Acer Aspire 1400, User Manual

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Getting familiar with your computer 14
Keyboard
The keyboard has full-sized keys with an embedded keypad, separate cursor keys, two
Windows keys and twelve function keys.
Special keys
Lock keys
The keyboard has four lock keys which you can toggle on and off.
Lock Key Description
Caps Lock When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed are in uppercase.
Num Lock When Num Lock is on, the embedded keypad is in numeric mode. The keys
function as a calculator (complete with the arithmetic ope, -, *, and
/). Use this mode when you need to do a lot of numeric data entry. A
better solution would be to connect an external keypad. See “External
keyboard” on page 43.
Scroll Lock
(Fn-Scroll Lk) When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up or down when you
press
↑
or
↓
respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with some applications.
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