# Keybow 2040 would like a teeny bit of help making it a simple macropad

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I feel like if there had been a hid-keys-intermediate example I’d have had a better time! I’m far from a python expert, I admit freely. The simple example is good, but I have no idea how to change it from single keycodes to instead pumping out a string. hid-keys-advanced has that, but it’s more complicated than I can understand to cut it down.

Anyone have a sample that slides between those two levels; aseries of buttons with a colored LED that spits out the designated string when pressed?