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  • @RB28 I could not agree more! If it weren't for the fact that I had already bought this Acer and loaded all my files and programs onto it, I would have returned it and bought another model or brand. I really regret this purchase, it's such a hassle without those two keys. What a dumb design decision! 
    in Where are the Home and End keys on the Aspire 5 keyboard? Comment by xdennisma June 2021
  • @debsyn Well, yours must work, you just have to toggle on/off the NumLock key to get them to work. That's a hassle and an extra step that I didn't want to do with my right hand, but your shortcut works fine when I can do it with my left while using my right for the arrows. Since Edge is an MS product, perhaps it can be…
    in Where are the Home and End keys on the Aspire 5 keyboard? Comment by xdennisma October 2020
  • @debsyn The MS Word shortcut has been great, I've used it a few times. I keep thinking that I need to program it into MS Excel and MS Outlook too. Are you saying it doesn't work in those other Office programs? Or are you referring to it not working in non-Office programs? 
    in Where are the Home and End keys on the Aspire 5 keyboard? Comment by xdennisma October 2020
  • @debsyn It worked like a charm! I was just missing the "name" of each command, so your Startof.../Endof... cleared that up. Just added them to my Word template, and I might just see if it works in Excel too. Thanks a million for this! Now I've got to get used to this "new" shortcut. I still can't believe Acer excluded the…
    in Where are the Home and End keys on the Aspire 5 keyboard? Comment by xdennisma September 2020
  • @desbyn Thanks, that's a great idea, and I didn't know that could be done in MS Word. I looked online and can find several articles where it talks about how to assign a custom keyboard shortcut to an existing command, but not how to create a new command. Can you walk me through how to do it, or point me in the right…
    in Where are the Home and End keys on the Aspire 5 keyboard? Comment by xdennisma September 2020
  • Hi Bamhews, Thanks for the replies. However, this is the same guidance as the previous poster. The Home (7) and End (1) keys are only activated when the NumLock is taken off, which means I cannot use the number keys as numbers. Unless there is a shortcut I don't know about, this is a terrible design. I want to know if…
    in Where are the Home and End keys on the Aspire 5 keyboard? Comment by xdennisma August 2020
  • Hi Brummyfan2, Thanks again. I did try this combination (Ctrl+7 for home and Ctrl+1 for End) again and it didn't work originally, but does work once I take off the Num Lock key. However, doing so means that the numbers on the keypad can't be used, and I do use the number keys regularly. I'm looking for a key combination…
    in Where are the Home and End keys on the Aspire 5 keyboard? Comment by xdennisma April 2020
  • Hi brummyfan2, thanks for the reply, although I was referring to the function of the Home and End keys for within a line of text in a word processing document, for example. Do you know how I can enable those functions on my keyboard?
    in Where are the Home and End keys on the Aspire 5 keyboard? Comment by xdennisma April 2020
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