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Introduction

Step 1

              One key replacement               
    1. When one of your keyboard’s keys is broken, you don’t want to spend a lot of money to replace the entire keyboard because of one key
    1. You can use a software called “MapKeyboard”
    1. Start the software and select the key you will use to replace the broken key
    1. Select “ReMap selected key to” and select the broken key “G”
    1. Click on “Save layout” and the laptop will restart
    1. After restarting, you will find that the key you set can be typed with “G” so that you can continue to use your keyboard without changing it
    1. If you want to restore the layout of the keyboard, you can start the software again, click on “Reset keyboard layout”
  • 8.After the restart, it will be restored
  1. When one of your keyboard’s keys is broken, you don’t want to spend a lot of money to replace the entire keyboard because of one key

  2. You can use a software called “MapKeyboard”

  3. Start the software and select the key you will use to replace the broken key

  4. Select “ReMap selected key to” and select the broken key “G”

  5. Click on “Save layout” and the laptop will restart

  6. After restarting, you will find that the key you set can be typed with “G” so that you can continue to use your keyboard without changing it

  7. If you want to restore the layout of the keyboard, you can start the software again, click on “Reset keyboard layout”

8.After the restart, it will be restored

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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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