How to Find and Use the Onscreen Keyboard

Use your onscreen keyboard to type rather than your regular keyboard. You can use your mouse to type your articles for Associated Content or for any other thing you need to type. The onscreen keyboard can be docked any where on your screen.

You will use your mouse to click on the keys to type or perform any other function that you would do with the regular keyboard that is attached to your computer tower. The onscreen keyboard is fully functional.

Locating the On-Screen Keyboard With Windows
The OnScreen Keyboard can be found in your Start Menu.
Steps to Find the OnScreen Keyboard

1. Start
2. All Programs
3. Accessories
4. Accessibility
5. On-Screen Keyboard

You can also call the onscreen keyboard up by doing the following:

1. Start
2. Run
3. osk.exe

You will have a choice of an enhanced keyboard or a standard keyboard with a regular or black layout, and with 101, 102 or 106 keys. These options can be found under Keyboard on the onscreen keyboard tabs.

The standard onscreen keyboard will display the letter keys, F1 through F12 keys, esc, backspace, tab, lock, shift, ctrl, alt, Windows, spacebar keys, and up, down, left, right keys. The enhanced onscreen keyboard is set up as a standard computer keyboard.

The regular layout looks exactly like the keyboard that comes with your computer. The block layout blocks sections of your keyboard into a 5 x 5 square of keys. There are a few extra keys on the 102 and 106 onscreen keyboard set up.

You will be able to find under the settings the options of on-top docking, the actual clicking sound of the keys being used, typing mode, and choices of font styles and sizes.

Under the help section you will find how to use the onscreen keyboard and various other topics that will help you use the onscreen keyboard.

You can use the onscreen keyboard when you are working in a dimly lit area, to type in passwords, security codes while playing online games, and it is extremely useful for the disabled. The onscreen keyboard is a highly useful tool that can provide you with a highly diversified way to further your computer skills.