Making Your Keyboard Emulate A Full-Size Keyboard; Ctrl, Fn, And Alt Keys - Toshiba Satellite M50 Series User Manual

Making your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard

Although your computer's keyboard layout is compatible
with a standard full-size keyboard, it has fewer keys.
A standard full-size keyboard has two
editing keys; cursor positioning keys; and a numeric keypad.
Pressing the
of the specially marked keys allows you to emulate a full-size
keyboard.
Your computer's keyboard has only one
Most of the time, this does not matter. However, some
programs assign separate functions to the right and left
and
Alt
the full-sized keyboard. Using the
these separate keys, as follows:
❖
Press
the right side of the enhanced keyboard.
❖
Press
on the numeric pad of the enhanced keyboard.

Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys

Ctrl
Sample Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys
The
Ctrl
program you are using. For more information, see your
program documentation.
key simultaneously in combination with one
Fn
keys, or to the regular and numeric pad
and simultaneously to simulate the
Fn Ctrl
and
Fn Enter
Alt
Fn
, , and keys do different things depending on the
Fn Alt
Learning the Basics
Using the keyboard
Fn
simultaneously to simulate the
, , and
Enter Ctrl
and one
Enter
Enter
key, you can simulate
Ctrl
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key.
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