Acer TravelMate 320 User Guide - Page 29

Keyboard, Special Keys, Lock Keys

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9 Keyboard The keyboard has comfortably-sized keys and an embedded keypad, separate cursor keys, Windows keys and twelve function keys. A wide palm rest provides you with a very comfortable place to rest your hands while you type. Special Keys Lock Keys The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off. Lock Key Caps Lock Num Lock (Fn-NumLk) Scroll Lock (Fn-ScrLk) Description When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed are in uppercase. 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.

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9
Keyboard
The keyboard has comfortably-sized keys and an embedded
keypad, separate cursor keys, Windows keys and twelve function
keys.
A wide palm rest provides you with a very comfortable
place to rest your hands while you type.
Special Keys
Lock Keys
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and
off.
Lock Key
Description
Caps Lock
When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed are
in uppercase.
Num Lock
(Fn-NumLk)
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.
Scroll Lock
(Fn-ScrLk)
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.