gnelson5271's Full Review: Microsoft Office (E17-00036) Keyboard
I bought this keyboard because of a rebate deal with the Microsoft Optical Wheel mouse. However, after using it for a few days, I would have bought it without the rebate. The keyboard has a very nice feel to it. The keys are firm and responsive. The outstanding part of this keyboard is the scroll wheel and left side buttons. The scroll wheel is the best feature of the keyboard and it is every bit as useful as the wheel on a mouse! Also are Cut/Copy/Paste keys which are very useful and Back/Forward browser keys. My only complaints are the "Office Home" key which I feel is useless (takes you to Microsoft Office Home Page) and the six keys above the arrow keys have been rearranged. I like the traditional layout better. Also the bottom row of keys - spacebar, etc. - is a little higher compared to most keyboards. The arrow keys are moved left about 1 key-width compared to a standard keyboard. It takes some getting used to.
** Additional detail **
On the left side of the keyboard (from top down) are:
Back and Forward browser buttons (very handy)
The Scroll Wheel (super handy)
Cut/Copy/Paste keys (very handy)
A back/forward "Application" bar (same as ALT-TAB in Windows)
The very top row has shortcut keys to:
MS Word
MS Excel
Internet Explorer
Mail (whatever program you use)
Calendar (whatever program you use, Outlook, etc.)
File (Explorer)
Calculator (handy)
Mute
Volume +/-
Log off
Sleep
The function keys may be kept as traditional function keys or as reassigned:
F1: Help
F2: Office Home (useless IMHO)
F3: Task Pane (Office XP)
F4: New file (Office applications)
F5: Open file (Office applications)
F6: Close file (Office applications)
F7: Reply (mail)
F8: Fwd (mail)
F9: Send (mail)
F10: Spell (Office applications)
F11: Save (Office applications)
F12: Print (Office applications)
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