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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="keyboard-repeat-keys">
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<link type="guide" xref="a11y#mobility" group="keyboard"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="keyboard"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-04" status="final"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-04-06" status="outdated"/>
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Natalia Ruz Leiva</name>
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<email>nruz@alumnos.inf.utfsm.cl</email>
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<desc>Make the keyboard not repeat letters when you hold down a key,
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or change the delay and speed of repeat keys.</desc>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<title>Turn off repeated key presses</title>
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<p>By default, when you hold down a key on your keyboard, the letter
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or symbol will be repeated until you release the key. If you have
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difficulty picking your finger back up quickly enough, you can
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disable this feature, or change how long it takes before key presses
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<item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <gui>Keyboard</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>On the <gui>General</gui> tab, turn off <gui>Key presses repeat
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when key is held down</gui> to disable repeated keys entirely. Alternatively,
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adjust the <gui>Delay</gui> slider to control how long you have to hold a key
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down to begin repeating it, and adjust the <gui>Speed</gui> slider to control
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how quickly key presses repeat.</p></item>