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  • From: Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] mac non use
  • Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:47:18 -0500

That's not what she means, she means the way the numpad acts in the
other side of the world with NumLock turned off.

You might be able to use some 3rd party software to map those keys to
the actions though.

~ian


On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:02:27 -0500, David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
wrote:
> In OS X, go to the "Universal Access" Preference and select the "Mouse" tab.
> You will see the setting to "Use numeric keypad in place of the mouse."
>
> David
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> On 11/15/04 10:47 AM, "Carol Thomson" <cthomson AT topsailtech.com> wrote:
>
> > I made the switch at home about 6 months ago after a lifetime of
> > DOS/Windows.
> > Still use Windows at work though. I love my G5 except for the keyboard. I
> > sooooo miss using the keypad as keyboard navigation. I think I'm in the
> > minority, but I trained my fingers on DOS keyboards that didn't have the
> > middle set of nav keys and old habits die hard.
> >
> > Can I make the 7, 1, 8, 2, 4 and 5 keys on the keypad function as Home,
> > End,
> > up arrow, down arrow, left arrow and right arrow by turning on Full
> > Keyboard
> > Access? And then have Home actually move my cursor to the beginning of the
> > line. Changing the decimal point to delete would be a bonus.
> >
> > I'm at work now so I can't try it.
> >
> > Carol
> >
> > Ian Meyer wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah, to get the full benefit, you have to go into the Universal
> >> Access prefs and turn on Full Keyboard Access, but its really nice.
> >>
> >
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