Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 User Manual - Page 72

Keypad overlay, Windows special keys, Emulating Fn key on external keyboard, Turning on the overlays

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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. Emulating Fn key on external keyboard The Fn key is only on Toshiba keyboards. If you use an external keyboard attached to the computer, you can execute Fn key combinations by emulating the Fn key. For example, you might hold down left Shift + left Ctrl then press F3 to change the power up mode. See Chapter 7, Setup and Password Security, for details on setting the Fn key equivalent. 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 centre 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 the next illustration. 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 (Arrow mode icon lights). Now try cursor and page control using the keys shown in the following illustration. Press Fn + F10 again to turn off the overlay. 5-6 The Keyboard User's Manual

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The Keyboard
User's Manual
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.
Emulating Fn key on external keyboard
The
Fn
key is only on Toshiba keyboards. If you use an external keyboard
attached to the computer, you can execute
Fn
key combinations by
emulating the
Fn
key. For example, you might hold down
left Shift
+
left
Ctrl
then press
F3
to change the power up mode. See Chapter 7,
Setup
and Password Security
, for details on setting the
Fn
key equivalent.
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 centre 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 the next
illustration.
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 (Arrow mode
icon lights).
Now try cursor and page control using the keys shown in the following
illustration. Press
Fn
+
F10
again to turn off the overlay.