If you have no applications key, shift-F10 should still work. Inconvenient,
but it would work.
In the case of the Dell keyboard I had, I tried all the combinations I could
think of, and the key in the position of the Numlock key remained a delete
key in all cases. I could shift the numpad keys and get most of them to act
like non-numeric keys, but this wasn't acceptable.
I think Dell's rationale is that financial types would like to have a delete
key on their numeric pads, so Dell repurposed the numlock key for this use.
I didn't call Dell customer support, either, because sighted people who had
had trouble with this never got any satisfaction. A couple of them got
replacement keyboards from Dell which had the same issue. After about 50
Dell Community forum messages, one person mentioned that this was a problem
for JAWS users. But I think Dell has gotten too big for the right hand to
know what the left hand has done, or why.
The advantage of getting this business-oriented computer from MicroCenter
instead of Best Buy was that I could get it with Windows 7 and not be stuck
with 8.1. It needed more than a hundred patches from Windows Update when I
hooked it up, but it works well. And so far I am happy with a keyboard I
obtained for my 2005 Dell XP computer.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message-----
From: David via Talk
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 6:55 AM
To: Carol and Roger ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: speaking of Dell computers...
May be that he has to use the FN-key, along with the F-keys. For
instance, n-F12. Have a pair of eyes check the keyboard, or let him call
the place where he bought the computer, even the manufacturers customer
line, and ask for assistance.
David
On 4/24/2015 1:13 AM, Carol and Roger via Talk wrote:
My brother got a new computer with a keyboard that has a number pad. At
the place where the numlock key should be, his keyboard has a delete key
and he only has numeric function of the keypad, Does anyone on this list
have any ideas as to whether there is a numlock key somewhere? Will his
only option for using mouse keys be to use the laptop layout? Thank you.
I am sorry, but this is the only information I have about his system
except that it is running Windows 7.
Carol
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