dyslexic keyboard

[joem]

half way through an autocad seesion today (not online) I started to find that some of my text entries on keyboard were not being conveyed correctly to autocad drawing on screen. Then I found some of the command entries were not translating the figures entered. By trial and error discovered that j entered on keyboard changed to figure 1 on screen then k =2, l =3 m = 0, O =6, P = - and U =4 .

 

Though i would try entering text in word then pasting into drawing but exactly the same result keyboard entry not leading to screen entry.

 

Seems like a virus but this (old)CAD computer hasn't been connected to internet for over a year and use flash memory to exchange drawing files.

 

Is there a fix or should I transfer Autocad to amore modern computer. I left it on old computer to keep it in use.

[ReMark]

Sounds like your keys were "mapped". How that happened who knows. Did you test with another keyboard?

[joem]

Speedy response good suggestion will try - not sure what keys being mapped means and first time I've known this was a phenomenon but have two computers and keyboards side by side so will now swap and check many thanks

[eldon]

It sounds as if you are using a lap-top keyboard, and toggled the number pad keys.

[joem]

Problem resolved thanks to remark and eldon. I was using laptop and trying another keyboard worked. Later message about toggled number pads led me to try some mysterious looking buttens which I think reversed the process so all seems well. I might add the computer belonged to my daughter who gave up on it a few years back and I thought it useful to have at my side to keep my hand in with Autocad which I got into about 15 years or so and trying to keep in touch with.

 

Great forum support guys

[ReMark]

Sounds like eldon may have been down the same path you took at one time. The credit belongs to him. Cheers.

[Dana W]

Yesterday, my wife unknowingly hit the num lock button. It took me a while to figure out what was wrong because I touch type and never use the key pad numbers. She said "The numbers aren't working." I tried the key board and said "Seems fine to me." Twice, we did this before I realised she was using the pad.

 

EDIT: I posted this mostly to see if I could. I had two others fail to post. Don't worry, I'll be fine. It's apparently IE-9.