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  12 <author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
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  16 <date>2002-02-12</date>
  17 <releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
  18
  19 <keywordset>
  20 <keyword>KDE</keyword>
  21 <keyword>KControl</keyword>
  22 <keyword>keyboard</keyword>
  23 </keywordset>
  24 </articleinfo>
  25 <sect1 id="kbd">
  26 <title>Keyboard</title>
  27
  28 <para>This module allows you to choose how your keyboard works.</para>
  29
  30 <para>The actual effect of setting these options depends upon the
  31 features provided by your keyboard hardware and the X server on which
  32 &kde; is running.  As an example, you may find that changing the key
  33 click volume has no effect because that feature is not available on your
  34 system. </para>
  35
  36 <sect2 id="kbd-use">
  37 <title>Advanced</title>
  38
  39 <variablelist>
  40 <varlistentry>
  41 <term><guilabel>Enable keyboard repeat</guilabel></term>
  42 <listitem>
  43 <para>When this option is selected, pressing and holding down a key
  44 emits the same character repeatedly until the key is released.  Pressing
  45 and holding the key will have the same effect as pressing it multiple
  46 times in succession.  </para>
  47 <tip><para> Almost all users will want to have this option enabled, because it
  48 makes navigating through documents with the arrow keys significantly
  49 easier. </para></tip>
  50 </listitem>
  51 </varlistentry>
  52
  53 <varlistentry>
  54 <term><guilabel>NumLock on KDE Startup</guilabel></term>
  55 <listitem>
  56 <para>You can choose to either always <guilabel>Turn on</guilabel> or
  57 <guilabel>Turn off</guilabel> the NumLock when &kde; starts, or you can
  58 choose to have &kde; leave NumLock at whatever it was set to before KDE
  59 started up.</para>
  60 </listitem>
  61 </varlistentry>
  62
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  64 <varlistentry>
  65 <term><guilabel>Key click volume:</guilabel></term>
  66 <listitem>
  67 <para>If supported, this option allows you to hear audible clicks from
  68 your computer's speakers when you press the keys on your keyboard. In
  69 essence, this simulates the <quote>click</quote> of a mechanical
  70 type-writer. You can change the loudness of the key click feedback by
  71 dragging the slider button or by clicking the up/down arrows on the
  72 spin-button. Setting the volume to 0% turns off the key
  73 click.</para>
  74 <para>Many computers won't support this function.</para>
  75 <tip><para>Very few people would choose to enable this option, since it
  76 generally annoys everyone else in the room. However, if your heart
  77 yearns for the pre-soft-key era, this may help you to re-experience the
  78 warm sentimentality of days-gone-by.</para>
  79 </tip>
  80 </listitem>
  81 </varlistentry>
  82
  83
  84 </variablelist>
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