Wireless keyboard will not enter discoverable mode

Hi, Changed the batteries on my bluetooth apple keyboard and now the keyboard won't pair with the iMac; nor will it enter "discoverable" mode (when I press the keyboard power button the keyboard light illuminates green for about a second and then goes dim.)

Anyone come up with a solution? I looked at the other closely related issues where the green light wouldn't come up and they suggested using aluminum foil.  I tried that and it didn'tdo the trick.
I'd hate to have to buy a new keyboard, even though this one is a few years old, it worked great until now.

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