Problems with Co:Writer, netbooks and Numlock keys?

Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 5th June, 2013

We've had reports of Co:Writer 6 not working properly on netbook and laptop computers, particularly those running Windows 7. This seems to be a particular problem with the thousands of Toshiba NB250/300/500 machines bought through the Procurement Scotland arrangement.

Here's how to solve it for a Toshiba NB300 with Windows 7:

1. Start up the computer and run Co:Writer.
2. If you see this message either immediately, or when you try and open your word processor:
3. then hold down the FN key and press and release F10. 
4. Then do it again.
5. Co:writer should now work properly.

In our tests, we found that you only need to do this the first time you run Co:Writer. Once you've got it working the first time it seems to work properly from then on even if you log off and log on, put it to sleep, restart or shut down and start up.

Visit the Don Johnston web site if you want to find out more about this problem.