keyboard or to some other keyboard, click on the flag icon on the upper right and select a keyboard from the dropdown menu. A flag icon corresponding to the keyboard will be displayed on the upper right. The keyboard will be switched and an appropriate font will be selected within the application.Use the dropdown menu to select the U.S.Extended Keyboard ( ). On the upper right portion of the screen, click on the American flag icon ( ).Open a software application such as a word processor, spread-sheet or any other application in which you need to enter text.Make sure you have activated all the appropriate keyboards following the instructions in the previous section.Click Add to ensure that they keyboard is activated. Extended keyboard is listed under English. Click the + putton to see a list of languages with keyboards.lick the Keyboard Preferences button at the bottom of the window to open the keyboard preferences.flag) icon on the first row of the Systems Preferences panel. Go to the Apple menu and open Systems Preferences.See the Mac Keyboard instructions for activation instructions before Mavericks.