Hi Esther. I have thought of a hardware problem, I am not sure, we will try this.
Thank you. Best regards Annie. 2010/6/27, Esther <[email protected]>: > Hi Annie, > > This is beginning to sound as though the input keyboard or some such > setting was changed. If the Num lock key is activated, you will not > be able to type anything under "q w e r t y" and you will only start > getting numbers under the right hand part of that row of keys "4 5 6 > *". Macbook models in 2008 and later don't have Num lock keys. The > closest thing you can do is to turn on Mouse Keys under the Universal > Access menu of System Preferences. Mouse Keys is a keyboard setting > that lets users with motion disabilities move the position of the > cursor with the numeric keypad keys, so the "5" key represents the > current position of the cursor, and if you press the key above it > ("8") your cursor moves up one screen pixel, while if you press the > key below it ("2") you move down one screen pixel, and similarly for > motions to the left ("4"), right ("6"), and diagonally up the left > ("7") or right ("9") and diagonally down to the left ("1") or right > ("3"). When they took away the embedded numeric keypad on the Mac > laptops, they had to leave these functions in for Mouse Keys, so the > "7 8 9", "u i o", and "j k l" keys on the Macbook keyboard took the > place of the numbers 1-9 on the numeric keypad for cursor movement. > Normally, you have to select Mouse Keys from the Universal Access menu > to turn it on. There is a check box to allow you to press the option > key 5 times in succession to turn Mouse Keys on or off. You hear a > kind of chittering noise when that happens. > > If your friend can type on the left side of the keyboard (or anywhere > outside of the keys I mentioned) and get characters, even if they are > strange ones or numbers, then it sounds as though the input keyboard > has gotten switched in some weird fashion. I think (I'm not sure) > that control of the input keyboard is in a preference file called > com.Apple.HIToolbox.plist in your user Library/Preferences folder. > That is, if you are in Finder, and go to your Home directory (Command- > Shift-H), then use Command-Shift-G (for "Go to Folder") and type in: > "Library/Preferences" (without the quotation marks) and press return, > you'll be in the Preferences folder where you can find the > com.Apple.HIToolbox.plist file. If you move this out of that > directory, your machine should reset to using the default values. (I > know that's a peculiar file name, but I think it stands for "Human > Interface Toolbox"). > > The problem is, I don't know how to switch or navigate with the > keyboard in its current state. Is it possible to just shut down and > reboot? Also, is there another user account that can be used? I keep > a test account so that I can check whether odd behavior is due to a > strange state or setting in my account -- such as corrupted plist > files -- as opposed to a problem with the Mac as a whole. Also, I set > up my Sharing preferences so that I can do a remote login -- even to > my own account if something is frozen. Then I can log in and make > changes through the Terminal. Those are most of my current thoughts. > Is it possible that your friend could have turned on mouse keys? Are > there other characters that appear when the left side of the keyboard > is used? This sounds pretty enigmatic; could it simply be a hardware > wiring problem with the keyboard? > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jun 27, 2010, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > >> Hi Esther. >> >> I know that my frends macbook is newer, I think it is from 2009. So it >> does not work with f6 or fn+f6. But I can not find anything about how >> it can be done on a newer mac. >> >> Hope you can help. >> >> Best regards Annie. >> >> 2010/6/27, Esther <[email protected]>: >>> Hi Annie, >>> >>> If your friend's Macbook was made earlier than about November 2007 >>> and >>> has the Num lock key, then you're correct, you can toggle it off with >>> either Fn+F6 or F6. The first combination is more likely for >>> VoiceOver use. It depends on your Keyboard setup under System >>> Preferences -- whether you have the box checked for "Use all F1, F2, >>> etc. keys as standard function keys" on the first tab of the Keyboard >>> & Mouse Menu. But either Fn+F6 or just F6 should switch the Num lock >>> key off. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On Jun 27, 2010, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all. >>>> >>>> One of my friends has made a mistake and got activated the num >>>> lock on >>>> his mac book. How is it possible to deactivate it again. I thought >>>> it >>>> was fn +f6, but I am not sure about that, it does not work on my own >>>> mac. >>>> >>>> The problem is that the row with the letters q w e r t y u i o shows >>>> numbers instead of letters. >>>> >>>> Best regards Annie. >>>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
