16 - Using the keyboard
U
S I N G
T H E
K E Y B O A R D
The keyboard has full-sized keys and a separate numeric
keypad, separate cursor, lock, Windows, function and special
keys.
Lock keys
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on
and off.
Hotkeys
The computer employs hotkeys or key combinations to
access most of the computer's controls like screen
brightness and volume output.
To activate hotkeys, press and hold the
Fn
key before
pressing the other key in the hotkey combination.
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 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.
Scroll Lock
Fn
+
F12
When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one
line up or down when you press the up or
down arrow keys respectively. Scroll Lock
does not work with some applications.
Hotkey
Icon Function
Description
Fn
+
F3
Airplane
mode
Turns on / off the
computer's network devices.
Fn
+
F4
Sleep
Puts the computer in Sleep
mode.
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