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Re: [Shop-talk] keyboard help

To: John Niolon <jniolon@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] keyboard help
From: Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 17:11:38 -0700
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John - You could do it all with the mouse and skip the keyboard. Right click the cell to select it and bring up the mouse menu. Mouse over copy and left click. Go to the new cell, right click and select paste from the mouse menu. Since this is for Excel, you can also hit the enter key to paste. This works in Excel 2010. Other programs may require you to highlight the text or data first with the left mouse button before you can copy, but with a full cell in Excel, you can skip that step. I think you will find that faster than crtl-c/v.

You can also move the mouse to your right hand. I'm right handed, but on two of my work computers, I use a left mouse because I use a lot of keypad entry. With a right mouse, I'd have to constantly move my right hand between the keypad and the mouse. With the left mouse, I can move the mouse and enter numbers without extra hand movement. Try it for a few days to get used to it. After a while, you don't notice a difference.

Brian

On 5/6/2012 2:41 PM, John Niolon wrote:
my work involves a lot of excel work and similar data being copy and pasted
from one sheet to another...  my old keyboard had programmable keys and I use
a left handed mouse.  I programmed two unused keys on the right side with
<ctrl>  c and<ctrl>  v.  I'd highlight the date with the mouse in my left
hand... hit the reprogrammed copy key...switch sheets and hit the paste key...
slick, fast and easy..

new keyboard is a microsoft wireless and while it does have a 'program'
function..., it will only move keys around and not let you actually input keys
to program to that key.  None of the programs I've found on line allow  the
user to type in control functions and map it to a key...

anyone have any suggestions ???   years ago I had a Gateway computer with a
keyboard utility that actually recorded keystrokes to a key similar to a macro
I guess...

I'm not a macro writer and don't want to be... I just want to put<ctrl>  c and
<ctrl>  v on some keys and get on with my life...  it's cumbersome for a left
handed person to enter those combos with their right hand...

help ???

tia
john





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