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If you have a splitter, you may be able plug in both a keyboard and a
mouse to that port. <br>
<br>
Some laptops have the keypad built into the regular keyboard. I have a
Toshiba and I can access this number pad by pressing FN+F11 keys.
Then, by using the ALT+number combination, I can access the extended
character set. Look at the keys on the right hand side - "J", "K",
"L", etc. - and see if they have alternative labels.<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
<br>
<br>
Stuart Thiessen wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="midDD02F9D6-2756-11D9-9249-000A95DB9540@passitonservices.org">Charles,
<br>
<br>
Do you have a PS/2 port on the back of your laptop? If so, you should
be able to plug in a standard keyboard and use that with your laptop
... I have done that before. I think you have an option to use a mouse
or a keyboard there. It's at least worth a try.
<br>
<br>
Thanks,
<br>
<br>
Stuart
<br>
<br>
On Oct 26, 2004, at 7:57, Charles Butler wrote:
<br>
<br>
<blockquote>Currently I am working on a laptop, so that many of the
ways
that full-size computers use for using the "numeric keypad" for
high-numbered rare graphics don't work. I tried the disable command
you suggested and it doesn't work on this computer. Cutting and
pasting from Word is fairly easy. When I get my computer up and
working at home again, I'll try it there as it's a full-size keyboard.
<br>
<br>
Charles
<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><i>Valerie Sutton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org"><sutton@signwriting.org></a></i></b>
wrote:
<br>
SignWriting List
<br>
October 22, 2004
<br>
<br>
Charles Butler wrote:
<br>
> Tried your method, and it works for Mac but not for within my
email
<br>
> provider (yahoo) in English, and I don't have the right at work to
do
<br>
> it. I can work around it in Word, so it's not too bad.
<br>
<br>
I am glad you have a method that is working for you, Charles. But just
<br>
to clarify about the keystrokes and Language Bar...
<br>
<br>
Setting your computer up to have a Language Bar, would be changing your
<br>
computer. So forget that. But using the Dead Keystrokes, will not
<br>
change anyone's computer! It is built into the operating systems of
the
<br>
computers...
<br>
<br>
Those keystrokes are called typing "Dead Keys"...because the first
<br>
keystroke seems to be dead, in the sense that there doesn't seem to be
<br>
any response, but when you type the second key, the accent appears o!
n <br>
the symbol...
<br>
<br>
I will find the keystrokes for you, for Windows 98 and Windows XP and
<br>
get back to you...We can create a directory of Keystrokes for the
<br>
different operating systems, in case you get tired of pasting from
<br>
Word!
<br>
<br>
There is even a way to type ID numbers of rare symbols, and they will
<br>
appear in your documents...
<br>
<br>
Val ;-)
<br>
<br>
<br>
Valerie Sutton
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Sutton@SignWriting.org">Sutton@SignWriting.org</a>
<br>
<br>
1. SignWritingSite
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.SignWriting.org">http://www.SignWriting.org</a>
<br>
Read & Write Sign Languages
<br>
<br>
2. SignBankSite
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.SignBank.org">http://www.SignBank.org</a>
<br>
Sign Language Dictionaries
<br>
</blockquote>
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