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Using Your Keyboard One-Handed - Introduction


Many people use a computer keyboard with one hand, with a typing wand grasped in a fist, or using a mouth stick.

Many software programs require you to press two or three keys at one time (e.g. Ctrl + S to save your document). For people who type using a mouth stick this is impossible – and for those using one hand such combinations may be difficult or uncomfortable.

StickyKeys makes the modifier keys (i.e. Ctrl, Alt and Shift) “sticky”. In other words it allows you to press one key at a time and instructs Windows to respond as if the keys had been pressed simultaneously.

This module shows you how to activate StickyKeys. Please select one of the following: