Thanks, Lou.

At least I know I'm not imagining things.  (grin)

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: question on Jaws with a laptop


> Hi  Tom.
>
> It is behaving as it should.  If you read Freedom Scientific's
instructions
> on the subject, they tell you to do a double tap on the CAPS LOCK key to
> toggle the CAPS LOCK function.  That's why I tend to prefer the external
> number pads that plug into the USB port.  That way, I can keep the JAWS
key
> assigned to the INSERT key.
>
> P.S.  I have run into a rare few machines that won't toggle CAPS LOCK at
> all when JAWS or Magic is runing.  For these machines, press CAPS LOCK+3
> (that is the 3 key that is up above the E key) to issue a "pass through"
> command, and then press the CAPS LOCK key and it will toggle.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 01:48 PM 12/18/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi, again, everyone.
> >
> >I have discovered an interesting little quirk with my Dell Lattitude 610
> >laptop that my University purchased for me last year.  On this laptop, I
use
> >Jaws 7.0, and the operating system is Windows XP Pro.
> >
> >I have noticed that the caps lock key doesn't always go into "caps lock"
> >with the first push of the key.
> >
> >In fact, it seems to do so on about every other tap.
> >
> >Does this have something to do with the fact that we use the capslock key
on
> >a laptop with Jaws to toggle between the Jaws and PC cursors, and to
toggle
> >between jaws to PC, and PC to Jaws?
> >
> >The toggling functions seem to work very well with just one push of the
caps
> >lock key, but I have to hit it at least one more time to get the caps
lock
> >itself to engage.
> >
> >I have had absolutely no other problems with any of the other keys on the
> >key-board, which is what is making me believe that this has something to
do
> >with the dual functionality of the capslock key when using Jaws.
> >
> >Thanks for any thoughts anyone  can give on this.
> >
> >73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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