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Issue with Num Pad

I have a problem with my Num. Lock key on my Toshiba Satellite C650. In fact, when I start up my computer the Num. Lock. button works fine, I can use it to activate the num pad and I even can type my ...
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Disable Mint Cinnamon Keyboard Shortcut, Shift + Numpad != Numlock

I have just started using Linux Mint with Cinnamon Desktop Environment, but I have come accross an anoying feature that I can't find out how to remove. When the num lock is off, the right numpad acts ...
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Is it possible to make the Numpad 5 button work as the Numpad Down button while Num Lock is on?

I hope someone can help me out with this; I use a laptop and I like to play games a lot that are arrow key dependent. So after a while of using my laptop, I accidentally broke the Down Arrow key. So I ...
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Entering Unicode Characters using NumPad in Chrome conflicting with Options Menu

TL;DR: Can't use E while entering Unicode on NumPad — conflicting with Options menu OK, so I finally got entering Hex Unicode chars on my laptop using the NumPad working using this answer from ...
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Numeric keys on Apple keyboard

I have an Apple keyboard. I have numeric keys on the {'J', 'k','l','u','i'.'o'.'p','m' } keys. When I set Num Lock to off, it stops Num Lock for 2 seconds, and re-enables numeric keys. I tried ...
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Any way to simulate numpad input on MacBook Air 2011?

I'm, running a 747 simulator in VMware Fusion on a mid-2011 MacBook Air. It requires the use of the numpad (its very old) to enter numbers into the CDU. I have tried FN+keys on the right side of the ...
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How to input special characters w/o numpad?

How do I type special characters (Alt+0???) in Windows on a laptop without any kind of numeric keyboard (even not one accessed by FN)? Right now I am using the NT 4 charmap (the XP one sucks), but ...
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When I type a 2 it becomes a 3

Can anyone tell me why whenever I type a 2, even using the numeric keyboard, it comes out as a 3? If I type 28 and then delete the 8 it changes to a 3. It started in email and now it's in Excel as ...
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How do you use the numpad on a MacBook Pro?

How do you use the numpad on a MacBook Pro? I've tried using the Fn key, as well as Fn + F6 but neither of them work.
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In xterm the numpad 1 and 7 buttons does not work properly

I use VNC, open an xterm, and for example when I press "NumPad7", it completes "Home" command. Also "NumPad1" is mapped to "End". How to fix this? In fact there is a code for .cshrc that does the ...
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Never disable the numeric keypad under Windows 7

Is there any way to tell Windows 7 to never disable the numeric keypad? My keyboard is a Microsoft Comfort Curve.
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Changing numpad key function when numlock is off?

So I've got a new Acer notebook and the keyboard is laid out like this: I want to be able to change the left and right arrows of the numpad to volume down and up and the 5 key to mute but still be ...
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Backlit laptop-keyboard without numpad? [closed]

I am looking for a small, light, wired keyboard without a numpad. Currently I use mac keyboard without numpad, it is good, but I would like backlight and non-flat buttons. Any recommendations?