Where is number lock on this keyboard?

• Asked by Mary O from Pasadena
• Mar 3, 2010
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Are Apple keyboards, with only a delete key, less efficient in making deletions than conventional keyboards with both a backspace and a delete key?

I have been using a Windows desktop at home and my office. Although I have never had a laptop, I have been planning to buy an Apple laptop for use when I travel. However, I recently used an Apple and found its keyboard, in one particular way, to be inferior to the standard keyboards that I have been accustomed to using. Do you agree?

A conventional keyboard has two keys to make deletions. The backspace key deletes characters to the left of the cursor. The delete key deletes characters to the right of the cursor. In contrast, the Apple keyboard has only one key to make deletions. It is the delete key and it deletes characters to the left of the cursor. It appears that if I want to delete characters to the right of the cursor, there is no way to do that directly and simply. Am I correct about that? I must either use a second key or I must first highlight the text and then delete it.

Using a non-Apple conventional keyboard, it is also possible to delete an entire word and one adjacent space in only two strokes by using a combination of the control key and the delete key. The same can be done in the other direction using the control key and the backspace key. How would these two types of deletion most efficiently be done with an Apple keyboard?

The reality seems to be that two keys to delete can operate more efficiently, in more directions, than only one (Apple). Do you agree that the Apple keyboard is less efficient in making deletions than the conventional keyboard when using Word software? What is the best way to get around that inefficiency in a MacBookPro? If there is no way around it, should this discourage me from getting an Apple since I do lots of word processing and deletions?

Does the Apple keyboard have any advantages over the conventional keyboard that I should be aware of?

• Asked by Robert J from Granger
• Feb 29, 2012
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• Asked about:  Apple Wireless Keyboard - English

cap lock light

Does this keyboard have a light on the caps lock key? I am a hunt and peck typist and after I look up after some time typing it is disconcerting to see that everything is in upper case.

• Asked by Stephan T from Westport
• Nov 23, 2010
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Can I use this keyboard at work on a PC that is using Windows 7 Enterprise OS?

I love this keyboard and do not like the basic logictech keyboard that I am provided with at work. My company does not use Apple products; however, I would like to buy an Apple keyboard (wired with numeric keypad) and use it with my PC at work. Is this possible without having system adminstrator permissions on my PC?

• Asked by Mike G from St Albert
• May 30, 2012
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wired Keyboard

where can i get the extension cable delivered with the newest wired Keyboard ? Do you have the spare part number?

• Asked by Eitan L
• Jan 19, 2012
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Is it possible to buy a Danish keyboard for an i mac that is bought here in the US?

I live in the US but write a lot of Danish so I need the Danish letters æ, ø, å - can I buy a Danish keyboard and use that for an imac. And which changes to the set up do I need to make?

• Asked by Julie S from Brooklyn
• May 20, 2011
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Can the keyboard be used with a macbook pro?

• Asked by Scott N from Lutz
• Nov 18, 2009
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How to buy an Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad that has both English + THAI letters?

I want to buy an Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad that has both English + THAI letters. I went to the local apple retailers and they only had wireless ones that has both English and Thai keys. They told me I had to come order the Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad with both English + THAI letters online using my computer serial number. But I still can't find it anywhere in the apple online store.

• Asked by Cinrus C from Bangkok
• Jan 7, 2013
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Difference between MB110LL/A and MB110LL/B in the wired keyboard?

Part numbers have changed, but is there any other difference?

• Asked by Janis M from Boise
• Aug 18, 2011
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I desperately want a wireless keyboard, but I need the 10-key pad. Is this possible?

• Asked by Faye C from Cave Creek
• Oct 21, 2009
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