Arrow keys are disabled

A few months back my wife spilled tea on the arrow keys. My powerbook G4 would continuously scroll. I found a way to disable the arrow keys so they no longer function which stopped the scrolling problem. However, I cannot figure out how to re-enable the arrow keys ???
Any help in getting the arrow keys enabled again would be great.

Hello canmore32,
First of all, Welcome to the  Discussion Forums!
A few months back my wife spilled tea on the arrow keys.
It may be simple as cleaning the affected arrow keycaps.
If you have not attempted to remove the affected keycaps, to clean/replace, a good How To can be found at:
How to Replace a Key on My Powerbook G4
It sounds as if they are just gummed up due to the tea spill. Keep in mind you will need a gentle touch so as not to break the keycaps but you should be alright if you read the How To carefully and follow the instructions. There are many How To's that can be found online by searching for "repair keycaps (or insert "clean" instead) PowerBook G4" or similar using a search engine such as Google etc.
If your arrow functions still do not work you may need to replace keyboard in your PowerBook.
You, of course, will need to re-enable the arrow functions that you disabled originally, after your have followed the How To.
Good luck,
littleshoulders

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