Problem: I have found that occasionally the on-screen keyboard on my Surface RT does not appear/show or otherwise exist. This usually happens when I fold the touch (external) keyboard back. Sometimes it also happens when I detach the external keyboard. And sometimes it’s totally random.
Fix: I found that one or two simple fixes usually remedy this problem.
If I have the external keyboard attached:
- I undock the device from the keyboard
- I flip the device to change orientation
- I click around in different applications
- If none of the above work, I reboot the device
If I do not have the keyboard attached:
- I flip the device to change orientation
- I reattached and detach the external keyboard.
- I try different apps
- I reboot the device
Now we know that the MS Surface is a Windows device. As any other Windows device, it should be rebooted on regular basis. I find that I have to do this about once a week. I also make sure that I have the latest updates installed – this is important because MS releases fixes regularly for some of the little “glitches”.
Happy typing!
Jo-
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