Gateway NE510 User Manual - Page 16

Windows keys, Hotkey, Function, Description

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16 - Using the keyboard To activate hotkeys, press and hold the Fn key (bottom left) before pressing the other key in the hotkey combination. Hotkey Function Description Fn + Special keys (see page 14) Function keys Activates the F1 to F12 keys. Fn + Home Scrolls to the beginning of a document. Fn + End Scrolls to the end of a document. Fn + Page up Scrolls up a page in a document. Fn + Page Down Scrolls down a page in a document. Note It is not necessary to press the Fn key to use the F1 to F12 function keys when starting your computer or when using the BIOS. To swap the hotkey and special function of the F1 to F12 keys, change the function key setting in the BIOS (to open the BIOS press F2 when starting your computer, then select the Main menu and change Function key behavior to Function keys). Windows keys The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions. Key Description Pressed alone it returns to the Start screen. Windows key It can also be used with other keys for special functions, please check Windows Help. Application key This key has the same effect as clicking the right mouse button; it opens the application's context menu.

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16 - Using the keyboard
To activate hotkeys, press and hold the
Fn
key (bottom left) before
pressing the other key in the hotkey combination.
Windows keys
The keyboard has two keys that perform Windows-specific functions.
Hotkey
Function
Description
Fn + Special
keys
(see page
14)
Function
keys
Activates the F1 to F12 keys.
Fn +
Home
Scrolls to the beginning of a
document.
Fn +
End
Scrolls to the end of a document.
Fn +
Page up
Scrolls up a page in a document.
Fn +
Page Down
Scrolls down a page in a document.
Note
It is not necessary to press the Fn key to use the F1 to F12 function keys
when starting your computer or when using the BIOS.
To swap the hotkey and special function of the F1 to F12 keys, change the
function key setting in the BIOS (to open the BIOS press
F2
when starting
your computer, then select the
Main
menu and change
Function key
behavior
to
Function keys
).
Key
Description
Windows key
Pressed alone it returns to the Start screen.
It can also be used with other keys for special
functions, please check Windows Help.
Application
key
This key has the same effect as clicking the right
mouse button; it opens the application's context
menu.