Hold down the Alt key and type the number 46 using the numerical keypad, then release the Alt key...a period should then appear.
Hope this helps,
John
Hey everyone, I have an old sony vaio laptop that the period key has stopped working on i was wondering if there is software available that will allow me to use another key combination to put in a period (such as ctrl P) for xp Also if there is one for linux that would help because i am installing ubuntu on this machine soon thanks for the help and sorry about the lack of periods in this post

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