Using a laptop as a qwerty keyboard with an imac

Hi,
I have an imac, and i am in the middle of a project which is on a deadline.
I don't have time to get to an apple shop, or to wait for a delivery, but for various reasons i am short of a qwerty keyboard for the imac. I have a powerbook G4 here, and wondered if the keyboard from that could somehow be used to run the imac.
Is it possible?
David Tobin

If I were you I'd either:
1. Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences... > International > Input Menu tab then add check Keyboard Viewer.
Also check that Show Input Menu in Menu Bar is checked.
Then in any application, on the Union Flag on the right of menu bar choose Show Keyboard Viewer. You can then 'type' using the mouse.
2. Any USB keyboard will work though! so if you can scrounge a PC one in short order.
3. I'd also advise trying a different USB port with the current keyboard to see if that helps.
HTH
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