[waynesa98]

Go to the dell site and get the service manual (pdf)
While your there buy a replacement keyboard.
The service manual will help you take the laptop apart. Usually an easy thing to do if you have a set of jewelers screw drivers. When you get the unit apart check to see if the coffee got further then the keyboard. With the battery out, if it did, get some electronics cleaner from radio shack ($12) and clean any coffee you find. The keyboard it self is an easy thing to swap out, 1 small ribbon cable just remember to tilt up the connector on the mainboard.

[Bob]

Thanks for the suggestions. I did power it down and then drained it as thoroughly as I could by standing it on its side. I also gave it about four days to dry out before I tried powering it back up. I think that I'll contact Dell directly to see what they'd charge me for cleaning it up.

Thanks again for all of your suggestions.