User’s Manual
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The Keyboard
Temporarily using normal keyboard (overlay on)
While using the overlay, you can temporarily access the normal keyboard
without turning off the overlay:
1. Hold
FN
and press any other key. All keys will operate as if the overlay
were off.
2. Type upper-case characters by holding
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 function, you can temporarily use the
keypad overlay without having to turn it on:
1. Hold down
FN
key.
2. Check the keyboard indicators as pressing the
FN
key will turn on the
most recently used overlay function - if the Numeric Mode indicator
lights you can use the overlay for numeric entry, while if the Arrow Mode
indicator lights, you can use the overlay for cursor and page control
function.
3. Release
FN
key to return to normal keyboard operation.
Temporarily changing modes
If the computer is in
Numeric Mode
, you can switch temporarily to
Arrow
Mode
by pressing a
SHIFT
key, while if it is in
Arrow Mode
, you can switch
temporarily to
Numeric Mode
by also pressing a
SHIFT
key.
Generating ASCII characters
Not all ASCII characters can be generated using normal keyboard
operation. But, you can generate these characters using their ASCII codes.
With the overlay on:
1. Hold down
ALT
.
2. Using the overlay keys, type the ASCII code.
3. Release
ALT
, and the ASCII character appears on the display screen.
With the overlay off:
1. Hold down
ALT + FN
.
2. Using the overlay keys, type the ASCII code.
3. Release
ALT + FN
, and the ASCII character appears on the display
screen.
