# Turning off supscripts on my laptop - hopefully easy comp question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-supscripts-on-my-laptop-hopefully-easy-comp-question/275573 "2004-11-19T00:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-supscripts-on-my-laptop-hopefully-easy-comp-question/275573/1 "2004-11-19T00:03:55Z")
I did something to my laptop, and now when I type the letter M a 0 comes up instead. L is 3 etc … Somehow those number keys got turned on and being mildly technologically illiterate I don’t know how to turn it off. Someone help! ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-supscripts-on-my-laptop-hopefully-easy-comp-question/275573/2 "2004-11-19T00:12:37Z")
you hit the Num Lk key. Happens to me all the time. Hit it one more time, and you should be all set. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-supscripts-on-my-laptop-hopefully-easy-comp-question/275573/3 "2004-11-19T12:52:01Z")
First off, I’m impressed that you managed to type a question about not being able to type the letter “M” without coming off like a game of charades. On your laptop’s keyboard, the numbers should be written in a different color (blue or green maybe) from the letters that they overlap. Look in the corners of your keypad for another key with wording that color. **NumLock** , **PadLock** , or something similar will be written in the same color. Press it – you may have to hold down ALT or CTRL while you do – and the keys should go back to normal.