Why are the QWERTY keyboard keys where they are?
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Frequently used pairs of letters were separated in an attempt to stop the typebars from intertwining and becoming stuck, thus forcing the typist to manually unstick the typebars and also frequently blotting the document. The home row (ASDFGHJKL) of the QWERTY layout is thought to be a remnant of the old alphabetical layout that QWERTY replaced. QWERTY also attempted to alternate keys between hands, allowing one hand to move into position while the other hand strikes home a key. This sped up both the original double-handed hunt-and-peck technique and the later touch typing technique; however, single-handed words such as stewardesses and monopoly show flaws in the alternation.\n\nQWERTY (pronounced /ˈkwɝti/) is the most common modern-day keyboard layout on most English language computer and typewriter keyboards. It takes its name from the first six letters seen in the keyboard's top row of letters. The QWERTY design was patented by Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873, when it first appeared in typewriters.\n\nIt has often been noted that the word typewriter can be typed entirely using the top row of the QWERTY keyboard: it has been speculated that this may have been a factor in the choice of keys for ease of demonstration, although it is unlikely that engineers would create the key setup around a sales gimmick.
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Your keyboard is set as a US type keyboard.\n\nYou need to change the settings in the control panel (regional settings - language part) into UK.\n\nSorted!!
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Dude, let me know when you figure this out.  I'm also dying to know.  Is it really so hard to hit an extra two keys when typing words like "are" or "you?"
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What the hell is wrong with your keyboard?
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because, the typists where too fast, so the made up the qwerty keyboard to slow em down\n\nR3dm0
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WELL, MOSTLY ALL THE KEYBOARDS (EXCEPT SOME) ARE MANUFACTURED ON THE FORMAT OF 'QWERTY' WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL U.S STYLE KEYBORD (AS WE SEE ON THE STARTING ALPHABETS OF THE K.BOARD MOVING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT). THERE WAS A SCIENTIST NAMED DR. QWERTY WHO INVENTED THE DEVICE (i.e KEYBOARD) AS A MEDIUM TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN A HUMAN AND A MACHINE . HENCE FROM THEN ALL THE KEYBOARDS WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE SAME U.S FORMAT (EXCEPT SOME) .                 "ROBIN"
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it is either in a compartment on the bottom side of the computer, usually has one screw.  Or it is underneath the keyboard.
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Sometimes this happens if you're keyboard is setup for a different region than you are currently in.\n\nTo see if this is the problem do the following:\n\n1) Click start\n2) Control Panel\n3) Regional and Language options (you may need to click switch to classic view first if you cannot see it).\n4) Click the languages tab\n5) Click details\n\nMake sure your default input language is that of the country you are in. If your language is not in the drop down menu then click add and choose your language (Note: 1- there are many types of english so make sure you choose the correct one. 2) If your keyboard originates from another country then make sure that you select the language of its origin and your default input language).\n\nYou can also try reinstalling the keyboards drivers by choosing system from the control panel, clicking hardware and clicking device manager.\n\nHope this Helps!
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Note*  See the long narrow thing on your keyboard?????  it's called the space bar,  try using it!!
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THe keyboard for non english speaking countries are bilingual keys... meaning they look like ours, but they use the ALT key + the alpha key to create their character\n\nThis is the same for Spanish countries, and even in the UK where they have the Pound and Euro sign, rather than the $ sign.
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Well for starters, all keyboards are a standard configuration.\nIf yould be a rather big pain in the butt to have to teach yourself where all the new key placing's are.
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QWERTY and DVORAK they are two different kinds of keyboards. QWERTY is very common and I see only QWERTY every where. DVORAK is said to be fast because it uses common keys in the middle but I haven't seen any so far.
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It may be that your keyboard settings need changing to UK. Go to control panel to do this or it might be that the keys are stuck or dirty, if so take them off carefully with a knife and clean.
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They are supposed to be arranged so that the keys used the most are near the middle.
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The keyboard long predates the PC. Our modern keyboard design—known as QWERTY for its first row of letter keys—was designed in 1868 by printer Christopher Sholes for use on manual typewriters. Sholes needed to find a way to slow typists down and keep them from hitting the keys too fast, which could jam the machine. So he took the most commonly used letters, banished them to the edges of the keyboard and placed common letter combinations far away from each other. The result: A keyboard that was intentionally inefficient.\n\nYears passed, and the need to slow typists down disappeared. Eventually, we started using computers, which have no practical speed limit at all. But the inefficient keyboard layout persisted, out of custom and habit. As a result—nearly 140 years after Sholes created his keyboard layout—modern computer users are stuck with an obsolete design that not only slows us down, but also can cause crippling hand injuries.\n\nYet we still use it. Countless alternative keyboard designs have been proposed through the years—August Dvorak's eponymous layout is the most famous—but none have stuck. There's just not enough momentum to switch, and any keyboard maker that manufactured a different layout would likely get burned. So it seems we're stuck with QWERTY.\nhttp://www.forbes.com/technology/2006/04/15/blank-slate-introduction_cx_de_06slate_0418blankintro.html\n\nWe've been using the Qwerty keyboard since the 1870s, when typewriter inventor C.L. Sholes moved letters around the keyboard so typewriter keys would stop jamming. \n\nWell, we don't use typewriters anymore. Technology has caught up with human dexterity. Jamming keys are no longer a problem. And the gymnastics our fingers do on the Qwerty keyboard can exacerbate repetitive stress problems. \n\nIn the 1930s, Washington State University Professor August Dvorak came up with a more common-sense design that placed some of the most commonly typed letters, including vowels, on the home row. A typist can type about 400 of the most common words in the English language on the Dvorak keyboard home row, compared with about 100 on the Qwerty keyboard home row. The Dvorak keyboard is 28 percent faster and won't lead to carpal tunnel syndrome.Anyone can change the keyboard layout to Dvorak settings in Windows. And many who are battling RSI (repetitive stress injuries) have done so. But, as this Forbes article suggests, isn't it time for a new universal keyboard design that can help speed typing without mangling a new generation of hands?\nhttp://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/404\n\nSelect a Dvorak Keyboard Layout:\nAlternative keyboard layouts called "Dvorak" layouts may be helpful to people who type with one hand or finger. These layouts make the most frequently typed characters on a keyboard more accessible to people who have difficulty using the standard keyboard layout by reducing the amount of motion required to type common English text. Use of these layouts may also help avoid some types of repetitive strain injuries associated with typing. This tutorial tells you how to select a Dvorak layout in Windows XP.\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsxp/keyboardlayout.aspx
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Depends on the keyboard :-)\n\nBut in general, the Function key -- the top row, are aux keys.
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The Insert key (often abbreviated to INS) commonly found on keyboards is mostly used to switch between the two main modes of entering text on a computer. The first is Overstrike-mode, where the cursor, when typing, overwrites any text that is present on and after it's current location and which isn't used much anymore. Most Operating Systems only use insert-mode, where the cursor inserts characters at its current position between two other characters. \n\nThe Insert key would traditionally take you into insert-mode. However this is usually the default mode on modern Operating Systems. On Apple Macintosh computers the key is rebranded into a Help key. When you press the key the Help-functionality of the application will be launched. However when using commandline applications it still behaves like the Insert key for compatibility reasons. \n\nHOWEVER, I HATE IT AND I HAVE NEVER WANTED TO USE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!