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  • System
    System Posts: 178,346 Community Admin
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    edited 1 April 2018 at 8:31AM
    DoaM wrote: »
    Do you have a numeric keypad?

    You press and hold down the ALT key
    You press (then release) the 0 key (on the numeric keypad)
    You press (then release) the 1 key (on the numeric keypad)
    You press (then release) the 8 key (on the numeric keypad)
    You press (then release) the 8 key (on the numeric keypad)
    You release the ALT key

    That's the sequence you use to get ¼

    ¼ oh, I didn't know what a numeric keypad was. I knew I had two, but the one on the right, clearly numeric, I never use as it is/was surplus to requirements.

    In the words of the poet, "flippin eck". I'm now wondering if it has any other uses. Oh my lord, what a dumpling!.
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  • DoaM
    DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    When you're entering lots of numeric data then the keypad on the right is far easier to use (IMHO) than the keys above the QWERTY keyboard. Not all keyboards have a separate numeric keypad though, especially on laptops. (Sometimes the keypad can be integrated with other keys on the keyboard - you'll see them usually as blue numbers superimposed over other keys).
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