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Lenovo keyboard doesnt have a Caps Lock light.

  • 07-04-2021 11:29am
    #1
    PMBC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭


    Wondering if anyone can help.
    Ive a Lenovo X1 Carbon Thinkpad that I bought second hand about 2 years ago. Works fine, seems to be reasonably fast or at least for my uses.
    My big bugbear is that the Caps Lock key doesn't have a light/led/visual indicator showing capitals are 'on'. So when I do use it I spend a lot of time re-writing sentences where there are caps instead of lower case and vice-versa. The shop that sold it to me said they could do a fix but that is miles away and in times of Covid who wants to go near a computer shop!
    Any ideas? Help gratefully accepted. :(


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  • #2
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,763 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    You can turn on CAPS notifications in settings > ease of use > play sound on CAPS on and off.


  • #3
    jhud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 699 ✭✭✭jhud


    Check the Lenovo website under support they used to have under drivers and software a program which would display the cap lock button on screen with line through it or not at o indicate if it was on or off.


  • #4
    PMBC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭PMBC


    Thanks Inquitus and thanks jhud. Will try those tips tomorrow.


  • #5
    advertsfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭advertsfox


    An alternative suggestion (I also dislike the caps lock) is to remap the key to either be disabled or to another SHIFT key (my preference) using SharpKeys. I also use it to disable the insert key.

    http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/


  • #6
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Touch type and you'll spot it after a single character ;)


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  • #7
    PMBC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭PMBC


    Thanks. Change made in Settings worked.


  • #8
    Wheety
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,516 ✭✭✭Wheety


    If you do type a lot of text before realising it was all in caps, you can highlight the text and press Shift + F3. This works in Word and other similar programs.


  • #9
    JoyPad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭JoyPad


    PMBC wrote: »
    Thanks. Change made in Settings worked.

    You need to learn to type without looking at the keyboard.


  • #10
    PMBC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭PMBC


    JoyPad wrote: »
    You need to learn to type without looking at the keyboard.

    JoyPad - is there a particular site/programme for learning touch typing that you would recommend; yea, Im still looking at the keyboard! :o


  • #11
    shtpEdthePlum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 556 ✭✭✭shtpEdthePlum


    PMBC wrote: »
    JoyPad - is there a particular site/programme for learning touch typing that you would recommend; yea, Im still looking at the keyboard! :o

    http://www.typing.com


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