Creating a keyboard profile

If the Default keyboard profile in the Keyboard Editor does not match your current workstation equipment, you can create a keyboard profile that contains the appropriate number of keys and/or that matches your workstation's keyboard layout. You can then map the functions you need to the keys that you want to use.

Follow the steps below to create a new keyboard profile.

Select Tools → Keyboard Editor.

Select the emulation type for the keyboard profile you are creating. Regardless of your current session, you can create a keyboard profile for any emulation.

Click the New button on the Keyboard Editor window.

Select the type of keyboard (based on the number of keys) that you want to create. You have the following choices:

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101 keyboard

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102 keyboard

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104 keyboard

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122 keyboard

At any time during this keyboard session, you can clear the commands already assigned to the keys using the command buttons:

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Reset — resets the key’s command to what was previously saved

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Clear — clears the key’s command from the key

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Clear All — clears all the key commands from all the keys

Note

Clicking on any of the command keys operates on the selected keyboard key. There is no Undo function for these keys. If you lose information mapped to the keys, you will have to re-assign them manually or reload the keyboard profile.

Select the type of commands you want to assign from the Type list box. You have the following choices:

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5250 Keys — (3270 Keys, VT Keys) the keyboard functions common to the specified emulation.

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Command Function Keys — all the Programmable Function (PF) keys defined for the current type of keyboard

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Normal Character Keys — all the character and number keys

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Extended Character Keys — these are the special characters that are assigned to special key combinations on your keyboard such as accented letters (é, â) and symbols (©, ®).

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Dead Keys — these are keys that you use to obtain special types of characters. They are called Dead Keys because they do not produce characters by themselves; they must be used in conjunction with another key.

Select the command you want to assign from the Key list box.

If you want to use a key combination for the function, select one or more of the Modifiers check boxes.

If you select a modifier key, you will have to use that modifier key in addition to the key you select on the keyboard. For example, if you select the Shift and Alt checkboxes, you will have to press [Shift] and [Alt] before pressing the key to access the function.

Note

Do not assign functions to the standard or shift positions of alphabetic keys; this erases your lower and upper case alphabetic characters. Only assign functions to these keys using the [Ctrl] or [Alt] key.

Click the key to which you want to assign the command.

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Click Assign or right-click on the key. The keyboard editor assigns the selected command to the key

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Select File → Save As or use the Save button on the toolbar.

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Type a name for the Keyboard profile in the Keyboard file field and click Save.

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Import the keyboard profile you just created using the Keyboard Management dialog box.