> Even worse, jumping between my work HP and private IBM where the ctrl > and function keys are exactly the opposite. <tip type="remapping keyboard keys"> My old laptop had only one Control key, and it was on the opposite side of the keyboard from the one I'm used to using. I installed KeyTweak [0] (no affiliation) and since I never use the Insert key anyway, I reassigned my Insert key (which happened to be in the general area a Control key would be) as a second, more convenient Control key. [0] http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/ </tip> -- sarah adams web developer & programmer portfolio: http://sarah.designshift.com blog: http://hardedge.ca