To Start An Application With A Hot Key - HP OmniBook 800 - Notebook PC User Manual

Press the NUM LOCK (number lock) key to use the numeric keypad. With the
keypad active, keys change to the designations shown on their front, slanted faces.
ALT GR key
If your keyboard has an ALT GR key to the right of the spacebar, hold that key to
type the characters printed at the bottom-right corners of keys. For keys that have
four characters, hold SHIFT and ALT GR to type the upper-right characters.
Unshifted

To start an application with a hot key

If an application has been assigned to keys F1 through F12, then it has a hot-key
assignment. A hot key sequence is a shortcut to start a function or program.
Press and hold FN, and simultaneously press the function key (F1 to F12) for the
assigned application.
Of course, you can always start an application by selecting it in Windows. The usual
Windows methods work for all applications, whether they have hot key assignments
or not.
To use a FN key
FN is the "key" to hot-key assignments. You can easily set up a hot function key (F1
through F12) for any application present on your OmniBook—then press FN together
with that key to start the application from Windows. The function keys, labeled F1
through F12, are on the top row of the keyboard.
You can use the FN+function-key combination to start an application or switch to a
running application at any time, even if you're working in another application.
Certain FN+function key combinations are predefined (but redefinable). They are
labeled with symbols above the F1 through F5 keys. Their FN functions are shown
below. Your OmniBook comes with an icon-label strip for Windows for Workgroups
that you can swap for the Windows 95 icon-label strip. You can also print and insert
a new FN-key label that shows other applications that you assign to the function
keys.
Fn+F1 Fn+F2
Program File Manager
Manager
To set up a shortcut key sequence (FN key)
1. In the Program Manager window, set Auto Arrange in the Options menu. Arrange
the groups so you can see the group containing the application icon—and the
F1–F12 group icon.
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SHIFT
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Fn+F3 Fn+F4
OmniBook Status Panel
Tools
ALT GR
Fn+F5
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