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I have rarely (almost said "never" but I am prone to exaggeration and trying to grow out of it) read an note from you from which I din't learn something. Thanks for the guidance. Jim Slattery wrote: > >Harold wrote about the difficulty of typing without getting double > >letters, etc. He may already know about setting the accessibility > >features of the computer; but if not, there is one that slows down the > >typing, with a time set for each key click. You can also set a beeper > >to go off when the key has been properly engaged > > As well as unwanted repeating letters, I find that I have little feeling in > my finger-tips now, and that if I relied on touch to tell me if a key is > pressed down far enough, I often miss out letters, and have to go back and > insert them. (I am not, needless to say, a 'touch typist'. <grin>) > > Using the setting below, I can type faster and more accurately, since my > brain registers the 'click' from the PC's speaker (the one in the CPU unit, > not plug-in speakers) and I know to continue to the next key. > > The settings I use with Windows 95 are: > 1. START button/(S)ettings/(C)ontrol panel/Accessibility options > 2. Use (f)ilter keys/S(e)ttings > 3. (B)eep when keys pressed or accepted/I(g)nore quick key strokes and slow > down the repeat rate/ S(e)ttings > 4. (S)low down keyboard repeat rates/Repeat (d)elay/Short/Repeat > (r)ate/Short/Keys must be held down for: /Short > 5. OK/OK/OK. > > This sets the keys to 'click' when contact is made when pressing, sets the > repeat delay to 0.30 secs, sets the key repeat rate to 0.30 secs, and sets > the time keys must be held down before registering to 0.00 secs. > > This is the perfect setting for me. People who have less control of their > hands, and find these settings too short, might like to make the repeat > delay and repeat rate longer, or even to turn the repeat facility off > altogether, as: > > 3. (B)eep when keys pressed or accepted/Ign(o)re repeated keystrokes > 4. OK/OK. > > Sorry, I can't help non-PC users. > > Jim------------------------------------------------- > Jim Slattery - [log in to unmask] > Central West PD Web > http://www.bec.net.au/~cwpdg/ > -------------------------------------------------