Typing in Cyrillic on any keyboard
If you speak and write in Russian but do not have a Russian keyboard you may find very useful an online service www.translit.ru. There you can either use an on-screen keyboard or type directly into a frame. All of your typed text will be immediately transliterated. Besides, you may register on this site and if you do so, you may personalize the layout as you wish.
However, if you frequently need to type in Russian on your home pc it might be a better solution to download a Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator and define your own keyboard layout. You will need Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 (MSKLC will not run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME or Windows NT4) and Microsoft .NET Framework v1.0 or v1.1. You can download Microsoft .NET Framework from here. There’s a very good information on customizing keyboard layouts and some compiled layouts on Paul Gorodyansky’s page. Also, he offers a Virtual Cyrillic keyboard which you can use online.
