Microsoft KB Archive/60987

Using Numeric Lock (NUM LOCK) Without a Numeric Keypad

PSS ID Number: Q60987 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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If you are using a Macintosh PowerBook or Portable, enhanced 128K, 512K, enhanced 512K, or earlier version of the Macintosh Plus computer with its original keyboard (and/or your keyboard does not have a numeric keypad), you cannot control the Numeric Lock command with the keyboard. There is no NUM LOCK key on these Macintosh models.

Follow the appropriate procedure below to add the Numeric Lock command to a menu or to access it from the Commands dialog box.

Word Version 5.x
To Add the Numeric Lock command to a menu:

  From the Tools menu, choose Commands and add the Numeric Lock command to one of your menus.   Choose the OK button. The Numeric Lock command will appear on the menu you selected.   To activate Numeric Lock, choose it from the menu you selected (Numeric Lock will have a check mark next to it indicating that it is active). To turn Numeric Lock off, choose it from the menu again. 

To run Numeric Lock from the Commands dialog box:


 * 1) From the Tools menu, choose Commands.
 * 2) Select Numeric Lock from the list of commands.
 * 3) Choose the Do It button.

Each time you run Numeric Lock it toggles on or off.

Word Version 4.0
To Add the Numeric Lock command to a menu:


 * From the Edit menu, choose Commands and add the Numeric Lock command to one of your menus. To deactivate Numeric Lock, choosing Numeric Lock from the menu (Numeric Lock will have a check mark next to it when it is active).

To run Numeric Lock from the Commands dialog box:


 * 1) From the Edit menu, choose Commands.
 * 2) Scroll through the list of commands to find the Numeric Lock command.
 * 3) Select the Numeric Lock command and choose the Do button.

Each time you run Numeric Lock it toggles on or off.

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