How to press the <Insert> key when it's not there?

Anonymous
2013-02-11T22:28:22+00:00

Given that there is no <Insert> key on the Surface/Type keyboard, what key combination will generate the <Insert> key scan code?

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Anonymous
2013-02-14T12:15:52+00:00

While a bit of a kludge, leave your window active, click the window key to the 'Start' panel.  Drag top or bottom to expose All Apps and open it.  Drag all the way right to the ease of use section and it's On-Screen Keyboard.  Open it.  Drag from the left edge to expose your app.   Insert is middle of the right side of the kb.  Pause is there too (window +Pause is one of my favs... with no pause key on other easily access kbs on the Surface)

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-10-20T21:29:04+00:00

    Besserwisserism combined with arrogancy rampant at MS as half the globe knows and laughs at nowadays.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-10-20T20:50:56+00:00

    The insert key is very useful when doing mindmapping. I agree with Pat that I would not have bought

    Surface had I known this.

    Martine

    Is it a joke? I'm using MindManager and SAP  and other common solutions like ...Windows 8 (see the description on page : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-8 , MS itself is using the INS key) on all of these application the INS key is usefull, NECESSARY MANDATORY!

    I cann't imagine that this key has been forgotten!

    What a pity! This is unfair or unbelivable!!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-09-16T09:06:22+00:00

    We appreciate your feedback. We have passed along the feedback to the appropriate teams.

    Sadly Surface Pro 3 Type Keyboard does not have this issue fixed either. It obviously has space for missed buttons (Ins, Right Ctrl, Print Screen and Pause/Break), but Type Cover team decided to ignore the feedback.

    If Surface Pro 3 is positioned as laptop replacement (and it is indeed the best device on the market right now that can combine the best of tablet and Ultrabook!) - then its keyboard should mimic laptop keyboard to simplify user transition from laptop to Surface.

    But leaving Surface Pro 3 keyboard exactly the same as Surface RT and Surface Pro 2 it looks like keyboard team was thinking only about users that upgrade from one Surface to another. What they did not realize (IMHO) is that even for that small audience adding missing buttons will be an incentive to upgrade!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-09-16T01:53:54+00:00

    Greetings all,

    We appreciate your feedback. We have passed along the feedback to the appropriate teams.

    Please fire first the persons responsible for this outrageous INS-idiocy, before they again invent something as brilliant.

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