Adjust the Character Repeat Rate
You can adjust both the repeat delay (amount of time that elapses before a character repeats when you hold down a key), and the repeat rate (the speed at which a character repeats when you hold down a key). Adjusting these settings can benefit people with mobility impairments. This procedure tells you how to set the character repeat rate through Keyboard Properties in Control Panel.
1 | On the Start menu: | Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key  ). | • | Select Control Panel by pressing C. |
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2 | In Control Panel: | • | Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing). | | • | If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View. | | • | Select Keyboard. |
| In Control Panel: | • | Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing). | | • | If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB. | | • | Press ENTER. | | • | Move to Keyboard by pressing the arrow keys. | | • | Press ENTER. |
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3 | In the Keyboard Properties dialog box, on the Speed tab, under Character repeat: | • | Use the Repeat delay slider arrow to select a repeat delay value. | | • | Use the Repeat rate slider arrow to select a repeat rate. | | • | Select OK. |
| In the Keyboard Properties dialog box, on the Speed tab, under Character repeat: | • | Move to the Repeat delay slider arrow by pressing D. | | • | Select the speed you want by moving the slider arrow with the RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW keys. | | • | Select the Repeat rate slider by pressing R. | | • | Select the speed you want by moving the slider arrow with the RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW keys. | | • | Press ENTER. |
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4 | To close Control Panel: | • | Select the Close button. |
| To close Control Panel: |
Control Panel: Keyboard: Speed tab: Character repeat: Repeat delay and Repeat rate
