Gifted Typist

Time was when a simple typist never had to worry about things like the Universal Serial Bus or USB.

You just typed until the little bell went off and then you pulled the carriage return. Sure, you had to fuss with carbon paper and liquid ink, but at least you knew what you were dealing with.

Then along came computers, wireless keyboards and the ubiquitous USB. This little device was invented to make life easier. Now you had a standard plug on the end of peripherals such as mouse devices, keyboards, PDAs, gamepads and joysticks, scanners, digital cameras, mass storage and printers. Life would now be plug-and-play.

But what happens when a simple typist sits down to her keyboard and it doesn’t work because the USB device is malfunctioning? The typist then has to set out on a techie mission to to discover the problem by using trouble-shooting wizards and going to websites to download drivers.

Sadly, the problem is not fixed and this typist is left with a non-functioning keyboard. The temp. replacement is an old-fashioned plug in keyboard with no USB but all the keys marked in French and symbols are located in different places on the board.

So forgive me if you occasionally see something like this: #$%##@. It will have meant something when I keyed it in.

Please accept apologies from a simple typist who just wants to type. And if anyone has the solution to this problem, it would be gratefully received.

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