[nfbcs] Keyboard missing backslash

[Nancy Coffman]

You can go to the my computer icon and make any key you want a shortcut for 
it through the shift f10 menu.  The challenge is finding a key that isn't 
used for something else.  Select properties from the context menu and go 
down to shortcut key then press your shortcut key.

Nancy Cofman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Keyboard missing backslash


>I don't know about backslash, but we have an old laptop with no 
>applications
> key and no windows key. Now I know the applications key is shift+F10 and
> windows key is control+escape.
> But suppose you need a windows key to use as a mode key? for example,
> windows+e to call up windows explorer, and the host of other similar
> commands? Is there a way to finger those? or is that laptop just not 
> capable
> without a separate USB keyboard?
> Just wondering.
> Happy typing.
> --le
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nancy Coffman" <nancylc at sprynet.com>
> To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 4:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Keyboard missing backslash
>
>
> One sneaky way to do it if you use a scriptable screen reader would be to
> use the keyboard manager in that program to map something else as the
> backslash.  You might need to use a different keyboard to do the mapping.
>
> Nancy Coffman
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:00 AM
> Subject: [nfbcs] Keyboard missing backslash
>
>
>> My husband's new PC doesn't have a backslash on the keyboard.  It has a 
>> <>
>> key instead.  Who the heck needs that?!
>> Is there any way to reconfigure the keyboard and make that useless <> key
>> into a backslash? Am I really the only person left who types in 
>> c:\folder?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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