Toshiba Satellite 110 Series, User Manual

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Making Life Easier
Working with the Keyboard
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer
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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 shows whether the cur-
sor control overlay is on or off.
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.
To use the numeric keys 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
Fn
.
Selecting the Keyboard Layout
Depending on what type of computer keyboard you are accus-
tomed to, the position of the
Caps Lock
,
Ctrl
and
Alt
keys on your
computer may seem odd to you. You can change the layout of
these keys by setting the Int. Keyboard Key Layout option in
Hardware Setup or TSETUP:
The Alternative and Normal keyboard key layouts
To find out how to set the Int. Keyboard Key Layout option using
TSETUP, see “TSETUP” on page 307.
Alternative Normal
Ctrl
A
Z Shift
Alt
Caps
Lock
Fn
Caps
Lock
A
Z Shift
Ctrl
Alt
Fn