Keyboard Problem With Latest WP 5.1 Using /ND

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:04:52 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: In the 09/25/91 and earlier versions of WP 5.1 for DOS, many customers experienced a "sticking shift key" problem where the keyboard would act like the shift key was stuck down. Pressing the left shift key several times would "unstick" the shift key, but randomly, the problem would happen again. When this happens, menu numbers don't work and function keys don't work correctly (they act like the shift-function key). The problem was caused by some TSRs and some hardware setups. In order to fix the problem, the 03/09/92 version has a slightly different way of handling keyboard input. Unfortunately, this new way of handling the keyboard causes problems with other TSRs when the cursor is set to any speed but normal (under Setup, Environment or with /NC). Development anticipated these problems, so they added the /ND switch to the 03/09/92 version. Basically, this switch tells WP to handle the keyboard the same way it did in the 09/25/91 and earlier releases. In situations where customers don't have the sticking shift key problem, they can use the /ND switch if there are any problems with TSRs that worked with older versions of WP 5.1 for DOS.

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