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Re:Ask HN: Temporarily using one hand, help by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @02:39PM (#26715626)
Windows has two things that can help you.

First, you can turn on sticky keys. (I think you can activate it by pressing "shift" five times in a row.) This means that keys like shift, control, and alt "stay pressed" if you press and release the key, so that you can press control, release it, then press p (or whatever), and Windows reads that as cntrl-p, even though you weren't holding down the control key when you pressed the p key.

Second, you can reverse the buttons on the mouse, if that makes it easier for you.

But, you're just going to be slower for 6 to 8 weeks. There's no way around it. (On the plus side, you might gain some dexterity in your non-dominant hand.)

We don't think of ourselves as "people who work with their hands", but we do...

Re:Ask HN: Temporarily using one hand, help by mywacaday on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:16PM (#26718542)
Thanks, have already reversed the mouse, sticky keys is a good one, will try it. Dictating emails in outlook is proving quiet accurate needing only minor touch ups. Excel and PowerPoint are proving tougher though.