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Use Keyboard as Mouse to Move the Cursor!

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Howdy folks! It's just another day and I'm here with another cool trick for Windows users. You may find this helpful when your mouse pointer freezes in between working on some important documents. Generally due to some harmful viruses in your computer system the cursor stops working suddenly or start behaving crazy. After restarting the PC it gets fixed automatically. But first you may have to save what you're working on (say, writing an emergency letter in WordPad) and then shut it down. So without a mouse this goes really hard to do. If that happened to you or if you have broken the mouse in your cursh's head — this is the right trick. Application of this trick will let you use your keyboard as a mouse. Yes, the pointer will be controllable using the keys. Let's directly jump to the process.

If you're Using Windows 7, 8 or Windows Vista:

  1. First of all go to Start.
  2. Next navigate to the Control Panel.
  3. You'll find the 'Ease of Access Center' over there. Click on it.
  4. Now find for something called 'Make the mouse easier to use' and dig into it.
  5. Then you should notice a checkbox written "Turn on Mouse Keys". Tick it.
  6. Save changes. Technically you're done.
Now to access the mouse pointer through keyboard, press the mouse keys. By default it is the 2, 4, 6 & 8 in the numeric keypad. 5 will work as same as the left click of a mouse. To change the speeds and stuffs of these keys just go to where the check box is. Click on Set up Mouse Keys (under the checkbox). Save it and exit. Here's a screenshot of the process.


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If you're Using Windows XP:

  1. Navigate to Control Panel (via Start followed by Settings and Control Panel).
  2. Now open Accessibility (if you can't see it, switch to classic look).
  3. Go to the mouse tab.
  4. Tick on checkbox saying, "Use Mouse Keys".
  5. Save and exit. 
  6. Then activate (press) the Numlock.
You can now use the MouseKeys by the same process as of the Windows 7 (i.e. by the 2, 4, 6, 8 & 5 at the numeric keypad).

Tips: 

  • You can easily activate the mouse keys by pressing ALT, Left Shift Key & Numlock together. Soon after pressing these key you'll hear a beep kinda sound as confirmation. To deactivate simply do the same.
  • While the mouse keys are active, you won't be able to type through those keys at the numeric pad. So use the generic number keys during that time.

Hope you enjoyed the article. Any positive or negative feedback is welcome. For any advices, queries or just for a mere time pass just knock me out at Facebook, Twitter or Google+.

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