Can't get my laptop numpad to work

Zuffox · ‎01-06-2009

Running a T500 on Windows 7. It's worth mentioning that I've never used the numpad on my laptop before. On my old Acer laptop, the numpad keys were accessed by holding Fn; those keys were, however, blue, meaning that they probably aren't accessed the same way on a Thinkpad. This also means that I can't insert Unicode characters, which is a bit of a pain. Anyone?

andyP · ‎11-27-2007

What happens when you press "shift" and "Num / Roll" together?

(As I'm using a german keyboard and it maybe labelled differently the key on the top row 5th from right)

Hope this helps

Andy

______________________________________

Please remember to come back and mark the post that you feel solved your question as the solution, it earns the member + points

Did you find a post helpfull? You can thank the member by clicking on the star to the left awarding them Kudos
Please add your type, model number and OS to your signature, it helps to help you. Forum Search Option
T430 2347-G7U W7 x64, Tablet 1838-2BG, T61p 6460-67G W7 x64, T43p 2668-G2G XP, T23 2647-9LG XP, plus a few more.
FYI Unsolicited Personal Messages will be ignored.

Deutsche Community

Comunidad en Español

English Community

PepperonI blog

Zuffox · ‎01-06-2009

What's "Num" / "Roll"? It works if I enable NumLock and just type the keys, but having to enable it is as big a chore as pressing Caps Lock, every time you want a capital letter. Not that I'm saying that it's what you suggested. =)

Message Edited by Zuffox on 05-20-2009 01:03 PM

andyP · ‎11-27-2007

Correct, turning NumLock on is what I was talking about. Now I understand what you mean, using the number block on the "fly", there is to my knowledge no method as the other number keys can be used.