Character Keys; Making Your Keyboard Emulate A Full-Size Keyboard; Ctrl, Fn, And Alt Keys; Function Keys - Toshiba Portégé R830 Series User Manual

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Learning the Basics
Using the 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 includes fewer keys.
A standard full-size keyboard includes two
editing keys; cursor positioning keys; and a numeric keypad.
Your computer's keyboard includes only one
time, this does not matter. However, some programs assign separate
functions to the regular and numeric pad
keyboard. Using the
follows: Press
on the numeric pad of the enhanced keyboard. Pressing the
simultaneously in combination with one of the specially marked
keys allows you to emulate a full-size keyboard.

Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys

(Sample Illustration) Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys
The
Ctrl
program you are using. For more information, see your program
documentation.

Function keys

The function keys (not to be confused with the
keys at the top of the keyboard.
(Sample Illustration) Function keys
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Fn key, you can simulate the separate key, as
and
Fn Enter
, , and keys do different things depending on the
Fn Alt
Enter
Enter
simultaneously to simulate the
, Ctrl , and Alt keys;
Enter key. Most of the
keys on the full-sized
Enter
Fn
Fn key) are the 12
key
key