"Change Keyboard Type" dosen't show in Keyboard Preferences

I am using Logitech wireless solar keyboard.  But today my iMac doesn't recognize the keyboard. I tried it with another iMac, and it worked.  So I tried to reset and paired the keyboard with the first iMac.  But one thing I noticed was that in this iMac, the "Change Keyboard Type" in Keyboard Preferences is not showing.  The OS I am using is the most recent, and the same with the other iMac.  In fact, this iMac is newer than the second one.  Can anyone help me solve this problem?  Right now I am typing with Apple wireless keyboard.  Thank you in advance.

Thanks for your suggestions but they haven't solved the problem for the iMac. Right now we are using a work-around by having students type their text in Text Edit and then paste it into FCP. This is very strange. As I said before the keyboard works in all other applications, is set to US standard layout and allows certain key commands like copy, cut and paste. We've tried deleting and reinstalling FCP with a shutdown in between and the problem persists. Has anyone else heard of this happening to another Mac? Thanks.

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