Jerry and All, I had the inspiration of trying the mystery key and F12 with the key identifier tin hopes that it would tell me that those keys gave the time and it did. I'll need to get used to the arrangement of keys in the six pack, but it's an insert key and that's the main thing.
Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "jerry martin" <jandymar...@clear.net> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Six Pack Keys on New Keyboard Margaret: What you can do is use the JAWS (Insert next to the numeric keypad) key along with the F1 key and press keys to learn where all of the "missing" keys are. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Thomas" <iluvtor...@cox.net> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Six Pack Keys on New Keyboard > Sorry-I should have said that the keyboard is full sized and not for a > laptop. > > Margaret > > Earlier I wrote: > > Hi All, > > My new Windows 7 machine was delivered this afternoon and it meant that I > got a new keyboard. The six pack keys on the new keyboard are arranged > differently from those of my old keyboard and there doesn't seem to be an > insert key in the six pack. The computer is a Dell and I think the > keyboard is as well. Instead of 3 columns containing 2 keys each this > keyboard has 2 columns of 3 keys each . the leftmost column moving down > is home, end, delete. The right hand column moving from top to bottom has > page up, page down, and the bottom most is silent and JAWS says nothing > with Insert 1 for key identifier. Has anyone heard of this arrangement? > Where might the Insert key that was in the six pack on the old keyboard be > on the new one? It was a long afternoon and my brain is fried and I can't > remember where to look to get the brand and model number of this keyboard. > > I did check it out very briefly, before telling my tech it would do, but > he only said to see how typing on it felt and, like a moron, I forgot to > check out the layout of the keys > > Thank you, > > Margaret. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
