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C
HAPTER
F
IVE
:
C
USTOMIZING YOUR
K
EYBOARD
If you purchased or upgraded to a programmable model (Classic, Professional)
Contoured keyboard, you can easily customize it to maximize both comfort and
productivity. The non-volatile memory chip retains your settings even when the
power is turned off. The Professional model also includes a hidden memory-
locking switch that prevents accidental changes or erasure of the keyboard’s
memory. You can fully customize the layout for keys and foot switches, and store
words, sentences, or key combinations as macros in the keyboard’s memory.
Turning on and off audible tones
(including the Essential,
-
)
The keyboard includes change-of-state tones for
Caps Lock
(
A
),
Num Lock
(
1
),
Keypad
,
Scroll Lock
(
9
)
and
Insert
. Tones sound twice when a tone-linked action
(e.g.
Caps Lock
) is turned on, and once when it is turned off. To disable these
tones, hold down
Progrm
and press the
hyphen
(
-
) key. If you wish to turn on the
tones again, simply repeat the process. The Essential model will revert to having
tones active after a restart.
Turning on and off the key click feature
(including the Essential,
Prgrm + \
)
By default, the keyboard includes an audible electronic key click for all keys,
including the function keys. To turn off the key click, hold down
Progrm
and
press the
Backslash
key (“\” located just below the hyphen key). If you wish to
turn on the key click again, simply repeat the process. The Essential model will
revert to having tones active after a restart.
Note:
Most experienced Kinesis keyboard users find that leaving on the key click
function makes it easier to use the function keys. You can also use the “click” to
train yourself to type on the full travel keys with minimal force. These keys trigger
(and “click”) about halfway through their long (4 mm) travel. With practice, you
can stop your keystrokes before the impact of
Setting key repeat rate and repeat delay (
Progrm
+
F9
)
Holding down a key will cause it to repeat until it is released. The time it takes
until repeating begins is called “Repeat delay” and is set in the operating system’s
control panel under “keyboard.” However, with Contoured PS/2 keyboards, the
repeat rate is set from the keyboard, using
Progrm
plus
F9
.
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