The Keyboard
Portégé A100
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Portégé A100
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Windows special keys
The keyboard provides two keys that have special functions in Windows:
one activates the
Start
menu and the other has the same function as the
secondary mouse button.
This
key activates the Windows
Start
menu.
This
key has the same function as the secondary mouse button.
Keypad overlay
Your computer’s keyboard does not have an independent numeric
keypad, but its numeric keypad overlay functions like one.
The keys in the center of the keyboard with white letters make up the
numeric keypad overlay. The overlay provides the same functions as the
numeric keypad on the 101/102-key enhanced keyboard in next figure.
Turning on the overlays
The numeric keypad overlay can be used for numeric data input or cursor
and page control.
Arrow mode
To turn on the Arrow mode, press
Fn
+
F10
. The Arrow mode indicator
lights. Now try cursor and page control using the keys shown in next
figure. Press
Fn
+
F10
again to turn off the overlay.
Numeric mode
To turn on the Numeric mode, press
Fn
+
F11
. The Numeric mode
indicator lights. Now try numeric data entry using the keys in next figure.
Press
Fn
+
F11
again to turn off the overlay.