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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="task"
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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="3.8.0" version="0.3" date="2013-03-13" status="candidate"/>
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<revision version="13.10" date="2013-10-22" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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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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<credit type="author">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<email>yrazes@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</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 href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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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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<p>Click the icon at the very right of the menu bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
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<p>In the Hardware section, click <gui>Keyboard</gui>.</p>
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<p>Turn off <gui>Key presses repeat when key is held down</gui> to disable
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repeated keys entirely.</p>
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<p>Alternatively, adjust the <gui>Delay</gui> slider to control how long
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you have to hold a key down to begin repeating it, and adjust the
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<gui>Speed</gui> slider to control how quickly key presses repeat.</p>