Acer TravelMate P2 Series User Manual

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14 - Using the keyboardU SING T H E KEYBOARDThe keyboard has full-sized keys and a numeric keypad, separatecursor, lock, Windows, function and special keys.Lock keys and numeric keypadThe keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.HotkeysThe computer employs hotkeys or key combinations to access mostof the computer's controls like screen brightness and volume output.To activate hotkeys, press and hold the <Fn> key before pressing theother key in the hotkey combination.Lock key DescriptionCaps Lock When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characterstyped are in uppercase.Num LockWhen Num Lock is on, the keypad is in numericmode. The keys function as a calculator (completewith the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Use thismode when you need to do a lot of numeric dataentry.Scroll Lock(<Fn> +<F12>)When Scroll Lock is on, text on the screen movesone line up or down when you press the up or downarrow keys. Scroll Lock does not work with mostapplications.Hotkey Icon Function Description<Fn> + <F3> Airplane modeTurns on / off the computer'snetwork devices.(Network devices vary byconfiguration.)<Fn> + <F4> Sleep Puts the computer in Sleepmode.