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Using Your VAIO Computer >
Using the Keyboard
Using the Keyboard
Your keyboard has additional keys that perform model-specific tasks.
Combinations and Functions with the Fn Key
✍
Some keyboard functions can be used only after the operating system is finished launching.
Combination/Feature
Function
Fn
+
8
(F5/F6)
: brightness control
Changes the LCD brightness of your computer screen.
To increase lighting intensity, keep pressing the
Fn
+
F6
keys or press the
Fn
+
F6
keys and then
the
M
or
,
key.
To decrease lighting intensity, keep pressing the
Fn
+
F5
keys or press the
Fn
+
F5
keys and then
the
m
or
<
key.
Fn
+
/
T
(F7)
: display output
Switches the display output between your computer screen, an external display, simultaneous
output to both, and multiple displays with both that function as a single desktop. Press the
Enter
key to select the display output.
!
If you disconnect a display cable from your computer while an external display is selected as the display
output destination, the computer screen goes blank. In such a case, press the
F7
key twice while holding
down the
Fn
key, and then press the
Enter
key to switch the display output to the computer screen.
Multiple displays may not be supported depending on the operating system on your computer.
Fn
+
/
(F9/F10)
: zooming
Changes the size of an image or a document displayed on some software.
To make the view look smaller and further away (zoom out), press the
Fn+F9
keys.
To make the view look bigger and closer (zoom in), press the
Fn+F10
keys.
See the help file included with the
VAIO Control Center
for more information.
