Sonja McShane: > I must admit, I do miss the numeric keypad. My laptop shows a numeric keypa= > d as part of the main keyboard by having blue numbers under the relevant ke= > ys. The numbers are supposed to work instead of the letters when you press = > the Funct key and then the character key (as far as I can tell). But I can'= > t get it to work. Does anyone know how to make it work? (It's an Acer lapto= > p.) Try the "Num Lock" key. Michael Lewis -------------------------------------- Brandle Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia www.brandle.com.au -------------------------------------- ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************