Activate Your Navigation Pad

Tips on how to activate your navigation pad!

Ever wanted to use your keyboard instead of your mouse to highlight text or move your cursor?



Try out our tips on how to activate these functions so that you can navigate through documents and webpages by using your keyboard!

Press Alt+Left shift key (the one below the caps lock key) and the Num Lock key to turn the numeric keypad into a navigation pad.

Once your navigation pad is active, you will be able to use the following functions on your keyboard.

Keypad Functions

You may use the keypad to move the mouse cursor:

7	8=Up	9
4=Left	5	6=Right
1	2=Down	3

Now try out these useful functions:

1. Press 5 to simulate a left click on your mouse
2. Press 0 and move your cursor left or right to highlight text
3. Pressing - and then pressing 5 simulates a right click on your mouse
4. Use tab key to go to the next field in when using excel sheets
5. Use the spacebar to get to the bottom of the page

If you want to deactivate your keypad and want go back to using your mouse, all you have to do is the starting combination again: Alt+Left shift key (the one below the caps lock key) and the Num Lock key.

(Thanks to http://www.liutilities.com for this information.)