How do you turn off the Caps Lock key?

According to "Mac OS X, Tiger Edition, THE MISSING MANUAL," "A new button in System Preferences lets you reassign or disable the function of your Option, Caps Lock, and Control keys...." Well, I think the most annoying thing about my MacBook is that I keep hitting the Caps Lock inadvertently, and end up typing unwanted capitals. HOW DO YOU DISABLE THE CAPS LOCK?

MacBook 2 GHz Intel Core 2 DVD, Memory: 1 GB 667, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Feb 10, 2008 12:52 PM

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Feb 10, 2008 3:21 PM in response to Thomas Bryant

Thomas Bryant wrote:
Hi! Set the caps lock key to "no action". Tom

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Well, the only thing I can do when I think I've reached the final step is to place a checkmark, or not, in front of the following statements.
"Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys.
When this option is selected, press the Fn key to the special features printed on each key".

My guess (I had to flip a coin) is that in order to turn off the Caps Lock key, I will not put a check in front of those statements. Do you agree with that?

Feb 11, 2008 4:38 PM in response to David JD

David JD wrote:
Hello Niku.Go into System Prefs. click Keyboard & Mouse, Click first tab in the box "Keyboard",click bottom tab "Modifier Keys", select drop down menu on top tab "Caps Lock" and select No Action. Same expalnation as other answers.
David.

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I think I see the problem. I can get to "Keyboard," but when I click on it there is no bottom tag labeled "Modifier Keys". In fact, there is no bottom tab. Therefore, there is no drop down menu, and no "Caps Lock," and no "No Action". What I see when I click on "Keyboard" is only what I mentioned in a previous posting. Two sentences, as I recall.

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