Temporary Keyboard Fix Needed

Hi there all,
Happy Easter to you.

I've got a keyboard that has problems - a few of the keys don't work, which is awkward but most can be got around...except one - the minus/underscore doesn't work. How can is there an alternative way of making this (the underscore) appear, or of reprogramming a key (such as } ) to be underscore ?

DumbQuestion
28.March.2016

 

Try this program: 'AutoHotKey'

 

You should still try another keyboard (even if a notebook) to make sure it is the actual keyboard and not something else.

I use ASCII codes all the time. The more common ones for me include:

alt + 248 = °
alt + 0177 = ±
alt + 230 = µ
alt + 0163 = £
alt + 0162 = ¢

 

thanks, plodr. as a matter of fact I am already using num lock numeric keypad to get - ( top rightmost key. it's an MS700 wireless, have you ever tried to buy just the keyboard (from a seller who is not an extortionist ?)). The 5 6 and + keys don't work either Didn't your keyboard have SHIFT 3 which gives me £ ? I'm thinking I need degrees too, atm I'm using just C. But I am using it in conjunction with my (broken) laptop, tho' k/b & mouse pad are fine on that.

Using those code's along with Autohotkey should ease things a lot.

Thanks Digerati, your message was in before I had completed mine (typing speed < 1 character per second)

DumbQuestion
28.March.2016

HPm Pavilion dm4-1050ea

 

There are plenty of good quality cheap keyboards (usb or wireless) to buy from many many suppliers. I have a particularly good wireless KB and mouse that I bought from the fantastic German discount store Lidl. It was dirt cheap and works like a dream.

 

Thank you for that tip Max. Was it a giant Lidl ?

Dumb_Question
28.March.2016

 

Here in the UK all the Lidl (and Aldi - also great) are medium size stores.

 

I didn't realize that, I have been in some small ones and some medium sized, and I believed that the absence of supersized ones was of because of where I lived.

Dumb_Question
28.March.2016

 

Brand new Microsoft keyboard and mouse for $20 US: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microsoft...816275?hash=item3f5fd64013:g:esMAAOSwxp9W-Yv4

 

Silly Americans !

odd thing, alt + 9 [from above OP) 5 [from numeric keypad] gives me ♣
alt + 9 [from numeric keypad] 5 [from numeric keypad] gives me _

there seem to other differences from using numeric keypad & number keys above QWERTY pad

Dumb_Question
29.March.2016

 

I would not have thought that. Fortunately this has not has happened to my laptop's keyboard, for it has no numeric keypad

Dumb_Question
30.March.2016