[malcolm]

Hi there,
Is there a way to modify (for my external keyboard only) my Return key to an Enter key? I'm using a great little app for transcribing interviews, but hitting Return doesn't move me down a line - - I have to hit the Enter key instead, and on my external keyboard, the Enter key is waaaay over to the right of the number pad.
I've tried uControl - - doesn't work.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
mh

[Brad]

Out of curiosity, what is the application you're using for transcribing?

[malcolm]

It's called Transcriva, and I can't recommend it enough. Once you import your interview (from whatever source: I use Audio Hijack Pro to get it from a betacam SX player into my powerbook, and then import into Transcriva) you have total play/pause control, which automatically backtracks one or two or three seconds - - a big help to those of us who don't have photographic memories. You can also adjust playback speed, etc. etc.
It makes transcribing a lot faster, for me anyway. My only problem with it, as I say, is that I have to use the Enter (and not Return) key to go down a line.
Cheers,
mh

[Gargoyle]

Slightly off the wall solution (maybe). As your transcribing your text, instead of hitting return enter a character (or two) that are unlikely to type for real - eg, "^^". Once you are done, copy and paste your text into a better text editor and to a search/replace to swap all ^^'s for returns.

[Mac+]

On the PowerBook a fn+Return is equivalent to Enter ... have you tried any such key combos to see if they do the trick?

[malcolm]

thanks for the suggestions - - I'll try out the >> idea as soon as I can; re Function + Return, I don't seem to have a Function key on my external keyboard (which is the keyboard that's causing me problems).
cheers,
mh