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Keyboard, Special keys

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Keyboard Keyboard The keyboard has full-sized keys with an embedded keypad, separate cursor keys, two Windows keys, and twelve function keys. Special keys Lock keys The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off. Lock Caps Lock Num Lock (FN+F11) Scroll Lock (Fn+F12) 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 keyboard. See "External keyboard" on page 56. When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up or down when you press ↑ or ↓ respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with some programs. www.gateway.com 21

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Keyboard
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Keyboard
The keyboard has full-sized keys with an embedded keypad, separate cursor
keys, two Windows keys, and twelve function keys.
Special keys
Lock keys
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.
Lock
Description
Caps Lock
When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed
are in uppercase.
Num Lock
(
F
N
+F11
)
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
keyboard. See “External keyboard” on page 56.
Scroll Lock
(
Fn+F12
)
When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up
or down when you press
↑
or
↓
respectively. Scroll Lock
does not work with some programs.