[Shop-talk] keyboard help

[Brian Kemp]

John - You could do it all with the mouse and skip the keyboard.  Right 
click the cell to select it and bring up the mouse menu.  Mouse over 
copy and left click.  Go to the new cell, right click and select paste 
from the mouse menu.  Since this is for Excel, you can also hit the 
enter key to paste.  This works in Excel 2010.  Other programs may 
require you to highlight the text or data first with the left mouse 
button before you can copy, but with a full cell in Excel, you can skip 
that step.  I think you will find that faster than crtl-c/v.

You can also move the mouse to your right hand.  I'm right handed, but 
on two of my work computers, I use a left mouse because I use a lot of 
keypad entry.   With a right mouse, I'd have to constantly move my right 
hand between the keypad and the mouse.  With the left mouse, I can move 
the mouse and enter numbers without extra hand movement.    Try it for a 
few days to get used to it.  After a while, you don't notice a difference.

Brian

On 5/6/2012 2:41 PM, John Niolon wrote:
> my work involves a lot of excel work and similar data being copy and pasted
> from one sheet to another...  my old keyboard had programmable keys and I use
> a left handed mouse.  I programmed two unused keys on the right side with
> <ctrl>  c and<ctrl>  v.  I'd highlight the date with the mouse in my left
> hand... hit the reprogrammed copy key...switch sheets and hit the paste key...
> slick, fast and easy..
>
> new keyboard is a microsoft wireless and while it does have a 'program'
> function..., it will only move keys around and not let you actually input keys
> to program to that key.  None of the programs I've found on line allow  the
> user to type in control functions and map it to a key...
>
> anyone have any suggestions ???   years ago I had a Gateway computer with a
> keyboard utility that actually recorded keystrokes to a key similar to a macro
> I guess...
>
> I'm not a macro writer and don't want to be... I just want to put<ctrl>  c and
> <ctrl>  v on some keys and get on with my life...  it's cumbersome for a left
> handed person to enter those combos with their right hand...
>
> help ???
>
> tia
> john
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> I'm sarcastic... what's your superpower ?
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