Before You Begin
There are some essential keys to know so you can easily navigate different settings and enable them.
Enable the Mouse Keys
You must enable the mouse keys in your system settings before you use your keyboard to move the mouse cursor. You can follow the steps mentioned below. To quickly access the Mouse keys settings, you can enable a shortcut key in the Ease of Access center. For this,
Using Mouse Keys to Move the Cursor
After successfully enabling the mouse keys, you can use the numpad on your keyboard to move the cursor in different directions as follows.
Adjusting the Mouse Pointer Speed
If the cursor is moving too slow or fast, you can adjust it according to your preferences. Here’s how you can do it. Set the Top speed slider to High and the Acceleration slider to Fast if you want the cursor to move faster. Furthermore, check the Hold down CTRL to speed up and SHIFT to slow down checkbox in the Set up Mouse Keys section for quicker access to pointer speed.
Check If Mouse Keys Are Enabled
You can know whether the mouse keys are enabled or not with the Mouse key icon. For this, After enabling the above setting, you can view the MouseKeys icon on the taskbar. It displays a red cross icon if mouse keys are disabled. Also, to determine the current click mode, you can check the side with the gray pattern on the mouse keys icon.
