Apple 8600 appendix Typing on the keyboard produces nothing on the screen

mThere is a software problem. Try the following:

Press x-Option-Esc to quit the application program in use when the problem occurred. If this works, you can save the documents open in other programs before restarting.

Restart your Macintosh. For instructions, see Chapter 9, “Start Here If Trouble Occurs.”

mFollow the suggestions in the entry, “A Dialog Box With a Bomb Appears” earlier in this chapter.

Typing on the keyboard produces nothing on the screen.

One of the following is probably the cause:

mYou haven’t selected any text or set the insertion point (i).

Make sure the program you want to type in is the active program. Then place the pointer (8) in the active window and click to set an insertion point (i) or drag to select text (if you want to replace the text with your typing).

mIf the computer beeps every time you press a key, Easy Access is probably turned on.

Use the Extensions Manager control panel in the Control Panels folder in the Apple (K) menu to turn off Easy Access. For more information about Extensions Manager, see the information about managing extensions in Macintosh Guide (or Mac OS Guide), available in the Guide (h) menu.

mThe keyboard is not connected properly.

Turn off the computer by pressing the power button on the front of the computer. With the computer off, check that the keyboard cable is connected properly at both ends.

mSome system software features that affect the way the keyboard works are turned on.

Open Easy Access from the control panels listed under the Apple (K) menu and turn off Sticky Keys, Slow Keys, and Mouse Keys.

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