Re: Is it worth learning the adaptations for a laptop or instead buy an external keyboard with a numpad?
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Glenn / Lenny
Hi Michelle,
I actually don't use my number pad that much, and
when I use my laptop, there is a command for routing the jaws
cursor.
But the thing I like about a desktop keyboard over
a laptop one is not the sometimes lack of a number pad, but the closeness of the
keys on a laptop.
The function keys on laptops rarely have
separations between the three groups of four keys.
So for my laptops, I use loc dots on specific
keys.
The keys I put them on are:
F4 F8 F12
3 7 0
tab F G enter
windows key and application key
These specific keys allow me to find my way around
as quickly as I do on a desktop keyboard.
Glenn
From: Sherry Wells
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2019 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Is it worth learning the adaptations for a
laptop or instead buy an external keyboard with a numpad? There are only a few differences between using the laptop & external keyboard, mostly the insert key. If you can get used to that, I’d recommend sticking with the laptop. You’ll probably be mostly using a laptop from here on in. Attaching an external keyboard to it is clunky if you can & still want to see the screen.
You might be able to find an external numeric keypad which would be smaller & could sit right next to your laptop.
Sherry Wells From: jaws-users-list@groups.io
<jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Michelle
Bernstein
Hi everyone,
I am beginning to learn JAWS, having used Zoomtext as my reader for many years.
I use a laptop which does not have a numpad.
The JAWS support page offers an audio tutorial on how to modify my keystrokes for a laptop.
Would you recommend that I teach myself these modifications or instead purchase an external keyboard with a numpad which plugs into the laptop by a USB port?
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
Regards, Michelle Bernstein
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