Operate your Mouse using Keyboard

Most of us know that it is possible to operate the keyboard using mouse with the assistance of On-Screen Keyboard in Windows XP, in case your keyboard hangs and you have an urgent task to accomplish. Anyone unknown about it can try anyone of the following methods:

1) Type ‘osk’ in Run dialog box without quotes and hit Enter.

2) Navigate to All Programs –Accessories — Accessibility and select On-Screen Keyboard

Both the above methods will open up the On-Screen Keyboard as shown below.
On Screen Keyboard
You can click on the required keys through mouse. Even key combinations like Ctrl+Alt+Del can also be used.

There also exists a reverse method of operating mouse with the help of keyboard. Go to Control Panel, double click on Accessibility Options (if you are in Classic View).

*Select the Mouse tab. Check the “Use Mouse keys” checkbox and click the Settings button. *Check the “Use shortcut” checkbox if you wish to automatically on/off the Mouse Keys using the left Alt + left Shift + NUM LOCK. *Select the appropriate Top Speed and Acceleration as per your requirement. *Check the “Hold down Ctrl to speed up and Shift to slow down” checkbox if you wish to speedup/slow down at different times. *Select the “Use MouseKeys when NumLock is” On/Off radio button as per your wish. *Check the “Show MouseKey status on screen” if you wish to display the MouseKey status in the notification area.

This was all about the configuring the settings. Let’s now see how to use keyboard to move our mouse pointer. I have assumed here that you’ve configured your settings as shown in the above screen shots.

Put the NumLock ON. You will see the mouse sign in the notification area as shown below. It means your MouseKeys are now active.