keyboards
accessibility options and alternatives
alternative keyboards, 490
FilterKeys, 488-489
on-screen keyboard, 489
StickyKeys, 488
built-in, on laptops, 11
changing languages, 207-210
connectors for, 327
control keys and status lights, 199-201
customizing, 211
Delete key, 202
direction keys, 201
ergonomic, 212-213, 458-460
extended character sets
character map, 204-206
keystroke codes, 207
overview, 204
shortcuts in programs, 207
function keys, 198-199
increasing size of buffer, 211-212
Insert key, 202
laptops, 11, 213-214, 321
numeric keypad, 202
on-screen, 214-215
other navigation keys, 201
overview, 49
PS/2 versus USB versus wireless, 196
scan codes, 195-196
special keys, 213-214
special layouts, 210-211
special Windows keys, 202
typematic delay and rate, 203-204
typewriter keys, 197-198
keystroke codes, 207