The letter C that is. Something broke in my keyboard a ouple of days ago, and now I have to press down really hard to get the letter to appear. That’s the letter C. So if you notie any words in my posts missing a C, it means I’ve negleted to press down hard enough and have not aught it.
One thing, I’m seeing how few words use C. Thank goodness it’s not E or something.
If it gets bad, you can find a C somewhere, copy it to your clipboard, and then paste it wherever you want with ctrl-v.
If the V key breaks, you’re on your own.
It must be said:
See? Now I an say unt without getting a mod note. Feel my power!
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FYI, if it gets bad enough, you can use ALT key combinations with the numeric keyboard to type. ALT-67 should give a capital C, and ALT-99 should give a lower case c. I can’t test it on my laptop - no numeric keyboard…not even a fake one overlapping some standard keys. But I’ve used the trick in the past to type on my old laptop, when the ‘.’ key died.
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Copy it with which ctrl-what, exactly? 
C c
There. You’re right. Thanks. That’s good to know. Honestly, it feels like there’s something stuk underneath the key. It’s not that I have to press it down hard beause it gives all the way. Even when I press hard, it still feels stuk up on high. But pressing down hard does give me C. I really should take the key off and look, but I tend to srew up the simplest mehanial operations. I fear breaking the entire omputer. Or computer. See? Just have to press down onsiously.
Well, something just went “pop,” and now the letter C is back to normal. ccccccc. All of those were made using normal pressure. But good to know about that Alt trick.
We plan to get a new computer sometime this year, so I don’t want to have to fool with buying a new keyboard for this one.
You only need the C key to work once, or use the mouse.
C is for cookie and that’s good enough for me.
I usually delete my cookies. 
There’s a lesson here. Posting questions on an internet message board actually CAN help! 
Seriously though…maybe something was stuck under the key and finally worked its way out.
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That’s what we figure. The letter C is now alive and well. But handy to know about that Alt trick.
BTW…there are alt codes for lots of other useful things.
http://www.alt-codes.net/ has a list.
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Thanks again. Very useful.