Acer TravelMate 3000 TravelMate 3000 User's Guide - Page 23

Using the keyboard, Lock keys

Page 23 highlights

English 13 Using the keyboard The full-sized keyboard includes an embedded numeric keypad, separate cursor keys, two Windows keys and twelve function keys. Lock keys The keyboard has three lock functions which you can toggle on and off. Lock key Caps Lock Num Lock + Scroll Lock + Description When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters entered are in uppercase. When Num Lock is on, the embedded keypad is in numeric mode. The marked keys function as a numeric keypad (complete with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Use this mode when you need to do a lot of numeric data entry. An alternative solution may 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.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78

13
English
Using the keyboard
The full-sized keyboard includes an embedded numeric keypad,
separate cursor keys, two Windows keys and twelve function keys.
Lock keys
The keyboard has three lock functions which you can toggle on
and off.
Lock key
Description
Caps Lock
When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters entered
are in uppercase.
Num Lock
<Fn>+<F11>
When Num Lock is on, the embedded keypad is in numeric
mode. The marked keys function as a numeric keypad
(complete with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Use
this mode when you need to do a lot of numeric data
entry. An alternative solution may be to connect an
external keypad.
Scroll Lock
<Fn>+<F12>
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.