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Numeric keys - who uses them?

Nicecupoftea — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:19:55 GMT

I have never used the Numeric keys on the right end of the keyboard. I'd rather they leave them off the keyboard. I can see people using them for work - but are they necessary for everyone? Who here wishes they'd leave the Numeric keys off laptops?

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OnlyShopsOnline — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:22:46 GMT

I always use them. They are a must for me, for my desktop. I pay bills, do taxes, etc., on my desktop computer, and I like to have the numeric keys on the right side of the keyboard.

Not as necessary on my laptop, but preferred.

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Iambeezer — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:25:21 GMT

You are in the minority. When companies first took them off to save space, that was the number one complaint. Same goes with when they started getting rid of optical drives.

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howwhatwhen — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:26:34 GMT

LOL, we are all different. I always use my numeric keypad when I need to type a number. I never use the number keys about the alphabet keys. I won't buy a laptop without the numeric keypad.

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wildcat fan — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:27:50 GMT

I use them. The thing I hate the most about a MacBook is that it doesn't have the keypad.

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icezeus — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:27:57 GMT

I can't imagine not having them. I use them constantly at work. I am a Senior Buyer and I deal with numbers all day.

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sunshine45 — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:35:31 GMT

never use them.....i use the numbers on the top always.

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BillyBob20 — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:41:06 GMT

I have a macbook air and I only have the numeric keys across the top none on the right hand side.

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Penellope — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:50:53 GMT

The numeric pad is a must. So much faster. My sister even had an external USB numeric pad with with her laptop.

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faeriemoon — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:51:34 GMT

I like the keypad; I never "learned" the numbers at the top of the keyboard, so it's always a hunt and peck situation when I have to use them.

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Kathlen — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:59:18 GMT

I use them all the time to input numbers into spreadsheets. I can't imagine not having a keypad!

When I'm just ""typing"" use the numbers on top row. When I'm entering data ... keypad.

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hckynut — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 05:21:08 GMT

I always use them, but then I don't use a laptop. I really have no use for a laptop as I just as soon use my wife's tablet. What they do with laptop keyboards? Makes no difference to me. I only open this thread because of the title, not knowing it was about laptops, but since I had already started my reply, l figured, why stop now?

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nzwyck — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 05:46:42 GMT

I use them but I cannot figure out why the keyboard on a calc. and phone are in opposite directions. The calc. starts with 7 and the on a phone it starts with 1.

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January121 — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 05:48:22 GMT

I always use them ... if you don""t like them just don""t use them

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Desertdi — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 05:50:22 GMT

On 4/4/2015 BOGOF said:
I use them but I cannot figure out why the keyboard on a calc. and phone are in opposite directions. The calc. starts with 7 and the on a phone it starts with 1.

because old rotary telephones started with the ""1"" at the top

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nzwyck — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 05:56:30 GMT

On 4/4/2015 Desertdi said:
On 4/4/2015 BOGOF said:
I use them but I cannot figure out why the keyboard on a calc. and phone are in opposite directions. The calc. starts with 7 and the on a phone it starts with 1.

because old rotary telephones started with the ""1"" at the top

So why do calcs start with 7 at the top? Thanks for replying.

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Desertdi — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 06:09:24 GMT

On 4/4/2015 BOGOF said:
On 4/4/2015 Desertdi said:
On 4/4/2015 BOGOF said:
I use them but I cannot figure out why the keyboard on a calc. and phone are in opposite directions. The calc. starts with 7 and the on a phone it starts with 1.

because old rotary telephones started with the ""1"" at the top

So why do calcs start with 7 at the top? Thanks for replying.

because accounting keypads have always been that way. (No....I don't know who invented these things.)

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juperier — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 07:01:05 GMT

I'd be lost without the numeric keypad. I use both, but mostly the keypad. I use the number keys at the top if I'm just typing a number or two in the midst of lots of word. But definitely the numeric keypad when I have several numbers to enter.

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Desertdi — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 07:03:39 GMT

On 4/5/2015 juperier said:
I'd be lost without the numeric keypad. I use both, but mostly the keypad. I use the number keys at the top if I'm just typing a number or two in the midst of lots of word. But definitely the numeric keypad when I have several numbers to enter.

Me, too. I used to work in accounting, and did a lot of phone work. I didn't find it confusing.

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juperier — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 07:32:36 GMT

On 4/5/2015 Desertdi said:
On 4/5/2015 juperier said:
I'd be lost without the numeric keypad. I use both, but mostly the keypad. I use the number keys at the top if I'm just typing a number or two in the midst of lots of word. But definitely the numeric keypad when I have several numbers to enter.

Me, too. I used to work in accounting, and did a lot of phone work. I didn't find it confusing.

Same here. I learned the number keys at the top of the keyboard at a work study job I had in college...typing pages of numbers...with seven carbon copies. Later jobs required extensive use of a calculator, phones and credit card terminals. My brain pretty much just adjusts to whichever order the numbers are in.