[NFBCS] Insert Key on Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Type Cover

[Steve Jacobson]

Charles,

I could be wrong about this, but I suspect the problem is that the other keys that you press along with the INSERT key are not being recognized with the FN key down.  I have a similar situation with a Dell laptop and found I needed to change to the laptop configuration which uses the CAPSLOCK key as the JAWS key.  I believe that can be done with Fusion as well.  If you don't want to change the entire layout, I believe you can change just the JAWS Key, but the laptop layout can be useful, once you get used to it.  

Best regards,

Steve

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Subject: [NFBCS] Insert Key on Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Type Cover

Good day all,

Has anyone found success in getting the Insert key on the Microsoft Surface
Pro Type Cover to work as the Insert Key?

 

I just got a brand new Surface Pro 7 with a Type Cover.  What I'm finding is
that the Insert and Delete key is 1 key in the far upper right.  Delete is
the default action when the key is press and Insert requires Function to be
pressed.

 

The problem is that for starters who wants to constantly have to press
Function with the Insert key.  But even so that doesn't seem to work.  For
example if I try to tell the time with Insert + F12.  Jaws just reads the
keystroke for F12 (with verbosity set high enough of course).  It seems that
JAWS for some reason is not accepting Insert in this way.

 

It is also worth noting that I'm actually using Fusion 2020 instead of just
JAWS so that I have ZoomText available too when I absolutely need it.
However the behaviour of JAWS doesn't change if I go into just JAWS without
Fusion.  

And Finally for what it's worth, an external keyboard with an actual Insert
key does say the time as expected.  I can even press Insert on the external
keyboard and F12 on the Surface Type Cover keyboard and it tells me the
time.

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Best,

Charles

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