Techie Help Needed... simple question for you all

CarrieRBag



Joined: 23/12/2008
Posts: 1374

Message Posted:
10/11/2009 10:22

My backspace key has lost the ability to do continuous delete.. what have I done? How can I rectify it please.



Thanks

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
10/11/2009 10:25

Sue have you tried, log out and re log in sometimes this happens and you have to re-boot the system worth a try

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
10/11/2009 10:46

Is it only the backspace key?????



If you open "Control Panel" and then "Keyboard" you can set both :-

a) the delay time before a key starts repeating

b) the speed at which the keys repeat

Change these and it might trigger a response



Finally, if you block (i.e. highlight a string of characters with the mouse) the characters you want to delete then pressing 'delete' or 'backspace' once will delete them all.



Hope this helps!

CarrieRBag



Joined: 23/12/2008
Posts: 1374

Message Posted:
11/11/2009 08:21

Sadly, not changed a thing. How I managed to "lose" it is anyone's guess.. biff that I am. Thanks anyway

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
11/11/2009 10:03

Hi CarrieRBag,

If you can't use backspace,

highlight what you want to delete,

by putting cursor where you want to start to delete,

hold down left click button, on your mouse,

and drag it over all that you want to delete,

once you've highlighted what you want to delete,

press space bar,

more accurate than backspace button

If that doesn't work, I've got some Tipp-Ex

Good luck,

Navek

JohnW


Joined: 23/04/2009
Posts: 601

Message Posted:
11/11/2009 16:46

Is that a problem in word?



http://support.microsoft.com/kb/901124

Stewart


Joined: 19/07/2008
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
11/11/2009 17:11

Hi..it may be a bit more simple....try and pull off the key, clean underneath and replace