Acer TravelMate 290E User Guide - Page 23
Using the keyboard, Special keys
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English 13 Using the keyboard The full-sized keyboard includes an embedded numeric keypad, separate cursor keys, two Windows keys and twelve function keys. Special keys Lock keys The keyboard has four lock keys which you can toggle on and off. Lock key Caps Lock Pad Lock (Fn-F10) Num Lock (Fn-F11) Scroll Lock (Fn-F12) Description When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed are in uppercase. When Pad Lock is on, the embedded keypad is enabled. In this mode the keypad is cursor function. When Num Lock is on, the embedded keypad is in numeric mode. The keys function as a calculator (complete with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Use this mode when you need to do a lot of numeric data entry. A better solution would be to connect an external keypad. When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up or down when you press the up or down arrow keys respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with some applications.