The Collective Brains

For a bit of browsing and consuming content the Onscreen keyboard will be fine for you.

But if you want to write notes and be more productive you might want to connect an Apple Wireless Keyboard (using bluetooth)

Note that if you have your keyboard already paired to another device you have to unpair it first

Step 1 – Unpair with Apple desktop or laptop

Check if keyboard already paired with your system: System preferences > Bluetooth

If yes, then highlight paired device and click on minus sign, confirm removal:



Step 2 – Pair iPad with keyboard

Turn on Bluetooth in Settings>General

Select Keyboard (You might have to turn keyboard on again – press button on side)

Enter passkey into keyboard – voilà 

Enjoy – Apple’s keyboard fits nicely with iPad – just need a stand :- )

CAPS LOCK

Bit like an appendix and horribly annoying when pressed by accident and either results in messed up password or writing a whole sentence in CAPS because you didn’t look.

CAPS in internet etiquette (netiquette) means screamingn so DON’T do it.

Rather use italics or bold in rich text or in plain text use  s p a c e s  or put *stars* around it to stress you word.

So first thing I do when I set up a computer is to disable the CAPS LOCK:

MacOsX (10.6)

Go to System preferences -> Keyboard preference pane -> keyboard and click on

Modifier keys

Make sure you disable on all keyboards

Ubuntu (10.06)

System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Layouts tab

Windows (7)

Awful – you have to modify Windows Registry or download KillCapsLock.reg file that does it for you – and then of course – reboot/re-logon to have it working

Did anyone say Windows is user-friendly?

Be nice to each other and stop SCREAMING, you know who you are =:0



Hmm started Jan 2009 and took until May 2010 until first stuff published .. haha..