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<authorgroup>
<author
>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
<othercredit role="translator"
><firstname
>John</firstname
><surname
>Knight</surname
><affiliation
><address
><email
>anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email
></address
></affiliation
><contrib
>Conversion to British English</contrib
></othercredit
> 
</authorgroup>

<date
>2002-02-12</date>
<releaseinfo
>3.00.00</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword
>KDE</keyword>
<keyword
>KControl</keyword>
<keyword
>keyboard</keyword>
</keywordset>
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<sect1 id="kbd">
<title
>Keyboard</title>

<para
>This module allows you to choose how your keyboard works.</para>

<para
>The actual effect of setting these options depends upon the features provided by your keyboard hardware and the X server on which &kde; is running. As an example, you may find that changing the key click volume has no effect because that feature is not available on your system. </para>

<sect2 id="kbd-use">
<title
>Advanced</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term
><guilabel
>Enable keyboard repeat</guilabel
></term>
<listitem>
<para
>When this option is selected, pressing and holding down a key emits the same character repeatedly until the key is released. Pressing and holding the key will have the same effect as pressing it multiple times in succession. </para>
<tip
><para
>Almost all users will want to have this option enabled, because it makes navigating through documents with the arrow keys significantly easier. </para
></tip>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term
><guilabel
>NumLock on KDE Startup</guilabel
></term>
<listitem>
<para
>You can choose to either always <guilabel
>Turn on</guilabel
> or <guilabel
>Turn off</guilabel
> the NumLock when &kde; starts, or you can choose to have &kde; leave NumLock at whatever it was set to before KDE started up.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term
><guilabel
>Key click volume:</guilabel
></term>
<listitem>
<para
>If supported, this option allows you to hear audible clicks from your computer's speakers when you press the keys on your keyboard. In essence, this simulates the <quote
>click</quote
> of a mechanical type-writer. You can change the loudness of the key click feedback by dragging the slider button or by clicking the up/down arrows on the spin-button. Setting the volume to 0% turns off the key click.</para>
<para
>Many computers won't support this function.</para>
<tip
><para
>Very few people would choose to enable this option, since it generally annoys everyone else in the room. However, if your heart yearns for the pre-soft-key era, this may help you to re-experience the warm sentimentality of days-gone-by.</para>
</tip>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>


</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>

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