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A lightly padded 3' deep leatherette palm rest is permanently affixed to the keyboard. The control housed between the splayed keys is for Zoom (not vertical scroll as many may assume). The left and right key groups are also splayed slightly outward to encourage a nominally more neutral alignment of the wrists. The design orients keys at varying angles, from a maximum 14° tent in the middle to a traditional 'flat' or 0° by the time the outer alpha keys are reached. The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 is designed to assist users to achieve a more neutral and natural posture while doing data entry. You can also access chat and e-mail support at the company's site.Ergonomic Benefits Features Images Additional Resources Specifications Usage Tips Models Accessories

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Microsoft's support Web site has a searchable knowledge base, FAQs, and software updates.

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Microsoft offers a three-year warranty on the keyboard and free phone support for the first 90-days-after that, support will cost $35 per request. Although the wrist rests are padded, they're still rather hard and not nearly as comfortable as the gel wrist rests you can get elsewhere. Some sort of faux leather covers the built-in wrist rests, giving them a smooth yet supple feel. Also, the keyboard comes with a snap-on riser that gives the unit a bit of a backward slant, which prevents you from flexing your wrists. The two halves slant down from the middle, allowing you to keep your wrists in a more naturally rotated position. The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 offers a couple of additional features that will appeal to those concerned about repetitive stress and proper wrist alignment. Both features are welcome additions, as they cut down on mousing. Below the spacebar (and between the wrist pads) are two buttons-back and forth-that allow you to move between Web pages without having to reach for your mouse. In the area between the split keys resides a two-way toggle that lets you zoom in and out of the active page. The F keys are all labeled with their secondary functions. With the F Lock off, they execute a number of shortcuts, including undo/redo, save, print, and reply/forward/send for e-mail programs. With the F Lock on, they perform their standard functions. The function keys also do double duty on this keyboard. The five Favorites buttons aren't preprogrammed if you forget what functions you've assigned them, hitting the My Favorites button calls up a window that shows you. You can easily reprogram them to open a different version of a program (for example, Firefox instead of Internet Explorer or Outlook instead of Hotmail) or to do something different altogether (such as open a particular file or launch a program). Aside from the five Favorites buttons, they come preprogrammed to do things such as open a browser window, open an e-mail client, control media playback, and open the desktop calculator. Microsoft confirmed our findings that the keyboard isn't PS/2 compatible we would rather use the PS/2 connector to free up a USB port.Īlong the top edge of the bulky Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 is a row of programmable silver buttons. The printed quick-start guide gives instructions for using a PS/2 adapter, but we tried it on two different systems and couldn't get that to work.

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Load the IntelliType Pro 5.3 software from the included CD, restart your computer, and plug in the USB keyboard. Setting up the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 is a breeze. Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000