Re: laptop, jaws and numeric keyboard

Actually, the advantage of using a numpad with a laptop is that you can retain JAWS's full keyboard settings, as opposed to the different JAWS laptop layout, and continue using the insert key as the JAWS key. Be warned, however, that a previous thread on this or a related list indicated that sometimes the keys on the independent numpad don't always function as we expect. In my case, the 5 on the numpad won't say the current character. However, everything else works fine when I use the numpad with my laptop.

If you encounter a problem with the numpad not functioning exactly as you expect, one solution can be to reassign functions to other keystrokes. However, it is critical that the insert key work as a JAWS key. I don't recall anyone reporting that problem occurring.
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From: "Shannon Hannah" <hannah74@xxxxxxx>

I would like to buy a numeric keypad to attach to my laptop. I have a few questions: Do I have to change any of my jaws settings? If so do I have to change the settings back when I am not using the num pad? Will jaws keystrokes work on the num pad just like my desk topwhen num lock is off? I am using jaws 7.1 with XP. Thanks for any help! Shannon 

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