Making Life Easier
Working with the Keyboard
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer
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You can use these keys to:
❖
move the cursor up, down, left or right on the screen.
❖
move up or down one page.
❖
move to the beginning or end of a document.
❖
delete or insert characters.
How these keys function may vary with the program you're using.
Check your program's documentation for information on how the
cursor keys function.
To turn the cursor control overlay on and off, press
Fn
+
F10
. The
cursor control light on the indicator panel glows when the cursor
control overlay is on.
You can use the overlaid keys to type alphabetic characters while
the overlay is on. To do this:
❖
for lower case letters, press and hold
Fn
while you type.
❖
for upper case letters, press and hold
Fn
+
Shift
while you type.
Release
Fn
to continue using the overlay.
The keys of the cursor control overlay also act as a numeric over-
lay, providing the numeric keys of a ten-key numeric keypad. To
use the numeric overlay when the cursor control overlay is on,
press and hold
Shift
while you use the overlaid keys. To return to
the cursor control overlay, release
Shift
. For more information on
the numeric overlay, refer to “Typing Numbers” on page 83.
