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== Key Layout Modification == When looking for a new keyswitch layout, a new PCB is required. However, if you're looking just to move your keycaps, you can do just that, then switch your keyboard layout in your OS to the layout you'd like. There are two common layouts, ANSI and ISO. There are keycaps available for both, on any of the retailers you can find online. Take your keyboard apart, and desolder the switches, if you want to keep or resell them. Take the new PCB and solder the switches onto the PCB, and add the keycaps you'd like to the switches (be sure they match the layout) then reattach the case around the new layout. If it doesn't fit, then find one that does, on a retailer of your choosing. Some common layouts include Qwerty, Azerty, Dvorak, Coder's Dvorak, Colemak, and Workman.
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