Number pad locked off?

[mikora7]

My 11 year old was pressing keys on the keyboard and now my number pad on my apple wireless keyboard (new computer ~ just a few months old) won't work. He reversed the colors on the monitor and I found out how to fix that but the numbers pad I am stuck on. Can anyone help me?

 

[M@lew]

Is the numlock/F6 button pressed? Is the light on? If not, try pressing it and see if that fixes it. If that doesn't work, try press it and "Fn".

 

[mikora7]

Is the numlock/F6 button pressed? Is the light on? If not, try pressing it and see if that fixes it. If that doesn't work, try press it and "Fn".

There is no light to indicate that it is locked or unlocked. I did try pressing F6 to no avail. There is no other numlock key. What is "Fn"?

 

[macuser9214]

fn is Function...

But BTW, the reversed colors are for people with eye sight problems. he did it by typing control+option+command+8.

It looks cool, but it's there for an actual reason.

 

[mikora7]

Thanks for explaining the reverse colors. I figured there was a reason for it. Macs are so great at supporting all peoples! So which key is the function key? I have tried pressing all the various key combinations that I can think of.

 

[whooleytoo]

Thanks for explaining the reverse colors. I figured there was a reason for it. Macs are so great at supporting all peoples! So which key is the function key? I have tried pressing all the various key combinations that I can think of.

Fn keys are only on laptop keyboards, AFAIK.

The Numlock key on an Apple wireless keyboard is a rectangle with an "X" through it, it should be over the "7" key on the keypad.

 

[mikora7]

Here's a picture of my keyboard so that you can look and help me maybe better. I'm guessing that the key you are referring to is the one marked delete? But it didn't work by pressing it alone or in combo with the other keys that I can think of...


http://www.professional-pr.info/Apple/Bilder/ExpoParis2003/Apple-BT-Keyboard.jpg

 

[iMeowbot]

It would be the key marked 'clear' but that normally has no effect under OS X.

You might want to look under System Preferences, Universal Access, under the Mouse tab. Make sure that Mouse Keys is set to off.

 

[whooleytoo]

You might want to look under System Preferences, Universal Access, under the Mouse tab. Make sure that Mouse Keys is set to off.

This is almost certainly it - the colour reverse options are in the same preferences pane.

 

[mikora7]

Woohoo! That was it ~ thanks so much!!! You all are awesome!