Congratulations on your purchase of this exciting keyboard! This unique keyboard brings you to a totally free and comfortable field. It contains multimedia keys, Internet keys, four application keys and further twelve enhanced function keys. All these creative design makes you saving hands-movement. We want to make your typing time more fast, comfortable and joyful.
This keyboard is compatible with Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows2000 or Windows XP.
Insert the disk labeled "KeyMaestro Input Device Driver" into your disk drive.
Open File Explorer to find "SetupKey.exe" from the disk.
Double-click the "SetupKey.exe".
Then follow the screen instruction to install the driver. The default installed path is set to c:\Program Files\KMaestro. You have the option to change the install path during setup.
When all setup
procedures are finished, the operating system does not need to restart. The
driver is loaded when you see the driver icon
show on the taskbar (lower right corner of the screen).
Please note that you have to uninstall the driver first if you want to re-install the driver.
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Word | opens Microsoft Word. |
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Excel | opens Microsoft Excel. |
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PowerPoint | opens Microsoft PowerPoint. |
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Calendar | opens "Calendar" function of Microsoft Outlook Express. |
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Back |
returns to the last page you viewed. |
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Forward | views the next page you viewed before. |
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WWW | opens the default Internet browser. |
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Search | opens the Internet search menu. |
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My Favorite | opens the Internet "My Favorite" folder. |
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opens the default program you use for mail. |
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Mute | mutes the sound. |
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Volume up | adjusts the volume up. |
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Volume down | adjusts the volume down. |
E Note: The default of Office Wizard key is
enabled when you plug the keyboard connector into your PC. Press it again to
make the Enhanced Function (F1-F12) keys back to their normal functions,
instead of Office functions.
15 keys block for US, Japanese etc.
F1: Help | opens the Help file for the active window. |
F2: New | creates a new, blank file in program. |
F3: Open | opens or finds a file in program. |
F4: Save | saves the active file with current file name, location and file format. |
F5: Replace | searches for and replaces the specified text and formatting. |
F6: Bold | bolds or un-bolds the text and numbers you marked. |
F7: Spell | starts the spelling-check program in the active document. |
F8: Bullets | adds bullets to or removes bullets from selected paragraphs. |
F9: Reply | replies to the e-mail in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. |
F10: Forward | forwards the e-mail in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. |
F11: Send | sends the e-mail in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. |
F12: Task Pane | shows or hides the office task pane previous displayed. (For Office XP only) |
Print Screen: Print | prints the file in the active window. |
Scroll Lock: Undo | reverses the last command or deletes the last entry you typed or action. |
Pause/ Break: Redo | reverses the action of the Undo command. |
F1: Help | opens the Help file for the active window. |
F2: New | creates a new, blank file in program. Note: In Spanish, Portuguese and Brazil Windows, F2 function is designed for "Bold". |
F3: Open | opens or finds a file in program. |
F4: Save | saves the active file with current file name, location and file format. |
F5: Replace | searches for and replaces the specified text and formatting. |
F6: Spell | starts the spelling-check program in the active document. |
F7: Undo | reverses the last command or deletes the last entry you typed or action. |
F8: Redo | reverses the action of the Undo command. |
F9: Reply | replies to the e-mail in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. |
F10: Forward | forwards the e-mail in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. |
F11: Send | sends the e-mail in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. |
F12: Print | prints the file in the active window. |
Note: Microsoft Windows operating system and applications must support different language for different countries. It limits the functions of embedded office keys. So, some embedded functions are only for target language usage. The descriptions of the embedded office keys' functions are for reference and may not reflect your keyboard exactly.
If you right-click on the KeyMaestro icon
on the taskbar, a menu will pop up with the following commands.
Click on this command, a customization dialogue box will pop up with following functions.
1. Select a HotKey
* Label
In the "Button Label" box, type the name of application that the button will launch, or any name that will help you remember the function of the button. This label will appear on screen each time you press the button.
* Functions
You can see a list of pre-defined functions and set one of it for the button.
* Launch Application or Website
Type in the path to an often-used application or click the Browse button to select any file in your computer. If you want to attach a web page to the button, just simply type in the website address in the dialogue box.
* Combination Key
In
many Windows application, there are many hot keys to execute some often used
commands. Some of the hot keys are combined with two keys pressed
simultaneously, and some are three. It is not easy to press and to remember
those hot keys. Now you can define those complicated hot keys you always forgot.
Any kind of combination is available. For example,
[Alt] + [F4] = close window,
[Ctrl] + [A] = select all.
* String
You may define the button as a string of texts which needs to be input often. The maximum characters are 500. Taking good advantages of this function can save much your text input time and makes your works more efficient.
2. Enable Display Label
This command is to show or hide the OSD (On Screen Display). When the OSD is enabled, each time you press any one of the multimedia buttons, its function name (button label) will show on the right-bottom corner on the screen. The default of this function is enabled.
3. Enable Taskbar Icon
This command is to show or hide the taskbar driver icon. When the function is enabled, you can see a driver icon, its function name (button label) will show on the right-bottom corner of the screen. If you want to reload it again, you can select Start => Program => Configure to launch it. The default of this function is enabled.
4. Enable Auto Play
This command is to show or hide the auto play function. When the function is enabled, the Microsoft Media Player will show on the screen after you press the “Play” key of the multimedia keys. For Winamp user, you can use the multimedia keys to control the Winamp function after you call out the Winamp and disable the Auto play function. The default of this function is enabled.
Select this command to exit from this driver program, but not to remove (uninstall). After you restart your system, the driver will be loaded again.
If the keyboard is not working properly, see "Troubleshooting" for tips on how to solve your problem.
Num
Lock: The KeyMaestro driver icon will show as
when you press the num lock button.
Caps Lock: The KeyMaestro driver icon will show as
when you press the caps lock button.
Scroll Lock: The KeyMaestro driver icon will show as
when you press the scroll lock button.
If you are experiencing problems with your keyboard, please check the following:
1. Keyboard does not work properly
If the keyboard does not work properly when plugged in your computer with the power on, you can unplug keyboard and plug in again to fix the problem.
2. The keyboard software does not work properly:
The hot key functions do not work after installing the keyboard
software, please make sure if there are any keyboard hot key drivers installed. Remove all
keyboard hot key driver first and re-install keyboard software to solve the
problem.
3. Add/Remove keyboard software or Re-install:
After installing the keyboard software, the keyboard icon will
display on the system tray. If you want to reinstall the software for some
reasons, you must delete the keyboard driver from your operating system
first. For more detailed information, please refer to Uninstallation.
Note: If you want to upgrade your keyboard software or it does
not work properly, you can re-install it to fix this problem.
4. Other software applications can not be installed properly:
If you failed to install other software applications, you have to remove the keyboard driver from your system memory by right-clicking on the keyboard icon and select "Exit". Then install the desired software applications. After completing the new software installation, restart your computer and then the keyboard icon will show in the right-bottom taskbar.
5. The repeating rate of previous & next key of multimedia function cannot match the speed of CD-ROM driver:
If you hold on previous or next key, the CD player will continuously search
previous or next tracks until you release it. If the speed of your CD-ROM driver is too
slow, it will do the search persistently. We recommend you to change a better performance
CD-ROM driver.
6. CD or Multimedia Player can not be launched:
Make sure CD or Video software and hardware for these functions are properly
installed in your system.
7. Multimedia Player can not play VCD title or MPEG file:
Make sure you have installed Windows Media Player version 7 or later
properly. If not, please download the Windows Media Player version 7 or later from
Microsoft Web site.
8. The short cut keys' default functions of Microsoft Windows can not be used:
The keyboard driver takes over some resource of the shortcut keys' default functions of Windows operating system.
The following 5 combined keys cannot be used again: "CTRL+ALT+E",
"CTRL+ALT+P", "CTRL+ALT+O",
"CTRL+ALT+D","CTRL+ALT+C".
9. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Calendar cannot do action, but the onscreen can show up:
Please make sure you have installed the Office Applications completely. If Office Applications are not fully installed, those keys can only see the onscreen display and do not work.
10. Some embedded office functions might lose:
Microsoft Windows operating system and applications must support different language for different countries. It limits the functions of embedded office keys. So, some embedded functions are only for target language usage. The descriptions of the embedded office keys' functions are for reference and may not reflect your keyboard exactly.
11. The functions of the embedded Office keys do not match the key's printed name or do not work:
All embedded office keys follow the definitions of the standard Microsoft shortcut combination keys. They do not need any support from software driver. In few cases, when you press the target embedded office keys, they do not work or produce different result. This means the applications do not support the standard the definitions of the standard Microsoft shortcut combination keys and the target functions, or the software applications conflict with the definitions.
We recommend you to contact with the software application dealer or download the new version to upgrade your applications from Microsoft Web site. For example, use Office 2000 to replace Office 97, or use IE 5.0 to replace IE 4.0.
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