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
    2016-10-04T10:45:11+00:00

    Greetings Jim,

    Sorry to hear you're unable to find a key-combination for Insert. You may be able to find a key combination here:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/keyboard-shortcuts

    Here are the shortcut combinations for the Touch Cover and Type Cover:

    http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US/support/hardware-and-drivers/touch-cover-typing

    Link to page is no longer active

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-20T12:14:26+00:00

    Hi all,in Windows 10 the F-keys can can be redefined now. Just press e.g. F3, a pop up opens,   and you can attribute any function from the screen.

    Cheers Iggi

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-05T23:51:11+00:00

    NOT.

    It was resolved on the Surface Pro 4 keyboard, which is of no value to Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2 owners since it cannot work with those models. This is a major faux pas for Microsoft which really doesn't care about older models or their customers who bought them because they don't have to.

    In what way is this a solution?

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-05-03T10:02:32+00:00

    This question applied to the first generation Surface machines.  Fortunately a physical <Insert> key did manage to reappear in some later generation.  I doubt Microsoft will win any awards for their responsiveness, but still this issue is solved and this thread should be consider complete.

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