Open the Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard page by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Ease of Access, clicking Ease of Access Center, and then clicking Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard.
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Select the options that you want to use:
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Use On-Screen Keyboard. This option sets On-Screen Keyboard to run when you log on to Windows. On-Screen Keyboard displays a visual keyboard with all the standard keys. You can select keys using the mouse or another pointing device, or you can use keys on the standard keyboard.-Microsoft Vista
7=wheel up | 8=up | 9=wheel down |
4=left | 5=down | 6=right |
1=left button | 2=right button | 3=middle button |
what about connecting a corded mouse to an USB port [...] instead of the awkward glidepad mousing associated with laptopsThe glidepad (if that's what it's called) on my Samsung Q310 laptop is good enough that I haven't felt the need to upgrade it. Its predecessor, an IBM T22, had one of those "rubber topped matchsticks," which are pretty awful, so I used a version of your solution and added a Logitek trackball. Very nice gadget, and I won't be getting rid of it, in case of need.-Ath (February 27, 2012, 01:23 PM)
How about this one: http://neatdecisions.com/products/neatmouse/-Carol Haynes (February 27, 2012, 01:24 PM)
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one of those "rubber topped matchsticks," which are pretty awfulhttp://xkcd.com/243 names it correctly :)-rjbull (February 27, 2012, 02:58 PM)
Neatmouse has a config pane so you can assign any keys to the mouse function.-Carol Haynes (February 27, 2012, 03:36 PM)Thanks again, Carol. Neatmouse is really... ehh, well, neat! And NEW! Their forum's admin has made merely four posts! I have already made a feature request, of course, asking for the special laptop button "Fn" to be added as a "alt. modifier".-Curt (February 27, 2012, 04:48 PM)-DonationCoder's forum
Thank you for writing Neat Mouse,
FEATURE REQUEST:
I would very much like you to add the Laptop's [Fn] button to the Alt. modifier buttons, please-CurtWe made some investigations and it seems that, unfortunately, the processing of Fn key on software level is impossible.
We'll certainly implement this feature and let you know if situation changes-NeatMouse's forum's Admin-Neat Decisions' forum