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You use the Keyboard icon in Control
Panel to customize your keyboard settings. With Keyboard
options you can:
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Change the way your
keyboard responds (character repeat rate and repeat delay) or
adjust the cursor blink rate, under the Speed tab.
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Add an input locale
and keyboard layout, under the Input Locales tab.
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Troubleshoot or
view properties of devices, under the Hardware tab.
In this section, see step by step tutorials to:
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Adjust the
Character Repeat Rate
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Adjust the Cursor
Blink Rate
Adjust the Character
Repeat Rate
You can adjust both the repeat delay
(amount of time that elapses before a character repeats when you
hold down a key), and the repeat rate (the speed at which
a character repeats when you hold down a key). Adjusting these
settings can benefit people with mobility impairments. This
procedure tells you how to set the character repeat rate through
Keyboard Properties in Control Panel.
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Mouse actions |
Keyboard actions |
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On the
Start menu:
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Select
Control Panel. |
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Display the
Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo
key  ).
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Select
Control Panel by pressing C. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are
showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View.
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Select
Keyboard. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
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Press
ENTER.
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Move to
Keyboard by pressing the arrow keys.
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Press
ENTER. |
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In the
Keyboard Properties dialog box, on the Speed tab,
under Character repeat:
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Use the
Repeat delay slider arrow to select a repeat
delay value.
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Use the
Repeat rate slider arrow to select a repeat rate.
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Select
OK. |
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In the
Keyboard Properties dialog box, on the Speed tab,
under Character repeat:
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Move to the
Repeat delay slider by pressing D.
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Select the
speed you want by moving the slider arrow with the RIGHT
ARROW and LEFT ARROW keys.
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Select the
Repeat rate slider by pressing R.
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Select the
speed you want by moving the slider arrow with the RIGHT
ARROW and LEFT ARROW keys.
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Press
ENTER. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Select the
Close button. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Press ALT+F,
C. |
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Control Panel: Keyboard: Speed tab:
Character repeat: Repeat delay and Repeat rate |
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