Reassigning keys on wireless keyboard

I've recently acquired an iMac with a wireless keyboard, I'm aware that some of the function keys can be reassigned or 'inverted' so the function swaps when pressing the 'fn' key.
What I'm interested in is making specific changes, for instance 'Dashboard' is assigned to 'F4' and 'fn+F12' - I'd like to assign something else to fn+F12' - or reassign the 'eject' key as '(forward) delete' (Eject could then be used with the 'fn' key. (I use forward delete far more often than eject!)
It's not a major issue, but thought I'd pose the question.
Thanks up front.

Hello Georgia:
Take a look at my post here and see if it helps:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2470479&tstart=0
Barry

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