User’s Manual
5-5
The Keyboard
Numeric mode
To turn on the Numeric mode, press
Fn
+
F11
(
Numeric mode
indicator
lights). Now try numeric data entry using the keys below. Press
Fn
+
F11
again to turn off the overlay.
The numeric keypad overlay (U.S.)
Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on)
While using the overlay, you can temporarily access the normal keyboard
without turning off the overlay:
1. Hold down
Fn
and press any other key. All keys will operate as if the
overlay were off.
2. Type upper-case characters by holding down
Fn
+
Shift
and pressing a
character key.
3. Release
Fn
to continue using the overlay.
Temporarily using overlay (overlay off)
While using the normal keyboard, you can temporarily use the keypad
overlay without turning it on:
1. Press and hold down
Fn
.
2. Check the keyboard indicators. Pressing
Fn
turns on the most recently
used overlay. If the
Numeric mode
indicator lights, you can use the
overlay for numeric entry. If the
Arrow mode
indicator lights, you can
use it for cursor and page control.
3. Release
Fn
to return to normal keyboard operation.