Dell Latitude 100L - Manual (Page 46)

46 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad
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4 Type some characters on the external keyboard and verify that they appear on the display.
If you cannot verify these steps, you may have a defective external keyboard.
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K EY B O A RD —
1 Shut down the computer (see page 36).
2 Disconnect the external keyboard.
3 Turn on the computer.
4 From the Windows desktop, click the Start button, point to All Programs (Programs in Windows 2000),
point to Accessories, and click Notepad.
5 Type some characters on the external keyboard and verify that they appear on the display.
If the characters appear now but did not with the external keyboard, you may have a defective external
keyboard. Contact Dell (see page 106).
Unexpected Characters
D I SA B L E T H E N U ME R I C K E YP A D — P ress to disable the numeric keypad if numbers are
displayed instead of letters. Verify that the numbers lock light is not lit.