Adobe Photoshop Text wrapping mystery solved...

4 May 2005 8:24 PM

C.J.Patten

I realize this isn't a forum about Photoshop but I figure a lot of us use it
and it came up a while ago.

Recall, I had a problem with not being able to wrap text to a second line in
Adobe Photoshop on my XP notebook. Same problem in Photoshop 7 and CS as
well as Adobe Encore DVD.

It appeared to be an "Enter" versus "Return" key issue - you're supposed to
hit the "Enter" key to "commit changes" and the "return" key to go to a new
line when entering text with the Text Tool.

My notebook only has "Enter" keys, on both the numeric keypad and the main
keyboard.

Well, I tried EVERY modifer key combination - Control, Alt, Shift, Fn in
every possible combination. Nada.

I figured out the problem by accident just the other day.

NUM LOCK.

I have NO IDEA WHY, but it appears the NUMBER LOCK alters the functionality
of the main "ENTER/RETURN" key, causing it to behave like an Enter key.

With NUM LOCK off, hitting the ENTER key on the main keyboard acts like a
return key should and inserts a carriage return in the text.

YESSSSSSSSS!

This was a thorn in my side for a long time - had to share it with you guys.
Maybe you can all avoid this if you find yourselves on a notebook and in the
same boat I was.

C.j

5 May 2005 6:40 PM

Jukka Aho

C.J.Patten wrote:

> I have NO IDEA WHY, but it appears the NUMBER LOCK alters the
> functionality of the main "ENTER/RETURN" key, causing it to behave
> like an Enter key [on a laptop keyboard].
> With NUM LOCK off, hitting the ENTER key on the main keyboard acts
> like a return key should and inserts a carriage return in the text.

Which kind of laptop is it (make and model)?

Anyhow, if your laptop keyboard is missing any other keys, you might
want to take a look into the Scan Code Mapper feature of Windows 2000
and Windows XP:

<http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/w2kscan-map.mspx>

This feature allows turning any key to any other key, as far as Windows
is concerned. For example, if you do not need the "Windows logo" key or
the "Pause / Break" key for anything, you could map them to some other
keys you _don't_ have on your keyboard. (This way it is e.g. possible to
have "multimedia" keys on an ordinary keyboard that's otherwise missing
them, or make the "Caps Lock" key behave as if it was the "Ctrl" key
etc.) It should also be possible to designate some of the rarely used
keys - say, "Scroll Lock" - as "Return".

Since it is somewhat awkward to define these mappings by directly
editing the registry, you might want to use a tool specifically designed
for this purpose:

<http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/>

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znark

5 May 2005 6:49 PM

C.J.Patten

Howdy!

It's an HP Pavilion zd7260 notebook. (a desktop system stuffed into a big,
11lb waffle iron ;)

Thanks kindly for the links!

I may just play with some remapping options - it would be helpful if the
NumLock didn't affect the main Return key as I use the numeric pad and not
having to "switch on, switch off" numlock would save me a step.

Cheers!
Chris

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"Jukka Aho" <jukka.***@iki.fi> wrote in message
news:BQtee.423$wL1.279@reader1.news.jippii.net...
> C.J.Patten wrote:
>
>> I have NO IDEA WHY, but it appears the NUMBER LOCK alters the
>> functionality of the main "ENTER/RETURN" key, causing it to behave like
>> an Enter key [on a laptop keyboard].
>> With NUM LOCK off, hitting the ENTER key on the main keyboard acts like a
>> return key should and inserts a carriage return in the text.
>
> Which kind of laptop is it (make and model)?
>
> Anyhow, if your laptop keyboard is missing any other keys, you might want
> to take a look into the Scan Code Mapper feature of Windows 2000 and
> Windows XP:
>
> <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/w2kscan-map.mspx>
>
> This feature allows turning any key to any other key, as far as Windows is
> concerned. For example, if you do not need the "Windows logo" key or the
> "Pause / Break" key for anything, you could map them to some other keys
> you _don't_ have on your keyboard. (This way it is e.g. possible to have
> "multimedia" keys on an ordinary keyboard that's otherwise missing them,
> or make the "Caps Lock" key behave as if it was the "Ctrl" key etc.) It
> should also be possible to designate some of the rarely used keys - say,
> "Scroll Lock" - as "Return".
>
> Since it is somewhat awkward to define these mappings by directly editing
> the registry, you might want to use a tool specifically designed for this
> purpose:
>
> <http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/>
>
> --
> znark
>

5 May 2005 7:07 PM

Chris Phillipo

In article <GKadnQANq-ck9-ffRVn***@rogers.com>,
cjpatten@KNOWSPAMrogers.com says...
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> Subject: Re: Adobe Photoshop Text wrapping mystery solved...
> From: "C.J.Patten" <cjpatten@KNOWSPAMrogers.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.video, rec.video.production, rec.video.desktop
>
> Howdy!
>
> It's an HP Pavilion zd7260 notebook. (a desktop system stuffed into a big,
> 11lb waffle iron ;)
>
> Thanks kindly for the links!
>
> I may just play with some remapping options - it would be helpful if the
> NumLock didn't affect the main Return key as I use the numeric pad and not
> having to "switch on, switch off" numlock would save me a step.
>
> Cheers!
> Chris
>

I haven't seen a key with "return" on it since.....did the Commodore 64
have one?

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Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
http://www.ramsays-online.com

7 May 2005 10:25 PM

Jukka Aho

Chris Phillipo wrote:

> I haven't seen a key with "return" on it since.....did the
> Commodore 64 have one?

Yes, of course:
<http://wotsit.thingy.com/haj/images/c64-kb-old.jpg>

But Sun has "Return" as well...
<http://www.sanda.gr.jp/non/SunType4/c1110213008m.jpg>

....as do the "Happy Hacking" keyboards:
<http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/direct/images/goods-xl/
pdkb02_xl.jpg>

The Mac folks seem to have it, too:
<http://www.astro-int.com/products/mac/gra_big/
akb-109u-ewx.jpg>

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znark