correspondence social network(of course, only that part of the text that was entered from the keyboard of your computer), communication in instant messengers, typing in documents, entering search queries in browsers, etc. In general, what was entered somewhere using the keyboard of this computer.

In the diary you can view and search for the necessary information. Entries saved in the diary can be deleted partially or completely. You can turn off journaling in Punto Switcher at any time.

Punto Switcher Diary

You can enable diary keeping in Punto Switcher in two ways: from the context menu, and from the main program window. To do this, click on the program icon in the notification area. In the context menu that opens, select “Settings...” to go to the main program window.

If you click on the “Advanced” item, you can select the “Keep a diary” item. To configure the diary settings, you will still need to open the main program window.

In the Punto Switcher Settings window, open the Diary tab. Here you will need to activate two items: “Keep a diary” and “Automatically save the contents of the clipboard.” After these settings, all texts that will be typed on the keyboard of this computer will be saved in the diary.

With the default settings, entries shorter than two words will not be saved to ensure security. This is done so that the program does not remember logins and passwords, as well as meaningless words. You can limit the time during which the program will store entries in the diary. If necessary, you can change these settings to more suitable ones.

To record selected text in a document or from the Internet in a diary, you can assign hotkeys. In the “Hot Keys” tab, select “Write selected text in a diary”, and then select, at your discretion, the corresponding keyboard keys.

You can add exception programs to the diary. To do this, first uncheck the box next to “Keep a diary in exception programs”, and then in the “Exception programs” tab, add programs that should not save data in the diary when working in them.

To protect the data that will be saved in the diary, you should set a password. To do this, click on the “Set password...” button.

In the “Punto Switcher Diary” window that opens, you will need to enter the password for the program diary, and then repeat it. Take password security seriously so that you don't have problems if you lose your password. The password will not be recoverable. The best option– using a password manager program, such as the free KeePass program.

To change the password, you will need to enter first Old Password and then a new one. To delete a password, the fields for the new password should be left blank.

That's it, now to open the diary in Punto Switcher you will need to enter a password. Other users will not be able to open the diary in the program without knowing the password.

You can open the diary from the main window Punto programs Switcher, or from the context menu. First, open the program window in the “Diary” tab, and then click on the “Open Diary” button.

If a password has been set for the Punto Switcher diary, then you will need to enter the password for the diary in the appropriate window.

After this, the “Punto Switcher Diary” window will open. This window will display the text that was entered from the keyboard of this computer. The date, application name, and text entered in the application using the keyboard will be displayed here.

IN in this case, this is a conversation on Skype, and search query, introduced in Mozilla browser Firefox.

If necessary, you can copy part of the text, or all the text from the Punto Switcher Diary to the clipboard to paste it into the right application. It will be possible to export all the contents of the diary to separate file, in RTF format.

For search necessary information in the diary you can select a date, navigate through dates, and use the built-in search.

Deleting Punto Switcher Diary

From the “Diary” tab, you can delete all the contents of the Punto Switcher diary by clicking on the “Clear diary” button. To confirm the deletion of data, you will need to enter a password if a password was set for the diary.

You can also delete all entries from the diary window. To do this, go to the “Edit” menu, and then select “Clear Diary”. You can delete entries for a specific date by selecting the date in the settings, after clicking on the “Delete shown entries” item.

Punto Switcher as a keylogger

Basically, normal settings programs, if diary keeping was enabled in Punto Switcher, allow you to collect all necessary information. Provided that the other user does not know that Punto Switcher can record text typed using the keyboard.

For more covert collection of information, you can make the following settings:

In the main window of the Punto Switcher program, in the “General” tab, in the “Basic” and “Advanced” sections, uncheck the boxes next to all items except the “Run when Windows starts” item.
In the “Sounds” tab, click on the “Mute all” button.

After this, the Punto Switcher program will not manifest itself in any way on your computer. The application will remember the entered text, saving it in the diary.

Conclusions of the article

The Punto Switcher diary allows you to save text typed on your computer so as not to lose important information. The Punto Switcher program can be used as a keylogger (keylogger) on your computer to obtain information about the actions of other users of this computer.

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Today I want to continue the conversation about useful programs.

In fact, when working with website design, when adding new materials, we definitely use a number of auxiliary utilities - unnoticeable, but which have already become almost irreplaceable. For example, our today's hero is used to switch keyboard layouts and is called Punto Switcher. I won’t exaggerate if I say that the vast majority of RuNet users probably already have it.

Punto Switcher is very convenient, simple and, importantly, reliable program, which allows you to forget about how you actually switch the keyboard layout on your computer. But in addition to its main function, it also has a number of quite convenient functions, such as transliterating the contents of the clipboard, saving its history (the last 30 copies to the clipboard), forcing a keyboard layout change, autocorrect (you can assign frequently used words and phrases to hot keys) and much more.

Features of the free Punto Switcher program

Of course, most additional Punto capabilities Other programs also have Switcher, but this utility is already on your computer and will be loaded along with the operating system anyway. Therefore, I personally find the set of features that it provides quite convenient, with the exception of the function of saving clipboard history. For this purpose, I use another program (Clipdiary), the capabilities of which will also be described at the end of this article.

So, Punto Switcher has always been a free program. Personally, I’ve been using it for about ten years and have become so accustomed to it that working on a computer without it not only causes me discomfort, but downright infuriates me and over time can drive me crazy. In general, I don’t quite understand why the great and terrible Melkosoft shouldn’t pre-install a similar feature in its operating system, because it’s very convenient not to bother with which keyboard layout you’re currently trying to type text in.

Some time ago the program development team Punto Switcher came under the wing of Yandex, who has since been tirelessly promoting it even on his own, and I think that Yandex has its own reason for this.

I won’t say that Bar is a bad addition, but Yandex’s interest here is obvious - to popularize its search and at the same time be able to collect statistics on user behavior on the sites they visit. Remember about and related to them new way assessing the quality of content on the site? There are different Bars there and can be one of the sources of collecting this very data. But this in no way diminishes the merits of the Punto Switcher, and from the installation additional set you can refuse. We have a democracy after all.

That. you can always download Punto Switcher absolutely free and at the same time not be afraid that free utility a rootkit or Trojan may be introduced, because it is not anyone who is responsible for this, but the “Runet mirror” itself. After installation, it will automatically be added to startup and will delight you with the appearance of the corresponding tray icon after each launch operating system.

That's it, now you can forget (forget) which hot keys on your computer were used to activate the keyboard layout switch. Punto will analyze the characters you enter on the fly and if such a combination of letters is statistically unlikely for the set in this moment keyboard layout, then it will happen automatic switching even while you are typing word symbols.

Switching the layout will be accompanied by a sound signal, similar to carriage return on a typewriter. If, while typing a word, the Punto Switcher program is unable to finally decide on in the right language, then it will definitely do this when you press the spacebar. She also makes mistakes, but quite rarely.

However, you always have the option to manually change the selected layout. To cancel wrong choice just press a key on the keyboard Pause/Break. True, this can only be done for the last word typed, until you have yet started typing the next one. This is somewhat inconvenient, but you can get used to it.

Probably, it is precisely because of the sometimes occurring errors when choosing a keyboard layout and the lack of knowledge of how this can be influenced that there are still haters of Punto Switcher who are prejudiced towards this program. But still she has many more fans. So let's try to go through its settings and look at those additional features, which it provides us (except for switching layouts).

So, by default, Punto will launch automatically when the operating system boots and it will live in the tray (bottom right) in the form of an icon with a visual display of the typing language currently used. That's why language bar, displayed by default in Windows, you can deactivate.

To access the Switcher settings, you need to right-click on the icon of this program and select “Settings” from the context menu:

There is nothing particularly interesting on the general settings tab:

True, at the bottom of the settings window you have the opportunity to assign your own hotkeys to manually switch keyboard layouts different from what you had selected in Windows. I personally manual switching I haven’t used layouts since I first installed Punto Switcher on my computer. It never occurred to me to uncheck “Auto switching”, because then why would I need this utility.

Clipboard manager in Punto Switcher and Clipdiary

The only thing I changed was to remove the check mark from the “Show useful tips" On the Advanced tab, you can check or uncheck the box "Monitor clipboard":

Punto Switcher has a so-called clipboard manager that can save the last thirty additions to it. If you check the box shown in the screenshot, the program will begin storing a stack of the thirty most recent copies to the buffer. You can access the contents of this manager in several ways:

By calling the clipboard manager in one way or another, you will see its contents:

That. to paste something previously saved into the buffer into the desired place, you need to place the mouse cursor in this place, call up the clipboard history view in Punto (it is best to set it first to a hotkey combination), find the line with the fragment you are interested in and click on it mouse. In general, everything is simple.

The operating clipboard itself Windows systems stores data transferred to it directly in random access memory and erases old post when adding a new one. This leads to two main disadvantages standard tool Windows:

inability to add several fragments to the clipboard at once
When the computer restarts or crashes, data from the standard clipboard is lost

In fact, when permanent job With texts, it is often necessary to use a clipboard story. The add-on to Punto Switcher described just above solves these problems, but I personally think the stack of thirty values is too small, and there are not enough search functions for the buffer history.

Therefore, in addition to Punto Switcher, I also use separate program. For personal, non-commercial use, this utility can be download for free. It will automatically register itself in autoload and all you have to do is set a hotkey combination in its settings to open a window with the history of the clipboard.

To do this, left-click on the Clipdiary icon with a yellow folder and select from top menu“File” - “Settings”.

Now everything that you copy to the clipboard using ctrl+c and ctrl+x, as well as through the context menu, will be saved on your hard drive in the Clipdiary database. In the settings, you can set the number of stored records from the clipboard and, if necessary, clean the database:

In Clipdiary you can search through the history of the buffer and, what is not unimportant, everything that you now copy into it will be stored not in volatile memory, but on the hard drive. This once saved me from re-writing part of an article when an unexpected power surge forced the computer to reboot.

Transliteration in Punto Switcher, case change and autocorrect

But let's return to Punto Switcher. So, as you can see, in its settings it is possible to attach quite a lot of actions to hotkeys, except for showing the clipboard history, which we have already discussed in detail.

I still really like it and I use it all the time - auto-correct option:

You assign a key combination and paste any text, code, etc. onto it. I personally use autocorrect quite actively and I have many combinations configured in Punto Switcher (for all occasions). For example, I can touch-type quite quickly (thanks to ), but only on the Russian keyboard layout. But I have troubles with the Latin alphabet.

Therefore, I preferred to assign all the terms in Latin, which I often use in many articles, to the autocorrect hotkeys in Punto (for example, the words Joomla, WordPress, VirtueMart, WebMoney, Html and others).

I’m almost blindly entering given combinations to insert the desired word while typing the same word into Latin layout causes me some inconvenience (I need to rise from a lying position on a computer chair to a sitting position and begin the unusual process of searching for the necessary keys on the keyboard).

I also periodically add links to new publications in old articles that would be appropriate in the course of the story. Thus I improve this important factor promotions like internal linking. It is more convenient for me to make changes to texts in, because there is the possibility of rolling back. But not in notepad++ visual editor, and therefore, to insert a hyperlink, I would have to write its code every time according to all the rules of the Html language.

P.S. Now I have discovered the WebEdit plugin in Notepad++, which adds the buttons I need to the toolbar:

AutoCorrect in Punto Switcher allows you to automate this process by setting the opening and closing HTML tags links to two hotkey combinations. To do this, you need to click the “Add” button in the settings (see the screenshot above) and enter the desired sequence of characters, which will then be replaced with the text or code fragment you need:

When you have configured all the autocorrect combinations you need, you can select in the Punto Switcher settings which button will be used to perform it. There are two options, of which the first one suits me best (Enter or Tab), because... Autocorrect by pressing the spacebar sometimes worked for me in the wrong place.

Now, based on our example, we can insert two letters X in a row “xx” in the text (or two “hch” in the Russian layout), and then press the “Tab” key on the keyboard.. In my opinion, this is very convenient. Yes, there are many programs that implement autocorrect, but you already have Punto Switcher installed and you don’t need to mess up the operating system with anything else.

Now let's go to the settings again and go to the "Hot Keys" tab. The most interesting things there seem to me to be the already assigned combinations in the first four lines:

I have already mentioned the first of them - this is canceling the erroneous switching of the layout using the “Pause/Break” key. Punto Switcher sometimes makes mistakes and if you notice this right away, you can press “Pause/Break” to change the layout of the last entered word. If you noticed this later, you can highlight the right word or words and then press hot combination keys "Shift+Pause/Break"— the layout of the highlighted words will change.

Sometimes it is necessary change the case of letters in a word to the opposite (for example, if you typed text with “Caps Look” turned on) and for this, Punto Switcher provides the “Alt+Pause/Break” hotkey combinations. You will need to select the entire word(s) or just a few problematic letters, and then press “Alt+Pause/Break” on the keyboard - the case of the selected letters will change to the opposite.

And, finally, another very convenient feature integrated into this utility, which I regularly use, is the ability to translate the language (i.e., not a direct translation, as, for example, in, but namely the replacement of Russian letters with Latin ones in sound). Transliteration is used to write Russian words with Latin letters. Why might this be necessary?

The whole point here is that for search engines(in particular, Yandex) the use of transliteration in pages is the best option rather than using Russian characters or words in English. No, of course, transliteration will not give you a hundred points ahead, but it may be the last straw that allows you to get and stay in the Top search results. You should not neglect its use.

So, Punto Switcher allows you to instantly transliterate a selected fragment of Russian text. To do this, use a hotkey combination "Alt+Scroll/Lock". Fast and easy. Personally, I use this feature to transliterate the names of image files added to my blog content.

The fact is that optimizing images comes down not only to using the necessary ones, but it would also be advisable to use a transliteration of the same keys in the name of the image file.

In addition, you can use the possibility of instant transliteration using Punto Switcher in Joomla. The fact is that when activated, you will have to fill out the “Nickname” field yourself when writing articles. The contents of this field will be added to Url address pages with this article and to improve search engine optimization It is best to use transliteration.

That. you can copy the title of the article in the “Nickname” field, place a dash between the words and transliterate the entire text using Punto Switcher (“Alt+Scroll/Lock”). Although I personally prefer to use a component that does all this automatically, there are cases when using this component is either ineffective or not possible.

In general, you will probably need to use transliteration, change layout and register using hot keys Punto keys. Of course, you can say that everything I described in this article is trifles and meaningless trifles.

But here it is necessary to make allowances for the fact that these little things from the Punto Switcher arsenal bring a slight simplification to the routine that any webmaster does every day. Believe me, you will feel relief immediately and will remember it for a long time. kind words the authors of the program for such insignificant, but very trifles that make life easier.

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Punto Switcher Settings

You can enter the settings of the Punto Switcher program from the notification area. After right-clicking on the program icon, select “Settings” from the context menu.

After this, the “Punto Switcher Settings” window will open. 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 you should switch the keyboard layout and in which cases you should not do this
Exception programs - you can add programs to the list in which you will need to disable automatic keyboard layout switching
Troubleshooting - Here you can add some additional settings if problems arise
AutoCorrect - in this section you can specify 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 responds to quick presses keys in order to avoid conflicts with normal system shortcuts.

You can perform any actions using the Punto Switcher program using hot keys, or including necessary functions, after 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 will be able to: change the layout, transliterate, check spelling, view history, additionally you can enable journaling, view your diary, create an autocorrect list, send the selected text to Twitter, view system properties, convert numbers to text.

Using 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.

Fixing typing errors in Punto Switcher

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

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

You can manually cancel switching the keyboard layout on the last word entered. Let's say there are some English words in the Russian text that the program wants to convert into Russian, or there is a typo. To do this, you will need to press the “Pause/Break” key. You can also select 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) - using this key you can forcefully change the input language last word, or selected text.

When entering abbreviations that do not follow the rules, errors in the alteration of these words are possible. You can disable abbreviation correction 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 do not 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 select any other keys.

In Punto Switcher settings, go to the “Hot Keys” section. Select the action you want to change. In our case, this is a replacement for the “Break” key (Pause/Break). Click on 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 on the keyboard on the desired key, 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.

Changing case, transliteration, spell checking

To change the case, the program has the key combination “Alt” + “Pause/Break”. You will need to highlight the text and then press the given keyboard keys. As a result, everything capital letters will become CAPITAL, and capital letters, on the contrary, in capitals.

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

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

There are no rules for a unified Russian transliteration yet, so the text will be rewritten according to Yandex rules.

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

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

Conclusions of the article

The free program Punto Switcher from Yandex automatically changes the keyboard layout, makes corrections in the typed text, performs autocorrection, transliteration, spell checking, and saves the typed data in a diary.

If, when typing, you look not at the screen, but at the keyboard, then the Punto Switcher is coming to you - quite likely ads from Yandex. Well, jokes aside, let's figure it out: what kind of program is Punto Switcher and how to use it?

How to work with the Punto Switcher program.

Quite a trivial story: while working in a text editor, we get distracted by a call, after talking, hang up, and type more than a thousand characters of text. We return our gaze to the screen, and on it, instead of what we expected, there is Latin abracadabra! Remember the joke about admins: there are those who make backups, and there are those who will make backups. There is a similar case here.

ATTENTION. The Punto Switcher program in some sources is personified with a straw laid in advance that can save you from losing a piece of completed work.

In fact, not everything is so simple and unambiguous. For example, auto-switching layouts when accidentally typing incorrectly is a lifesaver. But what if this was what you intended? As always, knowledge comes to the rescue. Let's take a closer look at what this program is and how to use the Switch for yourself:

Own rules

Punto Switcher, as an automatic language switcher, is based on an analysis of the impossibility of certain letter combinations and word forms. When such cases occur, the keyboard layout automatically changes. But what if in our case this is not necessary? The user can add his own rules to the “Dictionary” if the application’s reaction for you is the opposite of what you expected.

Option 1

After activating the Punto Switcher (PS) icon in the taskbar with the right mouse, you need to go to the “Settings” menu and on the “Switching Rules” tab click the “Add” button.

Here you need to enter a phrase for the new rule. Among the conditions for its fulfillment may be a complete match, a match at the beginning of a word, or anywhere. You can additionally set case sensitivity. After entering, the new rule is confirmed by clicking OK.

Option 2

In the “Settings” of “Switching Rules” there is a function “Prompt to add a rule... in a row”. Enabled by checking the box. It is needed to indicate the number of cancellations. After working out this amount, the program will offer to create one of the rules again.

Option 3

The third option is to contact the developers, for which you need to contact them at [email protected].

Automatic password switching

IN standard fields For passwords, the layout does not switch. But some browsers (for example, Internet Explorer) use non-standard fields. In such cases, switching may occur, especially if the entered word does not have password characteristics. When converting a password, pressing any cursor key (with an arrow) will prevent this event from happening (this mechanism for canceling can be used everywhere).

IN general settings basically pay attention to two checkboxes: one of them sets autorun simultaneously with the start of Windows, and the second one turns on or off the auto-switching mode.

The “Hot Keys” window is designed to assign keys or combinations for actions you expect from the program. Accordingly, they (keys) can be set properties for calling settings, for switching, converting (transliteration) and other commands.

This window is intended to list programs in which Punto Switcher will always be disabled.

Using the “AutoCorrect” feature reliably reduces typing time. By assigning a value to some abbreviation in this window, you will get automatic appearance in the text of the intended phrase (pay attention to the checkboxes for additional settings).