Problem solved.  Songwriter wouldn't respond to the "numlock" option on this old (2007) macbook.  We just plugged a very old iMac usb keyboard into the MacBook (2.16 Ghz from 2007) and it works fine with Songwriter.  We've got the number pad and the functionality of the curser (arrow) keys.  It also types in word processing apps on the macbook.  Like others have said, makes the laptop less easy to move around, but most of the editing is being done in one place so adding the keyboard isn't a really big bother.


Dick H
OlyWa



On Jan 28, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Dick Hauser wrote:

> Thnaks, John.  Yes I should have mentioned that the laptop was old enough to still have that function.  We've since tested it in other applications, and it works just fine.  I'm thinking that I'll drag the keyboard from an old (bondi blue) up there and plug it into the macbook to see if it will function as a number pad.  It might just function as a keyboard.
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> On Jan 28, 2012, at 11:25 AM, John Howell wrote:
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>> Dick:  Are you aware that Apple removed the
>> embedded keypad function from its laptops a
>> couple of years ago, just as they removed floppy
>> disk support and drives much longer ago than
>> that?  It might be necessary to add a USB keypad
>> as a peripheral to use that function.
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