Using The Keyboard; Character Keys; Making Your Keyboard Emulate A Full-Size Keyboard - Toshiba A205-S5800 User Manual

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Learning the Basics

Using the keyboard

Using the keyboard
Your computer's keyboard contains character keys, control keys,
function keys, and special Windows
functionality of a full-size keyboard.
(Sample Illustration) Keyboard

Character keys

Typing with the character keys is very much like typing on a
typewriter, except that:
❖
The space bar creates a space character instead of just passing
over an area of the page.
❖
The lowercase letter l (el) and the number 1 are not
interchangeable.
❖
The uppercase letter O and the number 0 are not
interchangeable.

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
specially marked keys allows you to emulate a full-size keyboard.
Your computer's keyboard has only one
this does not matter. However, some programs assign separate
functions to the regular and numeric pad
keyboard. Using the
and Enter
pad of the enhanced keyboard.
Fn key simultaneously in combination with one of the
key, you can simulate the
Fn
simultaneously to simulate the
®
keys, providing all the
, , and
Enter Ctrl
key. Most of the time,
Enter
Enter keys on the full-sized
Enter
Enter key on the numeric
keys;
Alt
key. Press
Fn