Lenovo ThinkPad T420i (English) User Guide - Page 201

Fn and Ctrl Key swap, Fn Key Lock

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Table 8. Config menu items (continued) Keyboard/Mouse TrackPoint • Disabled • Enabled Touch Pad • Disabled • Enabled Fn and Ctrl Key swap • Disabled • Enabled Fn Key Lock • Disabled • Enabled ThinkPad NumLock • Independent • Synchronized Power-On NumLock • Automatic • On Enable or disable the built-in TrackPoint. Note: If you want to use an external mouse, select "Disabled." Enable or disable the built-in touch pad. Note: If you want to use an external mouse, select "Disabled." If you select "Enabled", the Fn key works as the Ctrl key, and the Ctrl key works as the Fn key. Note: Even when "Enabled" is selected, you need to press the Fn key to return the computer from sleep mode to normal operation. If you select "Enabled", you can press the Fn key to keep it in a pressed condition, then press the desired function key. The action is equivalent to pressing the required key and the Fn key simultaneously. When you pressed the Fn key twice, the state is locked until you press the Fn key again. If you select "Independent", NumLock on your computer can be disabled independently regardless of the NumLock state of the external keyboard. If NumLock on the computer is enabled, NumLock on the external keyboard will also be enabled. If you select "Synchronized", NumLock on your computer and NumLock on the external keyboard are synchronized. If you select "Automatic", NumLock is enabled when full size keyboard is attached. Chapter 8. Advanced configuration 183

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Table 8. Config menu items (continued)
TrackPoint
Disabled
Enabled
Enable or disable the
built-in TrackPoint.
Note:
If you want to use
an external mouse, select
“Disabled.”
Touch Pad
Disabled
Enabled
Enable or disable the
built-in touch pad.
Note:
If you want to use
an external mouse, select
“Disabled.”
Fn and Ctrl Key swap
Disabled
Enabled
If you select “Enabled”, the
Fn key works as the Ctrl
key, and the Ctrl key works
as the Fn key.
Note:
Even when
“Enabled” is selected,
you need to press the Fn
key to return the computer
from sleep mode to normal
operation.
Fn Key Lock
Disabled
Enabled
If you select “Enabled”,
you can press the Fn key
to keep it in a pressed
condition, then press the
desired function key. The
action is equivalent to
pressing the required
key and the Fn key
simultaneously.
When
you pressed the Fn key
twice, the state is locked
until you press the Fn key
again.
ThinkPad NumLock
Independent
Synchronized
If you select “Independent”,
NumLock on your
computer can be disabled
independently regardless
of the NumLock state of
the external keyboard. If
NumLock on the computer
is enabled, NumLock on
the external keyboard will
also be enabled.
If you select
“Synchronized”, NumLock
on your computer and
NumLock on the external
keyboard are synchronized.
Keyboard/Mouse
Power-On NumLock
Automatic
On
If you select “Automatic”,
NumLock is enabled
when full size keyboard is
attached.
Chapter 8
.
Advanced configuration
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