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Review on Microsoft FMM 00001 Type Cover Surface by Chris Wheeler

Revainrating 3 out of 5

It would be great if there wasn't a big mistake

The keyboard works well, attached with magnets that snap into place. But this type of keyboard suffers from a lack of repetitive keys. You're typing on the Surface Pro and it spits out a whole bunch of fffffs or something, and it doesn't stop until you hit enter. This is an inherent flaw in the keyboard's design. You can work with it - somewhat awkwardly - by going into the Windows settings. Go to 'Ease of Access', then to 'Keyboard' and scroll down a bit on the pop-up page. Go to Key Filter and turn the slider to ignore short and repeated keystrokes. This allows you to enable bounce keys that wait before accepting more keystrokes if you press the same key more than once. You can also change the setting to increase the timeout between repeated keystrokes. You can also turn on key repeat to delay repeated key presses when you hold down a key. I find that a combination of all is the only thing that works, and even then it's not ideal, but doable. It slows down my typing speed, but it's either that or responding quickly to the Enter key before you've got an entire paragraph of just one letter.

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