Android Emulator Keyboard not displaying

This is how to make emulator to show soft keyboard:

Device settings > Language and Input > Default > Hardware (Physical Keyboard) > set to Off.

Press CTRL+F11 or num pad 7 to enable an onscreen keyboard within the OS. I don't think the 3.0 emulator has an equivalent keyboard interface the way the others do.

You can also issue a command from the keyboard. http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html

e.g.

Android == PC Keyboard

Back Key == ESC

Menu == Page-up

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Android emulator doesn't take keyboard input - SDK tools rev 20