[nfbcs] Keyboard missing backslash

[Tracy Carcione]

I took Trevor's advice and googled remapping keys, and came up with
something called keytweak that's supposed to do the job.  I haven't got up
the energy to try it yet; too busy watching the Olympics!  But it's
supposed to do exactly what you want: remap keys on a laptop so that you
can have a Windows key is an example given for why one might want this bit
of freeware.
Tracy


> 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>
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> 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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