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Monkey With A Type

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 4:13 am
Post subject: Dvorak Qwerty switchable wanted.
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I've been looking on the internet for a few hours now...

I'm building a new computer, and thought I might as well get myself a proper
DVORAK at the same time. I type DVORAK well now, and want a keyboard that
can switch to QWERTY with a button press so my wife or daughter can use the
computer when needed.

I found a few nice Kinesis keyboards that will do this, but find it hard to
pay $250 for a keyboard. Although the ergo features sure look appealing.

I know I can switch the setting in the Keyboard menu on my PC, but I'd
rather have a simple switch to avoid the hassle.

Anybody know of a good keyboard that will do this?

Thanks.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 12:28 pm
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Monkey With A Typewriter wrote:
 > I've been looking on the internet for a few hours now...
 >
 > I'm building a new computer, and thought I might as well get myself a
 > proper DVORAK at the same time. I type DVORAK well now, and want a
 > keyboard that can switch to QWERTY with a button press so my wife or
 > daughter can use the computer when needed.
 >
 > I found a few nice Kinesis keyboards that will do this, but find it hard
 > to pay $250 for a keyboard. Although the ergo features sure look
 > appealing.
 >
 > I know I can switch the setting in the Keyboard menu on my PC, but I'd
 > rather have a simple switch to avoid the hassle.


What OS do you use? In Win2K the keyboard layout can be changed with 2
mouse clicks, or 2 key presses.

Ben
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 5:24 am
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I'm using Windows Millennium, but will change to XP on my new machine.

How do you change on Win2K with 2 presses btw?



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"Ben Pope" <spam RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Monkey With A Typewriter wrote:
  > > I've been looking on the internet for a few hours now...
  > >
  > > I'm building a new computer, and thought I might as well get myself a
  > > proper DVORAK at the same time. I type DVORAK well now, and want a
  > > keyboard that can switch to QWERTY with a button press so my wife or
  > > daughter can use the computer when needed.
  > >
  > > I found a few nice Kinesis keyboards that will do this, but find it hard
  > > to pay $250 for a keyboard. Although the ergo features sure look
  > > appealing.
  > >
  > > I know I can switch the setting in the Keyboard menu on my PC, but I'd
  > > rather have a simple switch to avoid the hassle.
 >
 >
 > What OS do you use? In Win2K the keyboard layout can be changed with 2
 > mouse clicks, or 2 key presses.
 >
 > Ben
 > --
 > I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 2:43 pm
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Monkey With A Typewriter wrote:
 > I'm using Windows Millennium, but will change to XP on my new machine.
 >
 > How do you change on Win2K with 2 presses btw?

Control Panel -> Keyboard -> Input Locales.

Install more than one.

a) Tick the box at the bottom for getting an icon in the taskbar. Two
clicks to use it.

b) Set up hot keys. Two-Three keys to use it.

Ben
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 2:07 am
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Hmmm... I just found how to change the keyboard on the ME system I'm using.
I set one keyboard as Dvorak US and the other setting as 101 Canadian
English. Left Alt+Shift then changes between the two. Cool!




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 > Monkey With A Typewriter wrote:
  > > I'm using Windows Millennium, but will change to XP on my new machine.
  > >
  > > How do you change on Win2K with 2 presses btw?
 >
 > Control Panel -> Keyboard -> Input Locales.
 >
 > Install more than one.
 >
 > a) Tick the box at the bottom for getting an icon in the taskbar. Two
 > clicks to use it.
 >
 > b) Set up hot keys. Two-Three keys to use it.
 >
 > Ben
 > --
 > I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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