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Special Computer Keys, Ctrl and Alt, Insert, Delete, Print Screen, Scroll Lock, Pause/Break

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Special Computer Keys The keyboard has several other keys that are not on a typewriter. These are Escape (Esc), Control (Ctrl), Alternate (Alt), Insert (Ins), Delete (Del), Print Screen, Scroll Lock, and Pause/Break. Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 ! " $ % & / ( ) = ? \ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ' ì # [ ] Q W E R T @ Y U I O P é * | è + \ A S D F G H J K L o ò à Z X C V B N M ; : _ , . - Ctrl Ctrl Stamp RSist Bloc S c o rr Pausa Interr Ins Pag Canc Fine Pag Num Lock Caps Lock Scroll Lock Bloc Num / * - 7 8 9 Pag + 4 5 6 1 2 Fine 0 Ins 3 Pag ' Canc Invio Special Computer Keys Figure 4. Your software controls these keys. It can disable them or modify their purpose. The following list describes the most common uses of these keys. Esc Escapes from an operation, window, message, or program and returns you to what you were doing previously. Ctrl and Alt Used with other keys to perform a specific operation defined by the program in use. When two or more keys are used together to perform a certain function, they are called combination keys. To use combination keys, you simply hold them down at the same time. For example, pressing Ctrl+Pause/Break stops the operation of most programs. Combination keys might work differently, depending on your software. Insert Activates the insert mode, which allows you to insert information between two existing characters. When you press insert again, you return to the replace mode and write information over existing characters. Delete Deletes a character or field. Print Screen Prints information on your screen to a printer. If the screen contains graphic images, they might not be printed correctly. Scroll Lock Determines how you move through information. When you press the Scroll Lock key, a light turns on at the top right corner of the keyboard. With scroll locking on, the cursor can move through the information on the screen. With scroll locking off, the cursor remains stationary, and the information on the screen moves. Not many programs use this function. Pause/Break Allows you to stop a program temporarily. 24 I/O Features

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Special Computer Keys
The keyboard has several other keys that are not on a typewriter.
These are Escape (Esc),
Control (Ctrl), Alternate (Alt), Insert (Ins), Delete (Del), Print Screen, Scroll Lock, and
Pause/Break.
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Special Computer Keys
Figure 4.
Your software controls these keys.
It can disable them or modify their purpose.
The
following list describes the most common uses of these keys.
Esc
Escapes
from an operation, window, message, or program and returns
you to what you were doing previously.
Ctrl and Alt
Used with other keys to perform a specific operation defined by the
program in use.
When two or more keys are used together to
perform a certain function, they are called
combination keys
.
To use
combination keys, you simply hold them down at the same time.
For
example, pressing Ctrl
+
Pause/Break stops the operation of most
programs.
Combination keys might work differently, depending on your
software.
Insert
Activates the insert mode, which allows you to
insert
information
between two existing characters.
When you press
insert
again, you
return to the replace mode and write information over existing
characters.
Delete
Deletes
a character or field.
Print Screen
Prints information on your screen to a printer.
If the screen contains
graphic images, they might not be printed correctly.
Scroll Lock
Determines how you move through information.
When you press the
Scroll Lock key, a light turns on at the top right corner of the
keyboard.
With scroll locking on, the cursor can move through the
information on the screen.
With scroll locking off, the cursor remains
stationary, and the information on the screen moves.
Not many
programs use this function.
Pause/Break
Allows you to stop a program temporarily.
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I/O Features