Broken Return Key - Remap the enter key? (At least in Mac:Office 2008?)

S2 wrote:
i have the same problem, except that my shift keys don't work either. this is recent thing, and the apple support line want to charge me for trouble-shooting, even though my mbp is only 4 months old.

Ty Cal wrote:
For some inexplicable reason, my return key has physically stopped working in the last few weeks. <_<

Due to my dependancy on it and busy schedule I haven't yet had a chance to take it in to be fixed. That and it's an iBook G4 and I don't really have spare money to throw at a new keyboard if Apple wont cover it.

My only issue is with Mac's Office 2008; I want to use the return key to go down a line, however, it doesn't work. Instead I've been using the enter key, which does about the same thing for most other applications. This, however, just gives me a nice little awkward useless box instead of going down a line. I've tried doublecommand and a few others but I just want to make the enter key act as the return key, at least for Word. Anyone know how to do this?</div>

Rather than remap, use an external keypad. You do not need a full keypad, a USB numeric pad will do the trick.
Also if you have a mouse, you can remap one of the keys to be "Enter" until you get the computer fixed.

S2 wrote:
no need to be so patronising. my keys are also broken, so it is a similar problem. i don't mind not having telephone support but they should fix my problem under warranty for free.