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  1. J

    SP3 Cover - Keyboard and TP working but mouse click does not

    Hey Surfaceforums I have an annoying issue with my surface cover. The buttons on the keyboard work fine, so does the touchpad, except for the 2 buttons on the lower part of the touchpad. They simply do not work at all. It is rather annoying when for example trying to select text. My surface...
  2. G

    Onscreen Keyboard will never open

    All of the sudden my on screen keyboard will not open even when I click the keyboard icon on the taskbar. This happens in tablet or desktop mode with a keyboard attached or unattached. I have never seen this issue before. Is anyone else seeing this behavior? I have tried rebooting, updating...
  3. L

    Handwriting Panel Not Working in SP4

    Hi I've been using a Surface Pro 3 Windows 8.1 for 12 months now and the handwriting panel is brilliant. However, I've just got a Surface Pro 4 Windows 10 and the handwriting panel isn't available - it's greyed out. I've searched the web to find a way to turn it on but can't find anything...
  4. K

    [PSA] Surface Book keyboard manual release

    Apparently the Surface Book has a manual release to detach the keyboard from the base. Found this after reading through a reddit post "Okay. On the right hand side of the clipboard about 4-6 holes up is an emergency release. You will need a paperclip and it will go in at a bit of an angle. This...
  5. K

    Home & End Keys Problem

    After experimenting with using CAPS to toggle the Fn key between icon tasks (like brightness and mute) and function tasks (like F1, F2), something went haywire with my Home and End keys on my Type Cover. I tried a System Restore, but it didn't solve it. For example, in Word 2013 the Home key...
  6. M

    Keyboard Functionality In & Out

    My keyboard functionality keeps going in and out whenever I have Rhinoceros 3D (CAD) software open. Any idea why this would happen? It will just stop responding to keystrokes for 10-20 seconds. SB i7 512G
  7. S

    Numbers Block on External Keyboard not working

    Hi Does any of you have the same experience and possible solution? Symptom: Numbers in numbers block on external keyboard are not working In Detail: I have a SurfacePro4 with a docking station hub. There I connect an external keyboard. The keyboard is recognized and the respective driver and...
  8. C

    Mute key?

    Is there a mute key on the Surface Pro 4 Type Cover keyboard? I notice what appears to be one on the F4 key but it doesn't work. It just opens up a review of my last few web pages. Thanks.
  9. D

    Autocorrect on Keyboard?

    hi all, Love this Surface Book, but when I'm using the tablet, and have to type, i.e. this post, I switch back to the keyboard because the onscreen keyboard doesn't auto correct! DRIVES me NUTS! Am I missing something? Is there a setting? I see it work in MSFT apps, Cortana, but not in other...
  10. S

    Surface keyboard not appearing on activation of ActiveX

    I have a question relating to the on-screen keyboard on my Surface Pro 4. When detatching the tablet screen from the keyboard on my Surface Pro 4, the on-screen keyboard appears as expected in text-entry instances (notepad, Word, Internet Explorer). However, I have created an ActiveX Text Box...
  11. B

    SP4 on screen keyboard won't appear

    Hi, I have got a sp4 and the keyboard use to appear on screen but now it doesn't. I have the 8gb i7 surface pro 4 someone please help
  12. T

    Type Covers

    Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere but I did search this forum and the net and couldn't find the answer, soooo... does the Surface Pro 3 type cover work with a Pro 4? I ask as for me $100/£100+ is just too expensive for a keyboard, especially as I've recently seen some heavily reduced...
  13. S

    Opinions on Surface Book

    Hi all I am a college student who has just purchased the Surface Book. I have been asked to write up a paper on a high tech product launched within the last six months so I thought what better product than the Surface Book itself. Although I am an owner of the laptop and love it, I need to...
  14. B

    (virtual) keyboard layout on Surface Pro 4

    Hi, I have a question: Is it possible to change the keyboard layout of the virtual keyboard on a Surface Pro 4? I use the German keyboard layout and it is very annoying to type IP addresses, which of course are separated by an ".", to switch every time between the first and the second virtual...
  15. P

    Onscreen keyboard

    I use the onscreen keyboard a lot. It seems, by default, the pen input screen comes up first whereas I prefer qwerty. This means two more presses to get it. Is there any way qwerty can be made to come up first by default? WP3; W10 latest updates complete. Thanks
  16. K

    Dock - nothing but trouble

    Surface Book i7 512 (just opened yesterday). A plethora of issues and I'm on my second dock with no resolution! Connecting anything USB is mostly broken. I cannot connect even something simple like a USB mouse or keyboard; the Book doesn't beep; it's like it isn't detecting the connections...
  17. sharpuser

    HowTo Use the Windows Logo Key - Keyboard Shortcuts

    (Part 1 of 3) You may be - New to Windows - New to a Microsoft Computer such as Surface - New to using the Windows logo key on your computer Here are Windows logo key Shortcuts Items in blue may be particularly useful to Surface or Tablet users. - Start menu (tiles) off or on +A -...
  18. H

    Touch Keyboard Not Functioning

    Hello! After joining my Surface 3 to the domain and the Surface Pro 3 to the domain we're seeing the functionality of the touch screen keyboard ceases to exist. The icon is there but when you touch it nada. Obviously this is something in group policy but does anyone know which setting...
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