#### To Create a New Virtual Keyboard Variation

1. Access the Virtual Keyboard, right-click on it, and select Customize from the menu. The Customize Key pad dialog box appears.

Customize Key pad dialog box

2. In the Layout Definition area, type a name for your keyboard in the Layout Name box.

3. Type the number of rows and columns in the Rows and Columns boxes. This defines how many "keys" (or buttons) will appear on the keyboard.

4. Click Create. PC-DMIS displays a keyboard layout window comprised of a blank grid, representing the number of keys on your newly created layout.

Example of an Empty 3x3 Grid Layout

5. Size the grid of buttons to fit your needs by dragging the window's borders.

6. In the Buttons Definition area, create a new button definition. Do this by selecting, Define Keys from the Mode list, then select the type of keystroke (or key code) from the Special Keystroke, Standard Keystroke, or System Keystroke lists. Most of the keystrokes are self-explanatory, and are synonymous with the name or symbology of the actual button on an English keyboard, with the possible exception of VK_PREVIOUS for the PAGEUP button and VK_NEXT for PAGEDOWN button.

- If you want a label to appear for the keystroke you selected, select the Label option, and type a label in the Label box.

- If you want a symbol to appear for the keystroke you selected, select the Symbol option, and select a symbol from the scrollable list of symbols.

- If you want to define a button as nothing at all—representing a flat, empty key space on a real keyboard—select the No Button option for that button definition.

7. From the layout window with the grid of buttons, select an undefined button that will take this definition, and then click the Set button from the Buttons Definition area of the Customize Key pad dialog box. Your change appears on the keyboard layout window.

8. Continue repeating this procedure as needed until you have defined your keyboard to your liking.

Completed Keyboard Layout Example with the corner buttons set to No Button

9. Once you have defined all your buttons, the Save button becomes available for selection. Click the Save button to save your keyboard.

10. Click the New button to create additional layouts if needed; otherwise, click Close.

Note: If you incorrectly assign a button definition, you can select the No Button option, click the button on the layout grid, and then click the Set button. This will clear any previous values assigned to that button location.