Toshiba 8100 series, User Manual

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Part I: Getting to Know Your Computer
Learning the Basics
Using the keyboard
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Making your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard
Although the Tecra computer’s keyboard layout is compatible
with a standard full-size keyboard, it has fewer keys.
A standard full-size keyboard has two
Enter
,
Ctrl
, and
Alt
keys,
editing keys, cursor positioning keys, and a numeric keypad.
Pressing the
Fn
key simultaneously in combination with one of the
specially marked keys allows you to emulate a full-size keyboard.
The computer’s built-in keyboard has only one
Enter
and one
Ctrl
key. Most of the time this doesn’t matter. However, some
programs assign separate functions to the right and left
Ctrl
and
Alt
keys, or to the regular and numeric pad
Enter
keys on the full-sized
keyboard. Using the
Fn
key you can simulate these separate keys,
as follows:
❖
Press
Fn
and
Ctrl
simultaneously to simulate the
Ctrl
key on the
right side of the enhanced keyboard.
❖
Press
Fn
and
Enter
simultaneously to simulate the
Enter
key on
the numeric pad of the enhanced keyboard.
Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys
The Ctrl, Fn and Alt keys
The
Ctrl
,
Fn
, and
Alt
keys do different things depending on the
program you are using. For more information, see your program
documentation.
Alt Ctrl Fn
.