Haha - I sat at my PC intending advancing my 3 narrative items but hit -- typing issues
After 'crunching the issue' I noticed a strip 'a keys - the #9 key, the "o", "l" and period key were suddenly dead!
I thought of trying to write avoiding the consonant, vowel, digit and punctuation, but the challenge proved too daunting
...as the last sentence proves.
SO... I composed this blogpost on my phone, emailed it to myself to cut & paste into this blog post to explain that I'm spending my Saturday buying a new keyboard instead of advancing the tales of Katherine, Olive or Chloe.
I'm old enough to remember that I can use keys like Alt-76 or Alt108 to work around the 'dead keys' issue... but honestly, I'd rather dig my car out of a snowbank and raid my XMas budget for a replacement keyboard.
That's a weirdly ambitious kind of lazy... I'll confess to it, but not apologize for it. :-)
I have SO much more I want to write. So many places I want to take these people. But doing it without the letters L or O and as one lonnnnng run on sentence with no period key, is too daunting a challenge! (It seems living without the number 9 isn't so much of a problem)
Thanks for your patience while I wrangle with the 'real world'. :-}
K@
PS: Thank heaven my PC pwd hasn't any 'dead characters' in it - else U wdn't even be reading THIS! :-D
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KB-problem
All depending on the used KB. On my KB I had the wanted sign at the right end of the keyline that starts with Q W E R T and so on. Other way to make this is to use the ASCII code for the wanted sigm. On my KB I first key the two dots and the the wanted letter like / ¨ / and then the / e / and that will send / ë / to the screen.In the same way as one use / ^ / and / ~ /.
Good luck with the testing. And Happy Noël .
Ginnie
GinnieG
*meh*
Thankfully keyboards are cheap. In-a-pinch keyboards can be under 10 bucks if there is a good clearance or even a thrift shop.
Thank you for your hard work.
USB keyboard
Most keyboard now a days are USB. If your's is, try unplugging the keyboard and plugging it into a different USB port before you declare it dead.
We the willing, led by the unsure. Have been doing so much with so little for so long,
We are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
On screen keyboard
When my keyboard went south I downloaded an on screen keyboard app. It worked quite well, much like tablet or phone keyboards I keep it on hand just in case. There are several free ones available.
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on screen keyboard?
Windows actually has one built it, it's located in the ease of access stuff, or just type "onscreen keyboard" in the search bar.
I find it's good for an emergency but not a good substitute
We the willing, led by the unsure. Have been doing so much with so little for so long,
We are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
OR
you could just clean the keyboard, which is usually the problem. It's not hard.
L
Well i suppose you could write in Jappanese, they don't use 'L' either. :P
Write in Japanese to avoid
Write in Japanese to avoid those pesky "L"s? Excellent idea!
Noeru, noeru, noeru, noeru
Isuraeru no ō ga umareru!
(Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel!)
Kris
{I leave a trail of Kudos as I browse the site. Be careful where you step!}
Just to toss something in.
Just to toss something in. If you lose a section of keys - not just one - on a keyboard, it means that there's a physical problem with the circuit board or wiring. Unplugging your keyboard won't help. Replacement is the only financially reasonable way to go; you can get a keyboard in most office supply or tech stores for less than $10. Some, you can get them for _three_.
The only exceptions to this are 1) laptop keyboard, and you poured something into it. and 2) laptop keyboard, and you ended up with the num lock turned on, and now all of your right hand keys are typing numbers and characters. With number 1, it's sometimes cost effective to pull the keyboard out and stick it either in the dishwasher, or run hot water through it. With either, then flush it with 91% isopropyl alcohol, at a minimum. (preferably while it's still warm). That helps pull most of the water out of the system, while also flushing any mineral residues. Then dry it. I usually stand it upright on a towel, and wander off for a couple of days. Water heater closet (airing cupboard?) can sometimes help speed the drying, as can a hair dryer or heater on low. You have to be careful with that, because it _can_ warp the keys or backplane. I've resurrected a few laptops that way.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
I bought a new USB KB due to
I bought a new USB KB due to sticking keys and it cost me a massive AU$10.00 so it should be cheaper in the US with the exchange rate at about US$0.74 to our AU$1.00
Haha. I'm embarrassed to admit how little the replacement cost
...that is if I had only stopped at the new keyboard.
Alas, tech stores (MicroCenter in my case) are as dangerous as shoe stores!
I always go in for one thing and come out with far more than intended.
...at least the keyboard won't give me blisters... ;-)
K@
MicroCenter.... $3.99 for
MicroCenter.... $3.99 for their standard 'not on sale but cheap'.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.