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Keys with alternate characters, Table 18. List of keyboard shortcuts continued

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Table 18. List of keyboard shortcuts (continued) Key Primary behavior F5 Keyboard backlight NOTE: Toggle to cycle the keyboard backlight status through off, low- backlight, and high-backlight. F6 F7 F8 F10 F11 F12 Copilot Decrease brightness Increase brightness Switch to external display Print Screen Home End Launch Copilot in Windows NOTE: If Copilot in Windows is not available on your computer, the CoPilot key launches Windows Search. For more information about Copilot in Windows, search in the Knowledge Base Resource at www.dell.com/support. You can run the secondary tasks that are indicated by the symbols on the function keys by pressing the function key with fn, for example, fn and F1. See the table below for the list of secondary tasks and the key combinations to run them. NOTE: Keyboard characters may differ depending on the keyboard language configuration. Keys that are used for tasks remain the same, regardless of the keyboard language. NOTE: You can define the primary behavior of function keys in the Function Key Behavior menu of the BIOS setup program. Table 19. Secondary tasks of keyboard keys Key combination for task fn and F1 fn and F2 fn and F3 fn and F4 fn and F5 fn and F6 fn and F7 fn and F8 fn and F9 fn and F10 fn and F11 fn and F12 What the task does Operating system and application-specific F1 behavior Operating system and application-specific F2 behavior Operating system and application-specific F3 behavior Operating system and application-specific F4 behavior Operating system and application-specific F5 behavior Operating system and application-specific F6 behavior Operating system and application-specific F7 behavior Operating system and application-specific F8 behavior Operating system and application-specific F9 behavior Operating system and application-specific F10 behavior Operating system and application-specific F11 behavior Operating system and application-specific F12 behavior Keys with alternate characters There are other keys on your keyboard with alternate characters. The symbols that are shown at the bottom of these keys are the main characters that are displayed when the key is pressed; the symbols that are shown at the top of these keys are displayed when the key is pressed with the shift key. For example, if you press 2, 2 is displayed; if you press Shift and 2, @ is displayed. 26 Specifications of Latitude 5550

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Table 18. List of keyboard shortcuts (continued)
Key
Primary behavior
F5
Keyboard backlight
NOTE:
Toggle to cycle the keyboard backlight status through off, low-
backlight, and high-backlight.
F6
Decrease brightness
F7
Increase brightness
F8
Switch to external display
F10
Print Screen
F11
Home
F12
End
Copilot
Launch Copilot in Windows
NOTE:
If Copilot in Windows is not available on your computer, the
CoPilot key launches Windows Search. For more information about
Copilot in Windows, search in the Knowledge Base Resource at
www.dell.com/support
.
You can run the secondary tasks that are indicated by the symbols on the function keys by pressing the function key with
fn
, for
example,
fn
and
F1
. See the table below for the list of secondary tasks and the key combinations to run them.
NOTE:
Keyboard characters may differ depending on the keyboard language configuration. Keys that are used for tasks
remain the same, regardless of the keyboard language.
NOTE:
You can define the primary behavior of function keys in the
Function Key Behavior
menu of the BIOS setup
program.
Table 19. Secondary tasks of keyboard keys 
Key combination for task
What the task does
fn
and
F1
Operating system and application-specific F1 behavior
fn
and
F2
Operating system and application-specific F2 behavior
fn
and
F3
Operating system and application-specific F3 behavior
fn
and
F4
Operating system and application-specific F4 behavior
fn
and
F5
Operating system and application-specific F5 behavior
fn
and
F6
Operating system and application-specific F6 behavior
fn
and
F7
Operating system and application-specific F7 behavior
fn
and
F8
Operating system and application-specific F8 behavior
fn
and
F9
Operating system and application-specific F9 behavior
fn
and
F10
Operating system and application-specific F10 behavior
fn
and
F11
Operating system and application-specific F11 behavior
fn
and
F12
Operating system and application-specific F12 behavior
Keys with alternate characters
There are other keys on your keyboard with alternate characters. The symbols that are shown at the bottom of these keys
are the main characters that are displayed when the key is pressed; the symbols that are shown at the top of these keys are
displayed when the key is pressed with the shift key. For example, if you press
2
,
2
is displayed; if you press
Shift
and
2
,
@
is
displayed.
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