Guess it's easier to use 0 to 9 order for accounting as on k-boards; phones
inherited 1 to 0 from the rotary (pulse) dial: #1 = 1 groove = 1 pulse etc.
Michael

"Thomas G. Marshall" <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail. com>
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> I desperately want the number keypad to be in phone order (1 at the top).
> Is there a configuration setting within windows (I have win xp pro) that
> will allow me to redefine key mappings?
>
> For example, I know that many foreign keyboards use essentially qwerty
> layouts, but with a few keys swapped. I believe that Germany swaps the z
> and y, not sure. Is there a user-configurable setting someplace for this?
>
> I'm a software engineer, so if I *have* to write something, then I suppose
> I'd be willing, though I am really a java engineer for the most part.
>
> PS. If anyone knows where the guy lives who figured that calculators and
> phones should be in opposite orientation let me know----I'm contemplating
> an airstrike.
>
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> Sometimes life just sucks and then you live.
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