Acer TravelMate Spin P414RNA-51 User Manual - Page 20

Using the keyboard, Lock keys, Hotkeys, KEYBOARD

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20 - Using the keyboard USING THE KEYBOARD The keyboard has full-sized keys, a numeric keypad, separate cursor, lock, Windows keys and hotkeys. Lock keys The keyboard has lock keys which you can use to turn keyboard functions on and off. Lock key Caps Lock Description When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed are in uppercase. Num Lock When Num Lock is on, the 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. Hotkeys To activate hotkeys, press and hold the Fn key before pressing the other key in the hotkey combination. Hotkey Fn + F1 Fn + F2 Fn + F3 Fn + F4 Fn + F5 Icon Function Description Sleep Puts the computer in Sleep mode. Flight mode Turns on / off the computer's network devices. Brightness down Decreases the screen brightness. Brightness up Increases the screen brightness. Switches display output Display toggle between the display screen, external monitor (if connected) and both.

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20 - Using the keyboard
U
SING
THE
KEYBOARD
The keyboard has full-sized keys, a numeric keypad, separate cursor,
lock, Windows keys and hotkeys.
Lock keys
The keyboard has lock keys which you can use to turn keyboard
functions on and off.
Hotkeys
To activate hotkeys, press and hold the
Fn
key before pressing the
other key in the hotkey combination.
Lock key
Description
Caps Lock
When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters
typed are in uppercase.
Num Lock
When Num Lock is on, the 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.
Hotkey
Icon
Function
Description
Fn
+
F1
Sleep
Puts the computer in Sleep
mode.
Fn
+
F2
Flight mode
Turns on / off the computer's
network devices.
Fn
+
F3
Brightness
down
Decreases the screen
brightness.
Fn
+
F4
Brightness up
Increases the screen
brightness.
Fn
+
F5
Display toggle
Switches display output
between the display screen,
external monitor (if connected)
and both.