Acer Altos 600 Acer Altos 600 User's Guide - Page 39

Keyboard, Cursor keys, Lock keys

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25 Keyboard The keyboard that came with your system has full-sized keys that include separate cursor keys, two Windows keys, and twelve function keys. Cursor keys The cursor keys, also called the arrow keys, let you move the cursor around the screen. They serve the same function as the arrow keys on the numeric keypad when the Num Lock is toggled off. Lock keys The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off to switch between two functions. Lock Key Caps Lock Num Lock Description When activated, all alphabetic characters typed appear in uppercase (same function as pressing Shift + ). When activated, the keypad is set to numeric mode; i.e., the keys function as a calculator (complete with arithmetic operators such as +, -, *, and /).

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Keyboard
The keyboard that came with your system has full-sized keys that include separate
cursor keys, two Windows keys, and twelve function keys.
Cursor keys
The cursor keys, also called the arrow keys, let you move the cursor around the
screen.
They serve the same function as the arrow keys on the numeric keypad
when the Num Lock is toggled off.
Lock keys
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off to switch
between two functions.
Lock Key
Description
Caps Lock
When activated, all alphabetic characters
typed appear in uppercase (same function as
pressing
Shift
+ <letter>).
Num Lock
When activated, the keypad is set to numeric
mode; i.e., the keys function as a calculator
(complete with arithmetic operators such as
+, -,
*
, and /).